Sidney Rosenberg

Sidney Rosenberg focuses his practice on private equity, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Rosenberg advises French and international companies and investment funds, family offices, management teams and industrial companies on all types of matters relating to financing and acquisitions. He is experienced in representing clients in leveraged buyout acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. Rosenberg also regularly advises investment funds on primary, co-investment, secondary and single asset continuation fund of funds transactions across a variety of industries and jurisdictions. In recognition of his work, Mr. Rosenberg has been named one of Best Lawyers’ 2026 Ones to Watch in France and was listed as a key lawyer in the firm’s private equity practice by The Legal 500 EMEA.

Mr. Rosenberg’s experience includes advising:

• FTV Capital on its growth equity investment in N2F
• Ardian Private Equity, alongside other global private equity funds, numerous primary, co-investment, secondary and single asset continuation fund of fund transactions across a variety of industries and jurisdictions
• Financière LM (family office) on the leveraged buyouts of The Village Bakery and Délices de France, as well as the sale of a controlling interest in Group Boulangerie Louise to InVivo Retail as a result of the de-SPAC of Teract
• Xavier Niel and NJJ Holding on their participation in a $220 million seed round in the “H” Company, a Paris-based AI startup
• S2G Investments (family office) on a Series C equity investment round in Unseenlabs, a global leader in radio frequency data and solutions for maritime domain awareness
• Hologic on the carve-out and divestment of its French subsidiary SuperSonic Imagine
• Iliad on a strategic commercial partnership agreement with, and significant investment in, Poolside
• Intesa Sanpaolo on its investment in SpaceX, a California-based rocket and satellite internet company and the world’s leading provider of launch services
• Pinnacle Pet Group Limited on its acquisitions of CaptainVet SAS and HD Assurances SA
• Boulangerie Louise owner Laurent Menissez and his family office, Financière LM, on the sale of Boulangerie Louise to InVivo Retail SAS, a subsidiary of Teract S.A.

Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Rosenberg’s representations included advising:

• H.I.G. Capital on its acquisition of Quick Restaurants S.A. from Burger King, its disposal of Aviapartner Group and several private equity transactions
• Andera Partners on its acquisition of Groupe Spengler Holtex
• Caravelle (family office) on several private equity transactions
• Colam Entreprendre (family office) in relation to the sale of Akuo Energy to Colam Entreprendre’s management and ICG Infra
• LBO France on several private equity transactions
• La Croix-Rouge Française in relation to the transactional aspects of the creation of a société civile immobilière with a portfolio worth several hundred million euros and the implementation of a joint venture with Group Cofinimmo, a major Belgian real estate company