VincentBabin

Associate

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Vincent Babin accompagne les entreprises innovantes dans leurs levées de fonds, le développement de leur activité et la réalisation d'opérations de croissance externe. Il assiste également les fonds VC et les fonds Corporate Venture dans leurs investissements, la restructuration d'entreprises ou encore les sorties.

Avec les fondateurs, Vincent Babin est impliqué dans chaque étape juridique du développement de la start-up : la constitution de l'équipe fondatrice, les levées de fonds, les acquisitions externes et les potentielles sorties. Il accompagne également les sociétés dans la mise en place de plans d'intéressement de leurs salariés et dans la structuration d'une gouvernance saine.

Cette expérience pratique permet à Vincent Babin de conseiller également les investisseurs avec pragmatisme, et dans l'optique d'une création de valeur au niveau de la cible.

Vincent Babin a maintenu des liens étroits avec l'EDHEC Business School, où il dispense occasionnellement une formation en Venture Capital aux étudiants de LLM. Il assiste également les entrepreneurs de l'école incubés à Station F.

Avant de rejoindre Jones Day en septembre 2023, Vincent Babin a travaillé plusieurs années dans d'autres cabinets d'avocats internationaux.

Expérience

  • Affiliates of Centre Lane Partners acquire substantially all of the assets of Hardinge Inc. and its subsidiaries, including the Kellenberger, USACH, SuperPrecision, and Workholding business linesJones Day advised affiliates of Centre Lane Partners in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Hardinge Inc. and its debtor subsidiaries, a global leader and provider of advanced machine tool, manufacturing and workholding solutions, as part of chapter 11 proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
  • Tikehau Capital, Wendel Growth, Definvest (Bpifrance), and 360 Capital sell their stakes in Preligens to SafranJones Day advised Tikehau Capital, Wendel Growth, Definvest (Bpifrance), and 360 Capital in the sale of their stakes in Preligens, a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) for aerospace and defense, to Safran.
  • Elaia Partners invests in Descartes & MaussJones Day advised Elaia Partners in its participation in the investment of €5.5 million in Descartes & Mauss, a StraTech, a new breed of AI-powered solutions for strategy making.
  • Partech invests in GireveJones Day advised Partech Partners in the €20 million financing of Gireve, the leading digital platform for EV charging interoperability.
  • Daphni and 9900 Capital lead €5 million financing of KoletJones Day advised Daphni and 9900 Capital as lead investors in the €5 million seed financing of Kolet, a French startup specialized in the development and administration of websites and specific software enabling the purchase of dematerialized SIM cards (eSIM), and (ii) the implementation of internet access interfaces and local telecom networks.
  • Silicon Mobility sold to IntelJones Day advised Silicon Mobility SAS in the acquisition of the company by Intel Corporation.
  • Unseenlabs raises €85 millionJones Day advised Unseenlabs, a France-based company and global leader in maritime surveillance through detection and geolocation of radio frequency signals from space, in its €85 million financing for significant expansion of observation capabilities, strengthening of international presence, consolidation of private sector activities, innovation of new products and solutions, and recruitment of new talents.
  • Elaia Partners co-leads €1.7 million financing of PhosphoJones Day advised Elaia Partners as co-lead investor with YCombinator in the €1.7 million pre-seed financing of Phospho for building the next generation of product analytics and monitoring platforms helping developers to create better LLM applications.
  • Elaia Partners participates in €3 million financing of i-VirtualJones Day advised Elaia Partners in connection with the €3 million financing of i-Virtual, the French leader in camera-based vital sign monitoring.
  • Cellectis and AstraZeneca enter into research collaboration and agree on equity investment of up to $220 million by AstraZenecaJones Day advised Cellectis in connection with the joint research collaboration agreement entered into with AstraZeneca and initial equity investment by AstraZeneca into Cellectis of $80 million.