Damien Simonot

Damien Simonot’s practice focuses on general corporate advice and M&A.

His recent work includes advising, amongst others:

• Airbnb, Inc. on its acquisitions of Germany-based fewoVista S.L. & Co. KG and Vacaleo GmbH;
• Daimler AG in connection with various matters, including;
  • the carve-out and disposals of Daimler dealerships throughout Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg; and
  • projects relating to the cooperation with the Renault-Nissan Alliance;
• Dermalogica, Inc. in its acquisition by Unilever plc;
• Dürr AG, a major German industrial machinery group, in connection with various M&A transactions, including the formation of the joint venture ADAMOS (ADAptive Manufacturing Open Solutions) with Software AG, an enterprise software company;
• Equistone Partners Europe GmbH in its sale of Hornschuch Group to Benecke-Kaliko AG;
• Hillenbrand, Inc. in its US$108 million acquisition of ABEL GmbH & Co. KG from Roper Technologies, Inc.;
• IAC/InterActiveCorp in its acquisition of a majority shareholding in MyHammer Holding AG from Holtzbrinck Digital GmbH and the subsequent voluntary takeover;
• Nikkei Inc. in its acquisition of the Financial Times Group;
• Nokia Corporation in its US$16.6 billion combination with Alcatel-Lucent;
• the supervisory board of Stada Arzneimittel AG in its US$5.6 billion purchase by Bain Capital Private Equity, LP and Cinven Partners LLP;
• TA Associates and Summit Partners in the sale of the Bigpoint Group to Youzu Interactive Co. Ltd.;
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. in its US$800 million acquisition of Mercury (Cayman) Holdings, the holding company of Amoun Pharmaceutical Company S.A.E.;
• UniCredit S.p.A. and Pioneer Global Asset Management S.p.A on the German aspects involved in obtaining the withdrawal of US$58 billion in RICO claims in connection with the Bernard Madoff bankruptcy estate; and
• the supervisory board of UniCredit Bank AG on a compliance investigation in connection with certain securities and derivative transactions effected around dividend dates (so-called “cum/ex” transactions).