Roland Montfort
Roland Montfort
Roland Montfort
Biography
Roland is a partner in the M&A and Corporate Finance group in our Paris office, where he advises French and multinational companies on their domestic and cross-border transactions. He is licensed by the Paris, Brussels and New York bars.
Roland has significant experience in the structuring, negotiation and implementation of M&A and corporate transactions, joint ventures, corporate financing, restructuring schemes, multi-country business reorganization as well as carve-outs and spin-offs. He has led deals for clients active in various business sectors including aerospace & defense, automotive, other heavy industries, TMT (technology, media and telecom), health care and life sciences. His clients range from large to mid-cap and small enterprises, financial institutions and investment funds.
Roland also has extensive experience in advising clients on commercial contracts, including a variety of supply chain legal issues whether at the drafting, negotiation or implementation stages. He is praised by his US industrial clients for his advice and counsel regarding their French operations.
Roland began his legal career at the global US law firms, Coudert Brothers and Weil Gotshal, before becoming head of the M&A practice at Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés, then managing partner at Morgan Lewis. Before joining BCLP, he spent 7 years at EY Law, as one of the transaction law leaders for Europe West and global lead for Consumer Products & Retail. Roland has also been seconded to Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan in 1996-1997 and led the EY Law US Central desk from Chicago in 1999-2020.
Professional Affiliations
- Promising Corporate lawyer - Chambers 2005
- EY Commercial Law Terms Handbook (30 countries) 2020 and 2017
- European Law on Cross-border Insolvencies Status of French Practice After the E.U. Regulation 2004
Admissions
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Brussels
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Paris
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England & Wales (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
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New York
Related Practice Areas
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M&A & Corporate Finance
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Corporate
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Food & Agribusiness
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Retail & Consumer Products
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Healthcare & Life Sciences
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Energy Transition
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ESG Governance, Compliance & Reporting
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Aviation, Aerospace & Defense
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Strategic Alternatives & Corporate Reorganization
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Regulation, Compliance & Advisory
Experience
Roland has been a legal adviser to:
- Clients in various industry sectors including HCLS on EU ESG mandatory reporting and French foreign investment regulations
- CapVest portfolio companies, Curium Pharma, Glo Healthcare and Calyx in various acquisitions and divestitures in the US, UK and Europe
- a German industrial group in its acquisition of French aircraft seat manufacturer
- a French automotive OEM in its acquisition of UK target
- a French entertainment group in its acquisition of media company
- a French luxury group in its acquisition of food retail chain
- a French family property manager in its recapitalization
- a global international lead adviser in the separation of United Technologies Corporation into 3 separate listed entities (84+ jurisdictions and 630 transactions in 15 months)
- UTC in connection with its acquisition of Goodrich Corporation
- UTC in connection with acquisition of French fire security business
- UTC in its acquisition of Revima (an APU manufacturing business) from EADS
- a US tech group undergoing a corporate reorganization after its acquisition by a French listed company (international lead of over 15 jurisdictions covered)
- a Chinese sovereign investment fund in its acquisition of SGD bottling industrial assets
- a French to US bank in connection with a USD 400M credit facility to listed French movie studio
- Penske Media in connection with acquisition of French business from Condé Nast
- the French MOE and MOD for negotiations surrounding foreign investments in sensitive sectors
- Hamilton Sundstrand in the divestiture of its industrial pumps business
- a US investment fund in its acquisition of nuclear medicine business
- Gentex in connection with its acquisition of UK military helmet business
- Citibank in the safeguard proceedings of Eurotunnel group of entities
- US investment fund in its acquisition of Chemical business from Clariant AG
- aerospace supplier in its contracts with aircraft manufacturer
- Toyota Boshoku in connection with the acquisition of car seat manufacturing plant from Faurecia
- Toyota in connection with car sharing experimentation in Grenoble with EDF
- Toyota Formula 1 team on key supply chain issue with independent French contractor
- Toyota in connection with greenfield manufacturing plant in the North of France (Yaris Valenciennes plant)
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