Mounir Letayf

Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London
Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris
San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC
Mounir Letayf
Partner, Corporate Department
[email protected]
Mounir Letayf is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is
based in the firm’s Paris office. His focus is in structured finance transactions,
advising senior or junior lenders as well as borrowers or financial investors.
Mr. Letayf focuses on French and cross-border acquisition finance, project
finance, export credit, real estate finance transaction and their restructuring. He
has extensive experience in LBO transactions involving both listed and unlisted
companies.
Mr. Letayf is a lawyer at the Paris Bar. He is fluent in French and English and
conversant with Spanish and Arabic.
Paris
T: 33-1-42-99-04-09
F: 33-1-78-40-46-09
Practice Areas
Corporate
Europe
Private Equity
Project Development and
Finance
Finance
Alternative Lender and Private
Credit
Recent Representations
• Société Générale, Crédit Agricole and Caisse d'Epargne in connection with the
LBO financing of In'Tech Medical Group,
• Franck Provost family, the Provalliance Group management and Chequers
Capital in connection with the OBO financing of Provalliance Group,
• Coop Alsace Group in connection with the restructuring of Coop Alsace Group
existing indebtedness,
• French State represented by MAPPP in connection with the state guarantee of
the financing of the Tours-Bordeaux High Speed Railway project,
• Qualium Investissement in connection with the LBO unitranche financing of
Kermel Group,
• Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners in connection with the LBO financing of
EuroTechnoCom Group,
• Equistone Partners Europe in connection with the LBO unitranche financing of
Unither Group.
Accolades and Recognitions
• Award of "Law firm" of the year for midcap LBO during the "Trophée du Droit"
2011 [---],
Admissions
Paris
Education
Universite Paul Cezanne AixMarseille III, DESS, 1998
Universite Paul Cezanne AixMarseille III, Master, 1997
Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London
Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris
San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC
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• Award of "Private Equity Law firm" of the year for "Les Grands Prix du Private
Equity" 2012 [---].
Speaking Engagements and Publications
• Article published by Décideurs: Stratégie Finance Droit in April 2012 on "La
dette unitranche, nouveau produit de financement d'acquisition".
Professional and Community Involvement
• Member of the Paris Bar Association since 2001
Education
• University of Aix-Marseille III, post graduate degree (DESS and DJCE) in
business and tax law, 1998
• University of Aix-Marseille III, Master's degree in business law, 1997
News
December 02, 2008
Paul Hastings Advises DCM Deutsche Capital Management AG on the
acquisition and financing of four Boeing 777F aircraft to be leased to Aerologic
GmbH
March 09, 2010
Advising on the Renovation of the Vincennes Zoo
March 03, 2010
Salans, Jones Day, Paul Hastings et De Pardieu Brocas Maffei sur la rénovation
du Zoo de Vincennes en PPP
June 01, 2010
Paul Hastings a conseillé iXEN dans le cadre de lOBO du Groupe Ludendo La
Grande Récré
June 29, 2010
Paul Hastings a conseillé TCR Capital
May 30, 2011
Paul Hastings conseille R Capital et Paris Orléans dans le MBO sur le Groupe
FircoSoft
June 03, 2011
Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London
Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris
San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC
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Paul Hastings Advises R Capital and Paris Orléans on MBO of FircoSoft
June 21, 2011
Paul Hastings et Freshfields conseillent lEtat dans le cadre du financement de
7,8 milliards d'euros de la ligne ferroviaire Tours-Bordeaux
September 13, 2011
Paul Hastings Advises Crédit Agricole Private Equity on the LBO of SVP Group
September 13, 2011
Paul Hastings conseille Crédit Agricole Private Equity dans le cadre du LBO sur
le Groupe SVP
September 23, 2011
Paul Hastings Advises EdRCP on Groupe Moria Leveraged Buy-out
September 23, 2011
Paul Hastings conseille Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners dans le cadre
dun LBO sur le Groupe Moria
November 03, 2011
Paul Hastings conseille Naxicap dans le cadre du LBO sur le Groupe Distripeche
November 03, 2011
Paul Hastings Advises Naxicap on a LBO for Groupe Distripeche
October 19, 2012
Paul Hastings Represents Banks in the Financing of InTech Medicals LBO By
TCR Capital
October 19, 2012
Paul Hastings conseille plusieurs banques sur le LBO de InTech Medical par
TCR Capital
January 11, 2013
Paul Hastings Represents TCR Capital and the Management of Editions
Oberthur in connection with the Secondary LBO Structured by 21 Centrale
Partners
March 15, 2013
Paul Hastings Represents Equistone and Céréa Capital in Acquiring Majority
Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London
Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris
San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC
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Ownership of Groupe Bretèche Industrie
March 15, 2013
Paul Hastings a conseillé Equistone et Céréa Capital sur la prise de participation
majoritiaire au capital du Groupe Bretèche Industrie
April 10, 2013
Paul Hastings Advises SNAM, GIC and EDF in the 2.4 Billion Acquisition of
Totals TIGF Assets
July 29, 2013
Paul Hastings Advises Attestor Capital in Restructuring of SAUR
September 03, 2013
Paul Hastings conseille Coop Alsace sur la cession de ses 28 hypermarchés et
supermarchés à E. Leclerc
October 14, 2013
Paul Hastings conseille NiXEN dans le cadre du LBO majoritaire sur le groupe
Carré Blanc
July 29, 2013
Paul Hastings conseille Attestor Capital dans le cadre de la restructuration de la
SAUR
July 08, 2013
Paul Hastings conseille Omnes Capital dans le cadre du LBO sur le groupe
Eratome
September 16, 2013
Paul Hastings Advises Coop Alsace on Sale of its 28 Hypermarkets and
Supermarkets to giant retailer E. Leclerc
January 10, 2014
Paul Hastings a conseillé OpenGate Capital pour la reprise de Kem One
January 10, 2014
Paul Hastings Advises OpenGate Capital in Connection with the Acquisition of
Kem One
February 25, 2014
Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London
Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris
San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC
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Paul Hastings a conseillé TCR Capital dans le cadre de lacquisition du Groupe
Alkan auprès dArgos Soditic
August 12, 2014
Paul Hastings Represents Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Bank in
US$350 Million High Yield Bond Offering for Global Cloud Xchange
August 12, 2014
Global Cloud Xchange3.5
November 19, 2014
Paul Hastings conseille LBO France dans le cadre de sa prise de participation
au capital de Fournitures Hospitalières
April 30, 2015
Paul Hastings conseille Astorg Partners dans le cadre de sa prise de
participation majoritaire au sein de Metrologic Group
May 28, 2015
Paul Hastings Represents Goldman Sachs as Sole Bookrunner on Novacap
Bond Offering for Acquisition of Chemie Uetikon
June 04, 2015
Paul Hastings a conseillé le groupe Provalliance et ses actionnaires (la famille
Provost et Chequers Capital) dans le cadre de l’acquisition du groupe Haircoif
July 31, 2015
Paul Hastings a conseillé CM-CIC Investissement dans le cadre du LBO sur le
Goupe Circet
May 12, 2016
Paul Hastings a conseillé Keensight Capital dans le cadre de l’acquisition de la
société allemande aap Biomaterials ainsi que de son rapprochement avec le
groupe italien Tecres
May 12, 2016
Keensight Capital Undertakes Complex German Acquisition and Subsequent
Italian Merger