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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
March 26, 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Ranks King & Spalding among the Top Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
February 10, 2025
K&S advises Andera Partners on its acquisition of CDS Groupe
August 8, 2024
K&S advises Sidetrade SA, a French publicly listed company, on the takeover of German publicly listed company SHS Viveon AG
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 moreNovember 21, 2024
Un Doliprane qui donne mal à la tête
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
March 26, 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Ranks King & Spalding among the Top Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
February 10, 2025
K&S advises Andera Partners on its acquisition of CDS Groupe
August 8, 2024
K&S advises Sidetrade SA, a French publicly listed company, on the takeover of German publicly listed company SHS Viveon AG
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 moreNovember 21, 2024
Un Doliprane qui donne mal à la tête
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
March 26, 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Ranks King & Spalding among the Top Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
February 10, 2025
K&S advises Andera Partners on its acquisition of CDS Groupe
August 8, 2024
K&S advises Sidetrade SA, a French publicly listed company, on the takeover of German publicly listed company SHS Viveon AG
LL.M., Columbia University School of Law
DJCE-DESS business law, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
MBA Finance, Paris Dauphine University
English
French