Head of M&A France

• Apr 2022 - Present

Senior M&A Underwriter

• Jul 2019 - Apr 2022

Cofounder and President

• Jul 2018 - Present

President and cofounder of DragonShark, a French company that was incorporated in July 2018. DragonShark aims to help Asian, and especially Chinese, investors to invest in Europe by providing them a full range of services while taking into account the difference of cultures between Europe and Asia. The company is also involved in the direct acquisition and management of vineyards and the export of its production. - Drafting and presentation of business plans: strategic analysis, financial analysis, market analysis. - Creation and management of companies: legal, human resources management, tax planning. - Negotiation. - Acquisition of companies: due diligence (legal, financial and tax), negotiation, drafting of the documentation. - Marketing and web-markting: creation and management of websites, market analysis, data analysis, social networks, etc. - Accounting and finance. - Legal: drafting and reviewing commercial and employment agreements, IP, data privacy. Show less

Cofounder and President

• Aug 2017 - Jun 2023

Cofounder of Fénix Santé in August 2017, I was the President of the holding Fénix Santé Europe and its affiliate Fénix Santé Strasbourg since July 2018. Fénix Santé Strasbourg operations started in October 2017. I left the Group in June 2023 after the selling of my shares to a third-party. - Drafting and presentation of business plans: strategic analysis, financial analysis, market analysis. - Creation and management of companies: legal, human resources management, tax planning. - Negotiation. - Marketing and web-marketing: creation and management of websites, market analysis, data analysis, social networks, etc. - Accounting and finance. - Legal: preparing and reviewing commercial agreements and employment agreements, IP, data privacy. Show less

Lecturer - "Business Creation", "Taxation", "Accounting" and "Corporate Finance"

• Oct 2018 - Sep 2019

In charge, for the "Business Creation" course (Master in Corporate Finance and Master in International Trading and Digital Marketing), the "Taxation" course (Master in Wealth Management and Master 2 in Corporate Finance), the "Accounting" course (Master 2 in Wealth Management) and the "Corporate Finance" course (Master 2 in Corporate Finance), of: - the determination of the program and the drafting of the syllabus; - the drafting of course materials; - teaching; - Preparing and grading exams. Show less

Associate - Corporate M&A

• Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

Lawyer

• Oct 2015 - Jul 2018

- Corporate law and commercial law (Drafting documentation for shareholders meetings and boards of directors, capital increases, related formalities, drafting and reviewing commercial leases and management fees agreements, drafting memos, etc.). - Acquisitions and creations of companies (drafting articles of incorporation and shareholders agreements, preparing the documentation for related formalities, drafting memos, etc.). - Corporate governance (appointment and departure of top management and directors, drafting the documentation for the registration of beneficial owners, drafting memos, etc.). - Tax law (companies and natural persons). - Real estate and commercial litigation. Show less

Associate

• Oct 2015 - Apr 2018

- International acquisition of a going-concern (fonds de commerce) of a healthcare company: drafting of the due diligence report, drafting of the going-concern acquisition agreement, participating in the drafting of the implementation agreements. - International acquisition of a French papermaking company: drafting of the due diligence report, participating in the drafting of the share purchase agreement, preparing the corporate documentation. - Sale of a French company manufacturing and designing products for the aeronautical industry: reviewing the data room, drafting of a memorandum on the transformation of a company into a pure holding company, reviewing non-disclosure agreements, participating in the drafting of the sale documentation. - Reorganization of the top management of a French listed pharmaceutical company. - Corporate governance: drafting of memoranda (D&O remuneration policy in French listed companies, combination of corporate duties regulation, Say-on-Pay, related-party agreements regulation, remuneration of non-executive corporate officers, etc.), benchmarking, amending articles of incorporation and boards' bylaws, preparing the documentation and the formalities to appoint and dismiss corporate officers of public and private companies. - French foreign investment controls. - Corporate law: preparing documentation for shareholders meetings and boards of directors of public and private companies, drafting of memos and notes, completing corporate formalities, reviewing agreements. - Capital markets law and corporate finance: capital increases of SAS by creating different classes of shares, drafting of memoranda and letters in the context of a take-over defense of a listed insurance company, reviewing registration documents, drafting of notes on the markets trends, benchmarking, preparing table of precedents, etc. - Fintech companies: research and drafting memos and presentations on Fintech regulation in France and in the European Union. Show less

