Gavoty, Charles

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Charles Gavoty practices in the areas of capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity.

He has experience in a broad range of transactions, including public and private acquisitions, initial public offerings, public company securities issues, joint ventures, management buyouts, and venture and development capital financings, with a focus on emerging technology and biotech companies at all stages of their development. In these transactions, Charles has represented a full range of parties, including buyers, sellers, issuers, and banks.

He also provides general corporate and commercial law advice to clients.

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Capital Markets
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Life Sciences
• M&A
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Representative Cases

• Activa acquires BFI Optilas
• ADD Partners invests in InStranet , (2009)
• Artech issues Series B Preferred Stock to Wellington Partners
• Artech places Series B Preferred Stock with Crédit Lyonnais , (2009)
• Atlas Venture and Index Ventures invest in Jaluna
• Atlas Venture and Partech invest in Realeyes3D
• Atlas Venture invests in Soisic S.A.
• Atlas Venture purchases Series B Preferred Stock of Neurotech
• Atlas Venture-led investor group purchases stock in Arteris
• Cascades completes $100 million add-on offering of Senior Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering , (2009)
• Cascades completes a Rule 144A & Regulation S offering of $450 million of Senior Notes with back-end exchange offer , (2009)
• Cellectis completes IPO of €24.4 million of Equity Shares on the Alternext market of Euronext Paris
• Cellectis issues €22 million of Common Stock in a private placement , (2009)
• Completel Europe is acquired by Altice B2B France
• Cril Telecom Software issues stock to Softbank and Sofinnova
• Criteo places shares with AGF and ELAIA
• DiBcom places Series C Preferred Stock with investor group
• DiBcom places Series D shares with investor group
• Farinia places bonds and shares with Fonds Stratégique d'Investissement , (2009)
• Freever completes sale to Buongiorno Vitaminic
• Granite Global Ventures invests in Inside Contactless
• HITECHPROS completes IPO for €5.3 million of Equity Shares on the Alternext market of Euronext Paris
• IBM UK acquires Schlumberger's business continuity and disaster recovery division , (2009)
• Innovacom Gestion and XAnge Private Equity invest in Mix Commerce , (2009)
• Innovacom Gestion and XAnge Private Equity invest in Phone and Phone
• Inside Contactless places shares with investor group
• Insight Venture invests in IN-FUSIO
• Inventages Venture and Bioam Gestion invest in Cryolog
• K-Mobile acquires IntelliWork
• K-Mobile is acquired by American Greetings
• Kynogon places shares with CapDécisif and Innovacom
• Le Noble Age completes IPO on the Eurolist market of Euronext Paris for €15 million of Equity Shares
• Mediapps raises €15 million in Series B financing
• Metaboli acquires business unit from Turner Broadcasting , (2009)
• Metaboli places Series A Preferred Stock with investors
• Miriad Technologies places shares with OTC Funds , (2009)
• NavX raises €3 million in Series A round
• Nemoptic places shares with UFG Private Equity
• Nemoptic raises capital in Series D round
• Nemoptic S.A. issues Series C Preferred Stock , (2009)
• Neoware Systems acquires Mangrove Systems
• Neoware Systems acquires Qualystem Technology
• Nextel invests in Medialive , (2005)
• NexWave completes recapitalization
• Notrefamille.com completes IPO of €7.1 million of Equity Shares on the Alternext market of Euronext Paris
• Novexel to be acquired by AstraZeneca for $505 million , (2009)
• Open Plug raises $15 million in Series B round
• Partech invests in Digitick
• Partech invests in Series E round of Netsize
• SAP AG acquires Highdeal , (2009)
• Seventure and AGF Private Equity invest in 24H00.fr , (2009)
• Soamaï acquired by Allen System Group
• Sofinnova and HealthCap invest in Cerenis Therapeutics , (2009)
• Sofinnova invests in 6Winds
• Sofinnova invests in Sensitive Objects , (2004)
• Sofinnova Partners invests in Inside Contactless , (2009)
• SPEF Venture sells Optogone SA
• TAK Imaging raises $16.25 million in Series C round
• Talend raises €2 million in Series A round
• Trace One places Series B Preferred Stock
• Turenne Capital and Air Liquide invest in Asterop
• Veolia completes public offering and Regulation S offering for $1.8 million of Notes , (2009)
• Veolia obtains $1.2 billion financing facility
• Veolia obtains $100 million letter of credit facility , (2009)
• Verbund completes subscription of rights issue by Poweo , (2009)
• Verbund forms JV with POWEO , (2009)
• Virtools raises €1.2 million in Series A round
• Voltalia obtains Jones Day's advice in investment by CDC in Voltalia Guyane , (2009)
• Voltalia obtains Jones Day's advice regarding Mulliez family investment
• VPOD.TV places stock with Innovacom
• Wavecom agrees to be acquired by Sierra Wireless in friendly deal , (2009)
• XIRING completes IPO on the Alternext market of Euronext Paris for €4.3 million of Equity Shares

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Paris, France

Education

• Columbia University - New York
• ESSEC Grad Bus Sc Mgmt - Paris
• U de Paris I - France

Published Works

• La loi de securite financiere: une loi d'insecurite juridique, Option Finance, 2003
• L'absorption par une societe par actions simplifiee exige-t-elle le consentement unaime des associes de la sciete aborbee? Bulletin Joly Societes, 2001

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