Hubert Preschez (Partner and Board Member of Messier & Associés): Hubert has an extensive experience in complex transactions with public companies and the State as well as in the field of energy, infrastructure, transportation and aeronautics.
He has advised on more than 60 M&A and equity capital raising transactions.
He has participated in the main stock market battles on the Paris market.
➢ Examples of completed transactions:
▪ Veolia in its ongoing bid for Suez (2020-2021)
▪ CDC in the acquisition of a stake in Orange Concession (2021)
▪ CDPQ in the sale of Bombardier to Alstom and its investment in Alstom (2021)
▪ Saint Gobain in the sale of their Dutch distribution business to Blackstone (2021)
▪ Capgemini in its bid for Altran (2020)
▪ AF in its capital increase (2021)
▪ Renault’s board of directors in its review of the Renault Fiat merger project
▪ Engie in the sale of its 69.5% stake in Glow
▪ Suez in the acquisition of GEWater
▪ Engie in the sale of Elengy to GRTGaz
▪ Areva in its restructuring and the sale of Areva TA and Mirion
▪ Safran in the creation of Airbus Safran Launcher
▪ PSA in the creation of 12 banking JVs with Santander
▪ Club Med management and Fosun in their ClubMed
▪ Holcim in its bid for Lafarge
▪ Sopra in its public offer for Steria
▪ PSA Peugeot Citroën in its capital increase (2014)
▪ Sale of Elis for PAI Partners to Eurazeo
▪ IPO of FDJ
▪ Suez Environnement in its acquisition of Agbar
▪ Yoplait, PAI and Sodiaal in the sale of 50% of Yoplait to General Mills
▪ Derichebourg in the sale of Servisair to Swissport/PAI
▪ Galeries Lafayette in the sale of 50% of Monoprix to Casino
▪ Sanofi Aventis in its bid for Genzyme
▪ Areva’s Board of Directors in the sale of T&D to Alstom and Schneider
▪ Vivendi and SFR in the acquisition of Neuf Cegetel
▪ AGF in the takeover bid and withdrawal of Allianz
▪ The Agence des participations de l’Etat (French Investments Agency) in the sale by SNPE of DMC
▪ The Agence des participations de l’Etat (French Investments Agency) in the sale of SNI to CDC
▪ SFL in its sale to Inmobiliara Colonial
▪ Suez in its merger with Gaz de France
▪ NYSE in its bid for Euronext
▪ Abertis in its acquisition of Sanef
▪ Suez in its bid for Electrabel
▪ Technip in its bid for Coflexip
▪ Faurecia in its acquisition of Sommer Alibert
▪ TotalFina in its unsolicited bid for Elf (1999)
▪ Petrofina in its sale to Total (1998)
➢ Prior to joining Messier et Associés in 2021, Hubert was head of HSBC’s investment banking in France and Continental Europe since 2018
➢ Joined Société Générale CIB in 2010 as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions France, then Head of Corporate Finance France in 2012, and finally Senior Banker in charge of the global relationship with large French companies in 2015
➢ Joined JP Morgan as Executive Director of the sell-side M&A activity in the industrial sector in London (2000), then Director for the M&A activities in France
➢ Started his career in the M&A team of Paribas in 1997
➢ Graduated from the University of Paris V René Descartes and from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris in Economics and Finance
Hubert has extensive experience in complex transactions with public companies and the State, as well as in energy, infrastructure; transportation and aeronautics. He has advised on more than 60 M&A and equity capital raising transactions.
He has participated in the main stock market battles on the Paris market.