Speaker and author in private accounting

• Oct 2012 - Oct 2016

- Updating and drafting the course materials in private accounting for the preparation of Bar Schools entrance exams. - Preparing exercises for the private accounting exams to be admitted to Bar Schools. - Animating mock exams and sessions for the private accounting exams to be admitted to Bar Schools. - Updating and drafting the course materials in private accounting for the preparation of Bar Schools entrance exams. - Preparing exercises for the private accounting exams to be admitted to Bar Schools. - Animating mock exams and sessions for the private accounting exams to be admitted to Bar Schools.

Corporate finance teaching assistant

• Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

- Preparing and animating sessions preparing students for exams. - Grading exams papers. - Topics: financial diagnostic, financing by debts and equity, options and hybrid financing, financial theory and investment decisions - Preparing and animating sessions preparing students for exams. - Grading exams papers. - Topics: financial diagnostic, financing by debts and equity, options and hybrid financing, financial theory and investment decisions

Corporate finance teaching assistant

• Jan 2015 - Apr 2015

- Preparing and animating sessions preparing students for exams. - Grading exams papers. - Topics: financial diagnostic, financing by debts and equity, options and hybrid financing, financial theory and investment decisions - Preparing and animating sessions preparing students for exams. - Grading exams papers. - Topics: financial diagnostic, financing by debts and equity, options and hybrid financing, financial theory and investment decisions

Intern (Corporate/M&A)

• Sep 2014 - Dec 2014

- Drafting notes and memoranda: legal and tax regime of a carrying of securities and related risks, contribution in kind made to French SAS, legal regime of articles 1843-4 and 1592 of the French civil Code, new obligations to inform employees under the Hamon law, mechanisms to protect the interests of the State as shareholder of public companies, delegations of authorities in the French SAS. - Drafting the corporate documentation for a strategic partnership operation between investments funds: minutes of the board of directors and the shareholders' meeting, report of the President on the various contemplated operations (including the issuance of bonds mandatorily redeemable for new shares and capital increase by issuing ordinary and preferred shares), notice and forms of subscription, waiver to preferential subscription rights, etc. - Merger and acquisition: drafting minutes of the board of directors and the shareholders' meetings and a declaration of regularity and conformity, due diligence, preparing and managing post-closing formalities, organizing the formalities with the local counsels, statistics on M&A deals, etc. - Corporate : research on the legal regime of foreign investments in France, amending a free-share plan regulation, drafting of a put and call option agreement with a payment in exchange of shares, etc. - Capital markets law and corporate finance: drafting notifications of crossing threshold and intent, drafting a requested derogation to launch a mandatory tender offer, participating in the drafting of an information note of public exchange offer, statistics on takeover bids and financial ratings, research on private placements, etc. - Corporate governance: research on the influence of activists on the market capitalization of target companies, participating in the answering to an invitation to tender., drafting a research note on governance of French SAS and on the mechanisms to protect shareholders, etc. Show less

Trainee lawyer then Jurist

• Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

- Drafting a refinancing memorandum and the structure memorandum of a high yield refinancing. - Drafting a structure memorandum of a LBO acquisition. - Creating presentations for intern and extern trainings (in French and English): "LBO tax news"; "Main tax rules of the finance laws of December 2013"; "Tax issues regarding French distressed debt". - Tax planning in a context of an international carve-out: seeking a friendly jurisdiction in which to incorporate the master distributor acquiring the international business carried out by a French corporation, drafting some parts of the carve-out memorandum. - Pro bono: setting up a company of social and solidarity economy (articles of incorporation and incorporation proceedings), drawing up minutes of the board and the shareholders' general meetings, etc. Show less

