Nicolas Mathieu Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Paris, FR

Paris, FR

• Lead P&C Americas legal team and provide legal support and advice to P&C Americas Hub entities in the U.S., Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, and Peru (non-P&C).
• Provide legal support on contracts drafting and negotiation pertaining to insurance and reinsurance businesses, as well as U.S. venture capital investments.
• Coordinate and work on P&C Americas implementation and conformity with applicable compliance and regulatory processes.
• Coordinate activities of regulatory attorneys in connection with filings to regulators on P&C business matters, including supervision of the P&C entities’ statutory financial filings or licenses.
• Identify and address legal, compliance and regulatory risks inherent to the business activities, including optimization of the corporate structure and risk management activities.

Paris, FR

Lead team providing legal advice and support on (i) mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital operations, (ii) banking, finance and capital management operations (issuance of financial securities, hybrid debt, cat bonds, contingent capital, etc.), (iii) asset management and investment transactions, (iv) non-technical contracts.

New York, NY, US

• New York: Sept. 2008 - Aug. 2009 / Paris: Sept. 2009 to February 2018
• Represented public and private companies in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, joint ventures and other corporate matters. Negotiated and drafted documentation (asset and stock.
• Advised international financial institutions in connection with global economic sanctions (OFAC) investigations. Managed teams of consultants, attorneys and paralegals in Paris, Geneva, London, NYC and Washington.
• Notably represented Dupont in its US$ 130 billion merger with Dow Chemical, Dupont-Dow in its sale (US$1.2 billion) and exchange of certain assets to FMC Corporation, Ball Corporation in its US$8.4 billion acquisition.

Paris, FR

• Contributed to the reorganization of the company’s foreign subsidiaries (mergers, incorporations).
• Assisted with preparation for and legal organization of the annual shareholders meeting of global cosmetics company
• Supervised the legal intelligence of French subsidiaries (updated by-laws, controlled approval of accounts)
• Wrote legal memoranda on financial topics such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Securities Act of 1933, S.E.C. rules on deregistration, Monaco laws on incorporation.

Paris, Île-de-France, FR

• Affiliated with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzParticipated in all aspects of complex commercial litigation and consulting (major cases: Morgan Stanley v. LVMH and Lucent-Alcatel merger acquisition).
• Produced documentation, worked on data room and closing on different transactions.
• Drafted corporate documents (prospectus, shareholders agreements).

Conducted extensive legal research and drafted memoranda on action to be taken for tax optimization and companies' incorporations (by-laws, tax reform memoranda, share transfers)

Researched and produced legal memorandum, wrote court filings and other procedural documents.

Prepared administrative documentation for exchange of diplomatic bags between French embassies.

Bar Exam, Law

Ll.M. (Master'S Degree), Banking, Corporate And Finance Law

Master'S Degree, Business And Tax Law

National Diploma, Comparative Law

Master 1 (General Preparation To Master'S Degrees) (Maîtrise), Business And Tax Law

Juris Doctor (Licence), Business Law