Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Linda Hesse has been practicing in the areas of capital markets, securities, and corporate governance for more than 12 years and is head of the capital markets practice in the Paris Office.

Linda acts for issuers with respect to their listings on the Paris and/or New York stock exchanges (notably France Telecom, Wavecom, Ipsen, Orange, and Parrot) and in regulatory matters with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) and the SEC. She advises public companies on general securities law matters, in particular, equity, equity-linked and complex debt issuances (France Telecom, Veolia Environnement, and Wavecom), and public tender offers such as Sierra Wireless's tender offer for Wavecom and France Telecom's acquisition of Orange minority shareholdings.

Linda also regularly advises investment banks — such as BNP Paribas, Calyon, Danske Bank, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, and Société Générale — on capital markets transactions such as the capital increases of Getinge, Neurosearch A/S, Rhodia, Suez, and Neurosearch initial public offerings.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Linda worked for 10 years with the law firm of Shearman & Sterling in New York (1994-1995) and in Paris (1996-2004) and for two years with the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris.

Linda is listed as one of the leading capital markets lawyers in France in the guides Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, PLC Which lawyer?, and The Legal 500 EMEA.

She is a member of the International Bar Association and chairs the Sub-Committee for Regulatory Affairs, which is part of the Securities Law Committee.

Areas of Practice

• Capital Markets

Representative Cases

• Acquisition by Sierra Wireless
• Block Trade Sale
• Folgers Divestiture
• Initial Public Offering by Metabolic Explorer
• Public Offering and Regulation S Convertible Bond Offering
• Public Offering and Regulation S Notes Offering
• Rights Issue , (2009)
• Rights Offering by NeuroSearch A/S
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Share Offering
• Sale of Astralloy Steel Products , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Paris, France

Education

• George Washington University
• Ins d'Etudes Politiques Paris

Published Works

• France Revises its Rules for Reporting Large Shareholdings in Listed Companies, 2009
• UK and French Proposals on Reporting of Large Shareholdings in Listed Companies, 2008
• SEC Adopts Amendments to Rule 12g3-2(b) and Various Other Foreign Issuer Reporting Requirements; Revises Cross-Border Tender Offer, Exchange Offer and Business Combination Rules in Addition to Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules for Certain Foreign Institutions, 2008
• SEC Guidance on the Use of Company Web Sites for Disclosure to Investors, 2008
• SEC Proposes Revisions to Rule 15a-6 to Improve Regulation of Foreign Broker-Dealers, 2008
• SEC Proposes Revisions to the Cross-Border Tender Offer, Exchange Offer, and Business Combination Rules as Well as Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules for Certain Foreign Institutions, 2008
• SEC Proposes Amendments to Rule 12g3-2(b) Exemption From Registration Under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Other Rules and Forms, 2008

Address

120, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris 75008, France

Phones

33.1.56.59.39.39 (Business Phone)

Faxes

33.1.56.59.39.38 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com