Séverine de La Courtie
Séverine is specialised in Capital Markets and French securities law.
She advises on capital markets transactions (IPOs, primary/secondary offerings of shares or offerings of equity-linked securities and debt instruments, block trades (ABB), offers or buybacks of securities) as well as public M&A.
She regularly advises companies on French securities law, stock exchange regulations and market abuse regulations (French and EU), general corporate law, compliance and corporate governance. She also has extensive knowledge of regulatory issues in the financial field.
Séverine was ranked as a "Rising Star" by The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 for "Equity Capital Markets". In 2022, The Legal 500 EMEA stated that "she is very close to her clients, always trying to find pragmatic solutions with a very good understanding of their business issues" and "is recommended for her record in advising French and European issuers on the full range of public and private offerings."
Séverine was recognised as a Notable Practitioner in France for Capital Markets: Debt as well as Capital Markets: Equity by IFLR1000 2022 and 2023. Séverine has been listed in "Best Lawyers" since 2020 for "Securities Law", since 2021 for Capital Markets Law" and since 2024 for "Financial Institutions".
Background
- Schneider Electric on the offering of bonds convertible into new shares and/or exchangeable for existing shares (OCEANEs) due 2031
- École Supérieure de commerce de Paris (ESCP) - Majeure Management and Strategy
- EFB (École de Formation du Barreau, Paris)
- DEA de droit des affaires et de droit économique, Université Paris II Panthéon Assas
- Maitrise de droit des affaires et de droit fiscal, Université Paris II Panthéon Assas
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- Schneider Electric on the offering of bonds convertible into new shares and/or exchangeable for existing shares (OCEANEs) due 2031
- Constellium SE on the transfer of its headquarters from Amsterdam to Paris
- IPOs of Euronext NV and Neoen
- Rights offerings of Société Générale in the context of recapitalisation and the rights offerings of CGG and Alcatel Lucent