Orrick announced that tax advisor Cécile Mariotti will join the Paris team as a partner. Mariotti advises on the tax aspects of French and international transactions, such as M&A and private equity, venture capital, restructurings, private credit and other financings. She also advises on matters involving employee stock offerings and management packages. Mariotti joins from Latham & Watkins and previously practiced with Cleary Gottlieb.
Mariotti is Orrick’s seventh partner addition in Paris in the past two years, joining Aurélien Loric, leader of the Paris Restructuring practice, and private credit advisors Manaf Triqui and Igor Kukhta. And her arrival brings Orrick’s Paris tax team to three partners.
Orrick’s French Restructuring, M&A, and VC teams are capping a strong 2024 as the firm continues its streak as the number one VC firm in France since 2021. And in the AI space, the team has advised Mistral AI since its inception, including on its €600 million Series B funding round and BeReal on its €500 million acquisition by Voodoo.
In the broader tech sector, the firm’s teams advised Sequans Communications on the sale of its 4G IoT business to Qualcomm and Crossbeam on its cross-border merger with Reveal. And in Energy and Infrastructure, the firm advised VINCI Airports in its acquisition of Budapest International Airport, global infrastructure investors such as CVC DIF in the disposal of its interest in France LNG Shipping, InfraRed Capital Partners in the acquisition of Proximus’ telecom towers in Luxembourg and Morrison in its partnership with EDF and Izivia to develop EV charging stations in France, and the newly launched Alba Infra Partners on its spin-off from 3i group.
From the Restructuring front, the firm represented creditors in some of the largest restructurings, such as Ycor on Solocal’s restructuring and Davidson Kempner on the reorganization of Casino Group.
Mariotti also serves on the Tax Committee at France Invest, a French association for VC and PE investments in growth companies, and served as co-chair of Latham’s Women Enriching Business Committee in the Paris office.
KEY QUOTES:
“Our Paris strategy – focused on delivering top-quality commercial advice in key verticals – is clearly paying off. We are thrilled with the success of our recent hires and delighted to welcome Cecile, who has earned the respect of the market, to support our teams with strategic transactional tax advice.”
– Patrick Tardivy, Co-Partner in Charge for Europe and co-leader of the firm’s global M&A and private equity practice
“I’m very excited to join this dynamic and forward-thinking team and contribute to what they are building – from the Paris Tech Studio to their fast-growing private capital and restructuring practices.”
– Cécile Mariotti
