Jeremy Scemama is a Private Equity M&A partner, with particular expertise in leveraged buyouts (LBOs), and a member of the Firm's Private Capital industry group.
For more than 25 years, Jeremy has advised some of the most prominent French and international investment funds and their management teams on high-profile private equity transactions, including MBOs, LBOs, exits and secondary deals, investments, public-to-private transactions, build-ups and growth capital. He also regularly counsels leading listed and unlisted industrial and service groups on their most complex domestic and cross-border transactions, spanning acquisitions, disposals, mergers, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, financings, restructurings and external growth operations.
Jeremy’s practice covers a wide variety of sectors, including financial services, hospitality and leisure, technology, media and entertainment, sports, and healthcare/life sciences.
Over the course of his career, Jeremy has developed top-tier expertise in securities-related transactions, such as takeover bids, PIPE deals, squeeze-outs, delistings and privatizations.
Jeremy's clients include market-leading investment funds and corporates such as Montefiore Investment, PAI Partners, The Carlyle Group, MML Capital, Alpha Private Equity, Latour Capital, Meanings Capital Partners, European Camping Group, Worldline, Groupe Premium and Qualcomm.
Publications
- SPACs in France, an original vehicle for accessing financial markets, likely to develop in France?, La Lettre des Juristes d'Affaires (LJA), April 2021
- Overview of the contractual engineer of M&A operations: latest trends in France and internationally a market already in transition? Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine, no. 314, January-February 2021
Education
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University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, LL.M.
International Law and International Commerce
- Lycee Montaigne, B.A.
Memberships
Member of the Association of Lawyers Securities Law (ADB)
Member of the France-China Committee (Comité France Chine)
Awards & Recognition
Chambers Global: Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability, 2025
Chambers France: Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability, 2025
Chambers France: Private Equity: Mid-Market, 2025
The Legal 500 EMEA (France): “Private Equity: LBO”, Recommended lawyer, 2025
The Legal 500 EMEA (France): “Mergers & Acquisitions”, Recommended lawyer, 2025
Best Lawyers in France: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Private Equity Law / Private Funds, 2026 (recognized since 2023)
IFLR1000 (France): “M&A“, Notable practitioner, 2025
Option Droit & Affaires: “LBO transactions over 200 M EUR », 2025
Option Droit & Affaires: “M&A transactions over 200 M EUR », 2025
Leaders League (France): “M&A - Transactions exceeding €500 million”, 2025
Leaders League (France): “Mid-cap LBO transactions” - Leading, 2025
Languages
- French
- English
Matters
Recent Representations:
Jeremy’s representative matters include advising:
Private Equity
- Alpha Private Equity in connection with various private equity transactions, including:
- the sale of Feu Vert.
- the acquisition of Impact Field Marketing Group.*
- Alpha Private Equity and Marvesting in connection with various private equity transactions, including:
- the acquisition of Winchannel.
- the acquisition of Stellar Global.
- Aether Financial Services on the acquisition of a stake in its capital by Capital Croissance.
- Bpifrance on several investments (Voluntis; Microwave Vision; Vexim).*
- Carlyle, Montefiore Investment and OTPP for its sale of European Camping Group to the benefit of PAI partners.*
- Carlyle on the acquisition of Envea.*
- PAI Partners and European Camping Group in connection with various private equity transactions, including:
- Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s (ADIA) minority investment in European Camping Group.
- the acquisition of Vacanceselect from Permira.*
- Montefiore Investment in connection with various private equity transactions, including:
- the sale of Cercles de la Forme group.
- the acquisition by Latour Capital of a stake in European Digital Group.
- multiple strategic acquisitions (Groupe Open; Bridge Group; Valeur et Capital).*
- the acquisition and the sale of Groupe Premium to Eurazeo.*
- Montefiore Investment and Latour Capital on the acquisition of 2PACE by European Digital Group (EDG).
- MML Capital on several acquisitions (SC Pack; Global Pallets & Packaging Services (GPPS)).*
- 3E on the acquisition of Quick-FDS.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Qualcomm Inc. in connection with various M&A transactions, including:
- the acquisition of Sequans Communications’ 4G IoT Technology.
- the takeover of all the assets of UPMEM.
- DC Company in connection with various M&A transactions, including:
- the acquisition of Konbini.
- the acquisition of Les Eclaireuses.
- the strategic partnership with La Dépêche du Midi.
- Groupe Premium on several build-up transactions (Groupe Grifo; Pierre 1er Gestion; Familiance; Neolife; Haenggi & Associés; Agami; 2L*; ID*; Valetys*; Sefima*; Linard*; Forward*, etc.).
- Fosun on several investments (Club Mediterranée; Saint Hubert; EOS Imaging).*
- SopraSteria on several build-up transactions (Fidor; Sodifrance; Kentor; Cassiopae; HR Access).*
- Worldline on several build-up transactions (Handelsbanken; Equens).*
- Medtronic on the acquisition of the French listed company Medicrea.*
*Aforementioned matters handled at prior firm.