Practice Expertise

  • Corporate M&A and Private Equity
  • Energy, Mining and Infrastructure
  • General Business Litigation
  • Real Estate

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate M&A and Private Equity
  • Energy, Mining and Infrastructure
  • General Business Litigation
  • Real Estate
  • Restructuring
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WSG Leadership

  • Automotive Group - Member
  • Energy Group - Member
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Group - Member
  • Real Estate Group - Member
  • WSG Coronavirus Task Force Group - Member
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Profile

Karl Hepp de Sevelinges is a partner at Jeantet, admitted to the Paris, Frankfurt (Rechtsanwalt) and New York (FLC) bars.

Specialized in Mergers & Acquisitions, he advises industrial companies, financial institutions and international funds, particularly German-speaking ones, on their investments in France. Karl has significant experience in corporate acquisitions and reorganizations, and advises French and International listed and non-listed companies.

He leads a team of international lawyers specializing in cross border M&A and private equity, all of whom speak three languages (English, French and German).

He is also Co-Managing Partner of Jeantet.

Bar Admissions
Paris - Frankfurt am Main - New York

Education
2nd State Exam (Rechsanwalt) - OLG Dresden, 1997
1st State Exam, Law - Universitat des Saarlandes, 1995
Masters Degree in Law - University of Nancy 2, 1992

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate M&A and Private Equity
  • Energy, Mining and Infrastructure
  • General Business Litigation
  • Real Estate
  • Restructuring

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Advised FuboTV on the acquisition of France leading live tv streaming service Molotov SAS.
Advised the Carlyle Group on the acquisition of Flender from Siemens.
Advised Otto Group on the sale of Mondial Relay SAS to Amsterdam Stock Exchange-listed InPost S.A.
Advised the German Group Schwarz in the exclusive negociations for the acquisition of part of the Suez Group’s waste recycling and recovery activities.
Assisted the Canadian leading energy compagny Enbridge in the development and financing of a 500MW offshore windfarm off Fécamp.
Advised Jumbodiset on the acquisition of TF1 Games and Dujardin.
Advised Sartorius Stedim Biotech on the acquisition of Novasep’s Chromatography process equipment.
Advised GEA Group on the sale of two entities to the private equity compagny Mutares SE & Co. KGAA.
Advised Mutares on the acquisition of Primetals Fechnologies France SAS.
Advised Mutares on the acquisition of a majority stake in Carglass® Maison from Belron.
Advised Ardian on sale of Schleich Group.
Advised Midsona on the acquisition of Alimentation Sante from Panzani (Spanish Ebro Foods Group).
Advised the German Kathrein SE on sale of antenna business to Ericsson.
Advised Deutsche Beteiligungs AG with respect to the transfer of its stake in the cleanpart group to Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.
Advised Interdigital on the acquisition of more than 21.000 patents of Technicolor.
Assisted Enbridge for a JV with EDF for three 1400 MW offshore wind projects.

Professional Associations
  • American Bar Association
  • International Bar Association

Professional Activities and Experience
Gide Loyrette Nouel (1999 - 2015)
Rechtsanwalt (1995 - 1998)

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