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Laurent Bensaid is Managing Partner of the Paris office and a member of the firm's Corporate, Finance and Investments practice. Laurent has extensive experience in public mergers & acquisitions and private equity.
He advises domestic and foreign companies, private equity funds and investment banks on a broad range of corporate transactions (including LBOs, tender offers, PIPES and Public-to-Private deals).
Laurent has developed a practice in a wide variety of industries, including consumer products, telecommunications, energy, financial services and new technologies. He has been recognized as a leading French M&A lawyer and rising star by various publications.
LL.M., Columbia University School of Law
DJCE-DESS business law, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
MBA Finance, Paris Dauphine University
English
French
August 8, 2024
K&S advises Sidetrade SA, a French publicly listed company, on the takeover of German publicly listed company SHS Viveon AG
August 1, 2024
The Leaders League Ranks King & Spalding Practices Among the Leaders in France
March 27, 2024
Legal 500 EMEA 2024 Ranks King & Spalding among the Top Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
the CEO and the founding shareholders of ESI Group in its USD 1 bn acquisition by Keysight Technologies (2023)
Brainwave GRC in its acquistion by Radiant Logic (2023)
L Catterton on its strategic partnership with A.P.C. (2023)
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February 9, 2024
The need for law firms to adapt to the new needs of their corporate clients in a context of transformation and regulatory change
February 9, 2024
The need for law firms to adapt to the new needs of their corporate clients in a context of transformation and regulatory evolution
January 19, 2024
Will 2024 be the year of flex equity?
August 8, 2024
K&S advises Sidetrade SA, a French publicly listed company, on the takeover of German publicly listed company SHS Viveon AG
August 1, 2024
The Leaders League Ranks King & Spalding Practices Among the Leaders in France
March 27, 2024
Legal 500 EMEA 2024 Ranks King & Spalding among the Top Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
the CEO and the founding shareholders of ESI Group in its USD 1 bn acquisition by Keysight Technologies (2023)
Brainwave GRC in its acquistion by Radiant Logic (2023)
L Catterton on its strategic partnership with A.P.C. (2023)
See more
February 9, 2024
The need for law firms to adapt to the new needs of their corporate clients in a context of transformation and regulatory change
February 9, 2024
The need for law firms to adapt to the new needs of their corporate clients in a context of transformation and regulatory evolution
January 19, 2024
Will 2024 be the year of flex equity?
August 8, 2024
K&S advises Sidetrade SA, a French publicly listed company, on the takeover of German publicly listed company SHS Viveon AG
August 1, 2024
The Leaders League Ranks King & Spalding Practices Among the Leaders in France
March 27, 2024
Legal 500 EMEA 2024 Ranks King & Spalding among the Top Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
LL.M., Columbia University School of Law
DJCE-DESS business law, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
MBA Finance, Paris Dauphine University
English
French