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ptreille@levinekeszler.com

Pierre Treille

PARTNER
MEMBER OF THE PARIS BAR
MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK BAR

about

Pierre Treille, co-founder of Levine Keszler, leads the firm’s litigation and arbitration team. He assists French and foreign companies, their directors and shareholders, in complex strategic litigation, often on an international level, in commercial, financial and corporate matters.

Pierre Treille is also experienced in industrial M&A transactions: he handles the entire value chain, from negotiating M&A deals to their potential defence before national courts or arbitration tribunals.

Pierre Treille founded Levine Keszler in 2018 after practicing at CVML, Gate Avocats, Shearman & Sterling and Paul Hastings.

education

LL.M. – New York University (2004)
Sciences Po Paris (2003)
Maîtrise en droit des affaires – Université de Nancy II (2002)

experience

Litigation & Arbitration Credentials

• Counsel to an aeronautics subcontractor in international arbitration against a world leader in aeronautics
• Counsel to a French biotech company in a dispute with an Indian Contract Research Organization (CRO) before the Paris Commercial Court and the Paris Court of Appeal
• Counsel to an investment fund in an international arbitration against one of its founders;
• Counsel to AB Science and its directors in a dispute before the “Commission des sanctions de l’Autorité des marchés financiers” and then before the Paris Court of Appeal
• Counsel to a pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical company before the Paris Commercial Court in a dispute with one of its clients, for unfair breach of commercial relationships
• Counsel to an international French group regarding the violation of seller’s reps and warranties before the Paris Commercial Court
• Counsel to an international oil & gas group for breach of contract before an arbitral tribunal
• Counsel to an international French group in a dispute with an IT service provider

M&A Credentials

• Counsel to Skybound Entertainment in its acquisition of a minority stake in Scenario42 (ex-247 Max)
• Counsel to Socotec for the acquisition of ASCAUDIT company
• Counsel to AB Science in the issue and private placement of shares with warrants for an amount of 15 million euros
• Counsel to Mercialys and Bouygues Immobilier regarding the Series A capital raising of DEPUR Expériences
• Counsel to Socotec in its acquisition of URBADS and URBYCOM
• Counsel to Socotec in its acquisition of S2M company
• Counsel to AB Science in connection with the issue and private placement of shares with warrants for an amount of 10 million euros
• Counsel to Socotec in its acquisition of the Cementys group
• Counsel to Socotec in its acquisition of a stake in BIM In Motion
• Counsel to Socotec regarding the sale of its subsidiaries Socotec Oil & Gas France and Socotec Oil & Gas UK
• Counsel to a start-up incubated by the Axa group in connection with the implementation of its management package
• Counsel to Socotec in its acquisition of SNER
• Counsel to JR Automation in its acquisition of the French activities of the Doerfer/FSA group
• Counsel to Socotec in the context of its planned acquisition of a group specializing in the control of civil engineering worksites
• Counsel to Socotec in its acquisition of CIS
• Counsel to AB Science in a €35 million private placement
• Counsel to Saint Gobain in its acquisition of France Pare Brise
• Counsel to AB Science for the issue and private placement of shares with warrants for an amount of 15 million euros
• Counsel to AB Science in the renegotiation of the terms and conditions of its convertible bonds for an amount of 35 million euros
• Counsel to a group of investors in the creation of a network of medical analysis laboratories in the Middle East
• Counsel to the founders of a French biotech company as part of a divestment process
• Counsel to a French specialty pharma in the negotiation of several key contracts with suppliers and sub-contractors (CROs and CMOs)
• Counsel to Interactive Meetings Limited (a subsidiary of the Computershare group) in connection with the acquisition of Lumi Mobile