Laurence Vincent

Partner

Paris

Laurence Vincent is a Partner in the Corporate department in Paris.

Laurence advises and assists listed and unlisted companies on a wide variety of public and private domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets transactions and on corporate governance matters and shareholders activism.

Laurence has developed extensive expertise in the corporate governance of listed companies and family groups, including CSR reporting (DPEF / CSRD Sustainability Report, Taxonomy, Carbon Footprint, Duty of Care) and governance (composition, skills and training of the Board and CSR Committee, links with the Audit Committee, internal corporate documentation (internal regulations)).

She took the initiative and co-wrote the first practical guide published by a law firm on the inclusion of CSR issues within the corporate governance of listed companies. She has been teaching at the Nancy University of Law since 2012.

Laurence Vincent was distinguished as "Notable Practitioner" by Chambers France 2026 for the first edition of the category "Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)". Chambers 2026 stated: "Laurence Vincent is highly regarded for her experience in corporate governance and ESG topics, including sustainability reporting, CSRD and shareholders rights." Décideurs Magazine also ranked her among the 30 business lawyers of the year in the ranking "La Relève 2021" ("Laurence Vincent, appellation corporate contrôlée", Décideurs Magazine, 2021).

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

Maurel & Prom in relation with:
- the acquisition of Gran Tierra’s assets in Colombia and Ecuador, for a total transaction value of US$1.33 billion
- the acquisition of Wentworth Resources plc, an independent natural gas production company in Tanzania listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London
ENGIE on its € 18 billion acquisition of UK Power Networks Holdings Limited, a leading electricity distribution operator in the UK
ELO on the reorganisation of the Auchan Group's businesses
Société Générale on the sale of its subsidiary Shine, a fintech specialising in payment services for the self-employed and small businesses to Ageras, a Danish platform allowing small businesses to centralize banking services, accounting and tax declarations
Schneider Electric on its issuance of bonds convertible into and/or exchangeable for new or existing shares (OCEANEs) due 2031. The issue has a nominal amount of €750 million
The founding President and the sellers of CAMO Groupe, a French company specialising in placement and temporary work, in connection with the sale of CAMO Groupe to W Group, an Italian multi-brand human resources solutions group
Teleperformance SE, the world leading provider of outsourced customer experience management and related digital solutions, on its bond buyout offer and its inaugural Sustainability-Linked Bonds issue
Incitec Pivot Limited, an Australian group whose shares are listed on the ASIX, specialised in explosives and fertilisers manufacturing, on its acquisition of Titanobel group, a leading French industrial explosives manufacturer since its creation in 1875 by Paul Barbe and Alfred Nobel
Several French listed and non-listed companies on:
- a mapping (scope France and Europe) of all the ESG regulation applicable to the group
- the drafting of a significant part of the first Group's Sustainability Report
- the specific questions of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) regarding the Group's DPEF (Déclaration de performance extra-financière / Declaration of extra-financial performance)
- governance related matters for several years (compliance with legal rules and rules issued from corporate governance code (AFEP-MEDEF), compensation of executive officers, composition of the Board of directors, preparation and/or review of the registration document and preparation of the general meeting (report of the Board of directors to the general meeting and resolutions to be submitted to the general meeting)
- the review of the governance part of the Group's sustainability report and the CEO's say on pay, in particular on the CSR performance criteria of the annual variable remuneration and the long-term remuneration
- several Governance / ESG matters including i) the drafting on a strategic note for the CEO in connection with the new Omnibus package and the Sustainability report, ii) assistance with question-and-answer sessions with the group's Business and Social Council related to ESG topics
- the training of the supervisory board members on the main ESG challenges, specifically on the CSRD
- the training for all the Legal department group's members regarding the news Omnibus package
easyJet on its £1.2 billion rights issue
April, a French international insurance services group listed on Euronext Paris, on the acquisition by British fund CVC Capital Partners of the majority stake of its share capital which was followed by a mandatory tender offer
Holding d'Infrastructures Gazières, a joint venture between the CDC group and CNP Assurances, on the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Elengy (LNG terminal operator) by GRT Gaz (European leader in the transport of natural gas), two subsidiaries of the ENGIE group
Futuren, an independent producer of electricity from onshore wind energy, as a target of a public tender offer initiated by EDF Energies Nouvelles
Société Générale on the concerting action and the tender offer (followed by a squeeze-out) for Boursorama