Latham & Watkins advises Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, in connection with the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Altice France for the acquisition of SFR, France’s second‑largest telecommunications operator, by a consortium comprising Orange, Bouygues Telecom, and Free–iliad Group.
The proposed transaction values the relevant Altice France assets at a total enterprise value of €20.35 billion. This is one of the largest industrial transactions in the European telecommunications sector.
The transaction remains subject to the approval of the competent regulatory authorities.
The Latham team advises Orange on antitrust matters, with a team led from Paris by partners Jacques‑Philippe Gunther and Adrien Giraud, with London partner Ludmilla Le Grand, and associates Clémence Coppin, Louis‑Victor Sachs, Thomas Harbor, Marion Penloup, Allan Herlen, and Victor Gerardin.
Where the legal industry reads first.
Enjoyed this article? Get the biggest legal industry updates, deals, appointments, insights and expert interviews in your inbox, free.
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.From Legal Desire
Is your firm the one being cited, or the one being skipped?
We ran the test. On several everyday legal questions, software companies are answering and law firms are not. We help firms fix that, and we build the technology behind the practice.
Lawyers and firms: get featured on Legal Desire
Share your deals, lateral moves, firm news and insights with 1M+ monthly readers: founders, law firm partners, general counsel and practising lawyers across the US, UK, EU and GCC.
Get featuredSubmit a press releaseThe advising firms, the named deal team, the value and the parties, with every other announced deal by the same firms and lawyers. Open the deal record
