Matthieu Grollemund | Paris | Hogan Lovells

Matthieu Grollemund

Partner Corporate & Finance

Languages

English, French, German

Grollemund Matthieu

Matthieu Grollemund
Grollemund Matthieu
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quote mark

"He has knowledge of legal matters on both sides of the Atlantic, which makes things much easier."

Chambers Global 2018

Matthieu Grollemund is a Corporate partner in our Paris office and the global Private Equity leadership team.

Triple qualified in French, US and UK law, Matt Grollemund is a seasoned corporate lawyer with +20 years of experience in complex and cross-border transactions. He represents private equity sponsors, venture capital firms, public and private corporations, boards of directors and special committees in their most sensitive investments, public and private M&A transactions, IPOs, amicable or  defense against hostile transactions. He is particularly known in the Tech and Healthcare industries, with unparalleled track record in France.

Prior to joining the firm, Matthieu Grollemund was Co-Head of the Paris Corporate Department of an international law firm. He also spent five years as a partner in a US-based global law firm in the New York office.

quote mark

"very seasoned and international lawyer. Offers long-standing experience advising French and American clients on their M&A transactions. He is particularly active in the technology sector"

Chambers Global 2019

Representative experience

Advised on numerous major French tech transactions (Doctolib, Mirakl, Ynsect, Ledger, ManoMano, Contentsquare, Sorare, Exotec, Blablacar, Dataiku, FarFetch, Back Market, PayFit, Lydia, Criteo)

 

Advised on a number of IPO and international offerings (AAA, Criteo, Navya, Farfetch)*

Advised numerous tender of offers and Public M&A (Zimmer Biomet on Medtech, Medtronic on Medicrea, Stryker on Vexim, Aptar on Voluntis)

 

Advised on the acquisition by Arch of a 30% block in Coface*

 

Advised Tencent on the acquisition of a minority interest in Ubisoft from Vivendi*

Advised ADM in the acquisition of Neovia from Invivo and Eurazeo for €1.4bn*

 

Advised in the disposition of Maesa to Bain Capital*

 

Routinely advises a number of private equity funds on their growth and LBO investments mostly in the Tech, Life Science, Fintech and highly regulated industries*

 

*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

Credentials

Education
  • Corporate Law, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1997
  • M.B.A., ESCP Paris, 1995
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • Paris
  • Solicitor, England and Wales
  • Licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant, New York

Recognition

Europe most innovative lawyers

Financial Times

2022
Corporate/M&A (France)

Chambers Global

2021
Lawyers specialised in LBOs (transactions on companies worth more than €300m) and innovation capital

Option Droit & Affaires

2020-2021
Ranked Individuals “Private Equity: Venture Capital in France”

Chambers Europe

2020
Foreign Expert in Corporate/M&A (France and UK)

Chambers Global

2017