Nicolas De Witt

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Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025

Corporate and M&A

Nicolas is a corporate partner who specialises in corporate transactions for listed and non-listed businesses.

He is admitted to the Bar in Paris and in New York, and has more than 20 years experience advising, private equity, funds, targets, acquirers, sellers and issuers on capital investment, merger & acquisition and securities law. Nicolas expertly guides both French and international clients through complex corporate finance transactions. He will support you with financing through venture capital, growth capital, LBO, and M&A deals. His stock exchange experience means he can advise on IPOs, rights offerings, block sales, public take overs, delisting and other regulatory issues.

He also advises buyers in acquisitions of distressed companies.

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Since 2008 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2007 - 2008 Partner, Aramis Law

2001 - 2007 Associate, Skadden Arps, New York and Paris

Karriere

Since 2008 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2007 - 2008 Partner, Aramis Law

2001 - 2007 Associate, Skadden Arps, New York and Paris

Publikationen

Regularly publishes articles in various legal magazines and books and gives lectures both in France and abroad.

Mitgliedschaften

French securities law association (Association des Avocats de Droit Boursier), Treasurer

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Awards

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025

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Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025

Experience

Beratung von Hims & Hers, USA beim Erwerb des europäischen Telemedizin Anbieters Zava

Beratung und Koordination eines umfassenden Transaktionsteams in über fünf Jurisdiktionen mit komplexen rechtlichen Fragestellungen zum Erwerb der Zava Gruppe

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Hassan Sohbi

Stephan Doom, Solicitor (England & Wales)|LL.M. (Nottingham)

Rudi Hasenberg

Karolina Lange-Kulmann, LL.M. (Medizinrecht)

Mark Barron

Adam Griffiths

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Early-stage tech investor Dawn Capital on its secondary purchase of shares from shareholders of Dataiku Inc.

This values Dataiku at over USD1 billion. This is one of a long line of deals that Taylor Wessing has advised Dawn Capital on having also advised Dawn Capital on its participation in the EUR 90 million funding round for European open banking platform Tink; and its participation in the £29m Series B round for natural language processing company Eigen Technologies.

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Energy & Infrastructure

Taylor Wessing berät Encavis beim Erwerb eines im Bau befindlichen 41-MW-Windparks von Enertrag SE

11. Dezember 2025

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M&A / Gesellschaftsrecht und Kapitalmarktrecht

Taylor Wessing berät Regent bei der Übernahme des Geschäftsbereichs Original Equipment Solutions (OESL) von ContiTech

29. August 2025

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M&A / Gesellschaftsrecht und Kapitalmarktrecht

Taylor Wessing berät führendes US-amerikanisches Digital-Health-Unternehmen Hims & Hers Health bei Übernahmevereinbarung von ZAVA

11. Juni 2025

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Nicolas De Witt

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025

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