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Jules
Gaillard

Associate
Corporate, Finance and Investments

Paris: +33 1 73 00 39 12
jgaillard@kslaw.com

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Admitted to the Paris Bar, Jules Gaillard is an associate in the Corporate, Finance and Investments practice of the Paris office.

Jules mainly focuses on mergers & acquisitions and private equity transactions. He regularly represents private equity sponsors in the context of acquisitions, sales, strategic minority investments or reorganizations.

Jules also has advised top executives, management teams and employees in leveraged management buyout (LMBO) and leveraged management buy-in (LMBI) transactions. In addition, he represents family-owned groups and founding shareholders in relation to equity reorganizations and their partnering with private equity or venture capital institutions.

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Credentials

Master, EM Lyon Business School, France

Master in Corporate Law, University of Aix-Marseille III, magna cum laude with highest honors

France

English

French

Matters

Before joining K&S:

Advised Private equity fund Keensight Capital on its majority investment in Nomios Group, a France-based cyber security company, from IK Partners (2023).

Advised Ophiliam management on the sale of Funecap to Latour Capital, and in their reinvestment alongside Latour Capital and Charterhouse Capital Partners (2023).

Advised Black Knight Football and Entertainment in connection with their minority investment in the French Ligue 1 soccer club FC Lorient (2023).

Matters

Before joining K&S:

Advised Private equity fund Keensight Capital on its majority investment in Nomios Group, a France-based cyber security company, from IK Partners (2023).

Advised Ophiliam management on the sale of Funecap to Latour Capital, and in their reinvestment alongside Latour Capital and Charterhouse Capital Partners (2023).

Advised Black Knight Football and Entertainment in connection with their minority investment in the French Ligue 1 soccer club FC Lorient (2023).

Advised Abertis in connection with the sale of Eurotoll to Telepass (2022);

Advised Bridgepoint Development Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in CAST and the launch of a mandatory simplified tender offer to acquire the remaining CAST shares (2022);

Advised Mediawan in connection with the entry of Plan B shareholders, including Brad Pitt and Jeremy Kleiner, into Mediawan's capital (2022);

Advised management of the Babcock Wanson group in connection with its acquisition by Kartesia (2020);

Advised management of the Winoa group in connection with its acquisition by GSO (2020);

Advised management of Staci group in connection with its acquisition by Ardian (2019).