Karine Montagut

Karine Montagut


Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Recognized since 2020

Paris, France

Practice Areas

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

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Karine has been a corporate and M&A lawyer for more than 20 years.

She is more particularly specialized in share acquisitions and disposals, assets and business transfers, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, partnerships and refinancing, involving both domestic and international groups. Her role also includes coordination assistance in the context of cross-border deals to ensure that the services produced in the different countries involved are consistent and comprehensive, when delivered to clients. Her industry expertise focuses notably on Technology & Innovation, industrial and retail companies, infrastructure and Life Sciences & Healthcare.

Karine was previously at Allen&Overy LLP in Paris, where she was made Counsel in 2007, having joined the firm in 2001. Prior to that, Karine was as an associate at Slaughter & May in Paris between 1997 and 2001.

Karine holds a Post Graduate Degree, as laureate, in Business Law from the University of Paris V Descartes and a Graduate Degree, Business and Tax Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas.

She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1997.

Location
  • 40, rue de Courcelles
    Paris 75008
    France
Languages
  • English
  • French
Bar Admissions
  • France, Paris Bar (1997)

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in France 2024 for work in:
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Awards:
    • Acritas Stars list 2019: Acritas has named Karine Montagut to its list which serves as “a source of highly recommended lawyers, put together purely by the clients who pay for those lawyers, with no influence from law firms.”

    • Acritas Rated Lawyer 2017: “She is effective at keeping the pace of a transaction going, she has a good analytical mind and looks to predict relevant issues before they arrive, and she is good to bring around closing.”

    • Acritas Rated Lawyer 2016: “She is a practical speaker in the context of complex transactions with an equal ability to negotiate, to provide sideline advice during important negotiations, and make practical recommendations. Good drafting as well.”

    • Chambers Europe 2013, France – Corporate/M&A ranked Karine "Up and Coming", stating that she "is popular with clients who say: she's efficient and always available. She has great judgement and communicates clearly and coherently". Karine was also "picked out" by IFLR 1000 2013.

Transactions
Adivisng Google on partnership with French government
Advising Google on a 60 million Euros partnership with the French press relating to the facilitation of the development and the transition of digital press, under the aegis of President François Hollande.
Advising Altus Group on acquisition of Taliance Group
Advised Altus Group, a leading provider of commercial real estate services, software and data solutions to the global commercial real estate industry, on its acquisition of Taliance Group SAS, French provider of cloud-based alternative investment software.
Advising Angelcare on the acquisition of Pabobo
Advising Angelcare on the acquisition from its founders of French Company Pabobo, specialised in the conception of lighting.
Advising Bayer AG on the French aspects of the divestment of its Diabetes Care business to Panasonic Healthcare.
Advising Bayer AG on the French aspects of the divestment of its Diabetes Care business to Panasonic Healthcare.
Advising Canadian Tire Coporation on acquisition of Helly Hansen
Advised Canadian Tire Corporation on the acquisition of Norwegian outdoor clothing and gear maker, Helly Hansen. This transaction is considered as a "major step forward" to diversify Canadian Tire Corporation’s offerings at home and launch new opportunities in international markets.
Advising Collins Aerospace on the sale of its commercial IFE business to Burrana
Advising Collins Aerospace on the sale of its commercial IFE business to Burrana, a cabin technologies company.
Advising Digicel, a Caribbean telecommunications operator, on the creation of a joint venture with the French group Iliad, owner of internet and telephone operators Free and Free Mobile.
Advising Digicel, a Caribbean telecommunications operator, on the creation of a joint venture with the French group Iliad, owner of internet and telephone operators Free and Free Mobile.
Advising Energizer on the acquisition of Spectrum Brands' Global Battery and Portable Lighting Business
Advising Energizer on the acquisition of Spectrum Brands' Global Battery and Portable Lighting Business and subsequent intragroup reorganizations
Advising Investissement Québec on its capital investment in the company Flying Whales, a French aviation company
Assisting Investissement Québec on its capital investment in the company Flying Whales, a French aviation company
Advising LFIS Capital Partners on the entry of Walter Global Asset Management into the capital of LFIS Capital
Advised LFIS Capital Partners on the entry of Canadian Walter Global Asset Management (GAM), a Canadian private placement platform specializing in the field of asset management, in the capital of the French company LFIS Capital, one of the main quantitative asset management companies in Europe.
Advising Mycronic on acquisition of Vi Technology
Advising Mycronic AB, a listed Swedish high-tech company, on its acquisition of French technology company, Vi Technology, from Neptune Group and other financial shareholders.
Advising Rockwell France on the sale of its aviation business products to Safran
Advising Rockwell France, French division of Rockwell Collins, Inc., on the sale of its aviation business products part of its actuation, pilot controls and special products product lines to Safran.
Advising Tokai International Holdings, Inc. on their crossborder acquisition of Polyflame Holdings SA
Advising Tokai International Holdings, Inc. on their crossborder acquisition of Polyflame Holdings SAS.
Advising Tokai International Holdings, Inc. on their crossborder acquisition of Polyflame Holdings SAS
Advising Tokai International Holdings, Inc. on their crossborder acquisition of Polyflame Holdings SAS
Advising Total on the acquisition of assets resulting from the agreed merger between Quaker Chemical Corporation and Houghton International.
Advising Total on the acquisition of assets resulting from the agreed merger between Quaker Chemical Corporation and Houghton International.
Advising Vallourec on the sale of its Drilling Products activity to National Oilwell Varco
Advised Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions for the energy markets, on the sale of its Drilling Products activity to US company National Oilwell Varco (NOV), a leading provider of oil services based in Texas with a global presence.

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