Key Takeaways
- • Orrick hired Bruno Romagnoli as a partner in its Paris M&A and private equity practice, recruiting him from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he focused on M&A transactions, capital markets, and restructuring across listed and non-listed companies.
- • This marks Orrick's eighth partner addition to its Paris office over the past two years, signaling aggressive expansion of its life sciences, technology, and energy & infrastructure practices in France.
- • Romagnoli will collaborate with Orrick's Tech and Energy & Infrastructure teams, bringing expertise in capital markets, private equity, restructuring, and governance alongside deep sector experience.
- • Recent transactions by Orrick's French M&A team include advising Octopus Energy Generation on an 80 MW solar project acquisition, InfraRed Capital Partners on a Luxembourg telecom infrastructure deal, and Sequans Communications on the sale of its 4G IoT business to Qualcomm.
- • The hire reflects Orrick's strategic focus on growth sectors in continental Europe, with Patrick Tardivy, Partner in Charge of Europe and former co-leader of the firm's global M&A and private equity practice, overseeing the expansion.
Summary
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has strengthened its Paris-based M&A and private equity team with the addition of Bruno Romagnoli as a partner. Romagnoli joins from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he developed deep expertise advising both public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, securities regulations, and capital markets matters. His career began at Freshfields before moving to Weil, where he built considerable experience in restructuring and private equity transactions.
The hire represents the eighth partner addition to Orrick's Paris office within the past two years, underscoring the firm's commitment to strengthening its European practice. Romagnoli joins recent Paris partner additions including Aurélien Loric, who leads the restructuring practice; tax partner Cécile Mariotti; and private credit advisors Manaf Triqui and Igor Kukhta. Patrick Tardivy, Partner in Charge of Europe and the former co-leader of Orrick's global M&A and private equity practice, emphasized the strategic value of the addition, noting that Romagnoli's capabilities in capital markets, private equity, restructuring, and governance align with the firm's growth objectives in France.
Romagnoli's practice will focus on supporting Orrick's technology and energy & infrastructure client bases, two sectors central to the firm's Paris strategy. The firm's French M&A team has recently demonstrated active deal-making capabilities, including advising Octopus Energy Generation on the acquisition of two solar projects totaling 80 MW capacity from renewable energy company BayWa r.e., and InfraRed Capital Partners on the acquisition of 100% of Proximus Luxembourg Infrastructure, an independent telecommunications tower operator. The team also advised on Sequans Communications' sale of its 4G IoT business to Qualcomm and Crossbeam's cross-border merger with Reveal, signaling active engagement in life sciences, technology, and infrastructure sectors.
The hire represents the eighth partner addition to Orrick's Paris office within the past two years, underscoring the firm's commitment to strengthening its European practice. Romagnoli joins recent Paris partner additions including Aurélien Loric, who leads the restructuring practice; tax partner Cécile Mariotti; and private credit advisors Manaf Triqui and Igor Kukhta. Patrick Tardivy, Partner in Charge of Europe and the former co-leader of Orrick's global M&A and private equity practice, emphasized the strategic value of the addition, noting that Romagnoli's capabilities in capital markets, private equity, restructuring, and governance align with the firm's growth objectives in France.
Romagnoli's practice will focus on supporting Orrick's technology and energy & infrastructure client bases, two sectors central to the firm's Paris strategy. The firm's French M&A team has recently demonstrated active deal-making capabilities, including advising Octopus Energy Generation on the acquisition of two solar projects totaling 80 MW capacity from renewable energy company BayWa r.e., and InfraRed Capital Partners on the acquisition of 100% of Proximus Luxembourg Infrastructure, an independent telecommunications tower operator. The team also advised on Sequans Communications' sale of its 4G IoT business to Qualcomm and Crossbeam's cross-border merger with Reveal, signaling active engagement in life sciences, technology, and infrastructure sectors.
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