Hesse, Linda A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Linda Hesse advises clients in the areas of capital markets, securities, public M&A, and corporate governance under both US and French law. She acts for issuers with respect to their listings on the Paris and/or US stock exchanges and in regulatory matters before securities regulators (the SEC and the French AMF). Linda also advises financial institutions in their role as advisors in offerings of equity, debt, and complex instruments. She is head of the Paris Office Capital Markets Practice.

Notable issuer clients include France Telecom, for ongoing securities compliance, corporate governance, and offerings of debt and equity securities and in its acquisition of various public and private companies; Veolia Environnement on its US shelf registration program; and Wavecom on its ongoing securities compliance, convertible bond offer, and the public tender offers for its shares, resulting in its acquisition by Sierra Wireless. Prior to joining Jones Day, Linda represented issuers such as STMicroelectronics and Groupe Danone.

Investment bank clients include Calyon, Société Générale, and Danske Bank, among others, on the capital increases by Neurosearch, DSV A/S, and Getinge. Prior to joining Jones Day, she advised the underwriters in capital increases and IPOs for companies such as Rhodia, Vinci, and Saft.

From 1994 to 2004, Linda worked with the law firm of Shearman & Sterling in New York and in Paris. She subsequently worked for two years as a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris.

She is a member of the International Bar Association and secretary of its Securities Law Committee.

Areas of Practice

• Capital Markets

Representative Cases

• Calyon Corporate and Deutsche Bank complete €1.2 billion sale of Suez Ordinary Shares by Credit Agricole SA , (2009)
• Cellectis issues €22 million of Common Stock in a private placement , (2009)
• Danske Bank completes €103.5 million rights offering by NeuroSearch A/S , (2009)
• Danske completes €150 million (US $197 million) rights issue by Getinge A/B , (2009)
• Danske Markets and Handelsbanken Capital Markets act as placement agent in €57.6 million rights offering by NeuroSearch A/S , (2009)
• Danske Markets and Nordea Markets complete $270 million share offering by DSV A/S , (2009)
• Fortis Bank completes IPO of €60 million of Equity Shares by Metabolic Explorer , (2009)
• France Telecom completes $2.5 billion public offering of notes , (2009)
• IMS International Metal Service sells Astralloy , (2009)
• Procter & Gamble divests its Folgers coffee business for $3.3 billion , (2009)
• Seventure participates in block trade sale, underwritten by Citigroup Global Markets Limited , (2009)
• Veolia completes public offering and Regulation S offering for $1.8 million of Notes , (2009)
• Wavecom agrees to be acquired by Sierra Wireless in friendly deal , (2009)
• Wavecom completes offering for €80.5 million of Convertible Bonds under Regulation S , (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
• New York University
• Rutgers Univ- New Brunswick

Published Works

• Class Actions in Europe: Reality or Myth? The Example of France, 2009
• 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

2, rue Saint- Florentin
75001 Paris, 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

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