Youssef Djehane

Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law

PARTNER (member of the AARPI)
CONTACT
_+33 1 42 99 22 22
_djehane@bdgs-associes.com
DISTINCTIONS / PUBLICATIONS
Youssef Djehane is ranked in the “Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability” section of Chambers Global and Chambers Europe. He is also recommended in the sections “M&A”, “France – M&A and Governance” and “Corporate Governance” of Who’s Who Legal. He is a regular speaker at the IBA M&A conferences on the corporate governance, activism and stewardship panel.
He has authored the Takeover Guide France published by the IBA as well as the Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties in France guide published by Practical Law Company (Thomson Reuters).
EDUCATION
Post Graduate Diploma in Private Law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1985)
LANGUAGES
French / English

PARTNER (member of the AARPI)
CONTACT
_+33 1 42 99 22 22
_djehane@bdgs-associes.com
DISTINCTIONS / PUBLICATIONS
Youssef Djehane is ranked in the “Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability” section of Chambers Global and Chambers Europe. He is also recommended in the sections “M&A”, “France – M&A and Governance” and “Corporate Governance” of Who’s Who Legal. He is a regular speaker at the IBA M&A conferences on the corporate governance, activism and stewardship panel.
He has authored the Takeover Guide France published by the IBA as well as the Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties in France guide published by Practical Law Company (Thomson Reuters).
EDUCATION
Post Graduate Diploma in Private Law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1985)
LANGUAGES
French / English

Admitted to the Paris Bar (1987).

Youssef Djehane founded BDGS Associés in 2013 and is partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law practice.

He began his career at Gide in 1986 where he became partner in 1994. He was seconded to Allen & Overy in London in 1990 and then to the World Bank in Washington in 1992.

Youssef focuses on matters concerning listed companies, including takeovers, capital restructurings, equity capital markets transactions, corporate governance matters and shareholder disputes.

He has worked on a large number of transactions concerning listed companies for both French and international clients, including major corporations, global investment funds, and investment banks.