Corporate finance teaching assistant

• Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

- Preparing and animating sessions preparing students for exams and answering their questions. - Grading exams papers. - Topics: financial diagnostic, financing by debts and equity, options and hybrid financing, financial theory and investment decisions. - Preparing and animating sessions preparing students for exams and answering their questions. - Grading exams papers. - Topics: financial diagnostic, financing by debts and equity, options and hybrid financing, financial theory and investment decisions.

Trainee lawyer

• Jul 2013 - Sep 2013

- Insurance Law: research, research notes and drafting a presentation on the legal possibility for launching a new insurance product. - Tax and legal audits for a transfer of businesses and corporations and related legal research. - Making research and writing research notes on the tax on financial transactions - Making research and writing research notes on the tax on the taxes levied on the miscellaneous sorts of trusts - Individual taxation: transfer of tax residence, solidarity tax on wealth and income tax regularizations, social security of French expatriate workers. Show less

Intern (Tax law)

• Jul 2012 - Sep 2012

- Writing research notes to prepare an article on the tax on financial transactions (First thoughts on the tax on financial transactions, Bulletin Joly Bourse, October 1st, 2012, no10, p. 444). - Making research and writing research notes on Stock Exchange Law and Corporate law matters related to Tax issues. - Making research and writing research notes on Corporate Tax Law matters, mergers and acquisition Tax Law matters, tax consolidation, personal income taxation and international tax matters. - Introducing to clients memoranda drafting. Show less

Intern (Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions law)

• Aug 2010 - Sep 2010

- Making research on Corporate Law matters and writing research notes: capital increase, capital decrease, mergers and acquisitions, expert in management, etc. - Proofreading and updating articles of incorporation. - Making research and drafting memorandum for the pro bono matters, creation of a table for the management and the statistical monitoring of the cases. - Making research on Corporate Law matters and writing research notes: capital increase, capital decrease, mergers and acquisitions, expert in management, etc. - Proofreading and updating articles of incorporation. - Making research and drafting memorandum for the pro bono matters, creation of a table for the management and the statistical monitoring of the cases.

Intern (Contractual and statutory auditing)

• Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

- Internship report: "The management report, a key document for the relationship between the statutory auditors, the firm and its shareholders". - Specific audit of accounts (clients, bank, debt and equity financing, related companies, suppliers). - Checking management reports, schedules to the financial statements and annual meeting minutes. - Drafting of statutory auditors' special reports about the related-party agreement. - Internship report: "The management report, a key document for the relationship between the statutory auditors, the firm and its shareholders". - Specific audit of accounts (clients, bank, debt and equity financing, related companies, suppliers). - Checking management reports, schedules to the financial statements and annual meeting minutes. - Drafting of statutory auditors' special reports about the related-party agreement.

Assistant (Risks department)

• Jul 2009 - Jul 2009

- Financial and legal audits of the bank's loans and collaterals. - Introduction to financial analysis: drafting simplified annual reviews and introduction to the drafting of annual reviews of the bank’s commitments and claim, introduction to the drafting of the client rating reviews. - Updating the "authority and signatures" database thanks to legal documents. - Financial and legal audits of the bank's loans and collaterals. - Introduction to financial analysis: drafting simplified annual reviews and introduction to the drafting of annual reviews of the bank’s commitments and claim, introduction to the drafting of the client rating reviews. - Updating the "authority and signatures" database thanks to legal documents.

Assistant (Risks department)

• Jul 2008 - Aug 2008

- Financial and legal audits of the bank's loans and collaterals. - Updating the "authority and signatures" database thanks to legal documents. - Financial and legal audits of the bank's loans and collaterals. - Updating the "authority and signatures" database thanks to legal documents.