Laurent Bonnet

Laurent Bonnet, counsel in Goodwin’s Private Equity group, focuses his practice on leveraged acquisition finance and corporate finance, representing banks, debt funds, financial sponsors, and corporate borrowers on different types of bank and bond financings.

Prior to joining Goodwin in 2016, Laurent practiced at Shearman & Sterling, and was previously a trainee in the banking and corporate departments of several leading international law firms in Paris. He was also in the Investigation and Litigation service of the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers).

Laurent is a member of the French chapter of the European Association for Banking and Finance Law (Association Européenne pour le Droit Bancaire et Financier – France).

Laurent’s recent transactions include advising:

• Access Capital Partners and Swen Capital Partners in the financing of the acquisition of Desferal, an injectable medicine used in hematology, by Mitem Pharma.
• Lion Capital in the sale of their stake in the Picard Group, a French company specializing in the retail sale of frozen food products, to Group Zouari.
• Picard group, a French company specializing in the retail sale of frozen food products, in the refinancing of its existing debt.
• Tikehau Capital: 
  • and CVC Credit Partners in the financing of the acquisition of the Coexya Group, a leader in the digital industry, operating as an IT multi-specialist, integrator, software publisher, and consulting firm, by Talan Group.
  • in the financing of the acquisition of Défense Conseil International, the French Ministry of Armed Forces' operator for exporting French military knowledge, training and technical assistance internationally, by the ADIT group.

• Recommended in Banking and Finance in the last edition of Best Lawyers France