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Julien Aucomte

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Julien Aucomte has been a partner in August Debouzy’s Corporate team since 2012. He mainly deals with mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and private equity.

Julien has also been involved in multiple corporate restructuring cases. His international approach to the practice of law has led him to take part in numerous cross-border transactions. He assists French and foreign investors in a wide range of business areas, including telecommunications, energy, infrastructure, and aerospace. Julien also regularly provides training on legal aspects of transactional operations for corporate legal departments and private equity investment teams.

Julien is individually recognized by leading legal guides in their French M&A rankings (based on the opinions of clients, market observers and peers).

Practice Area

  • Private Equity
  • M&A

  • Corporate

  • M&A

  • Private equity

  • Joint ventures

  • Restructuring

  • Corporate governance


Education

  • Post-graduate degree (DESS) in Intellectual Property Law, 2001
  • Master’s degree (Maîtrise) in Business Law and Taxation, University of Aix-Marseille III, 1999
 

Admitted to the bar

Paris, 2002


Languages

French I English I Spanish

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS FRANCE 2025 - Corporate M&A : High-end Capability
Band 5


CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS GLOBAL 2025 - Corporate M&A : High-end Capability
Band 5


BEST LAWYERS 2025 (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020)
Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law

OPTION DROIT & AFFAIRES 2023
LBO dont la majorité des opérations porte sur des entreprises de 50 à 300 millions d’euros : Tier 3/5
Capital-innovation : Tier 3/5
Fusions-acquisitions dont la majorité des opérations est supérieure à 200 millions d’euros : Tier 3/5

IFLR 1000 2023
M&A : Notable practitioner

DÉCIDEURS STRATÉGIE FINANCE DROIT 2024

PRIVATE EQUITY
Advising management teams: recommended
Development
capital transactions: excellent
Mid
-cap LBO transactions: highly recommended
Venture Capital: highly recommended

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Distressed M&A: excellent
Operations worth between €75m & €500m:
leading

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Renewable energy law: excellent
Energy: market regulation: excellent

HEALTHCARE, PHARMACEUTICALS & BIOTECH
Capital, joint venture, and
corporate transactions: highly recommended

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    August Debouzy advises Argos Wityu on the acquisition of a majority stake in Hexvia group, one of the European leaders in the moving services market

    August Debouzy advised Argos Wityu on the acquisition from Siparex, BPM Group and other minority financial investors of a majority stake in Hexvia group, a leading French player in the moving services market, alongside Bpifrance.

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    August Debouzy advises Argos Wityu on the acquisition of Groupe Routin, a French producer of premium syrups and ingredients for creative beverages

    August Debouzy is pleased to announce that it has advised Argos Wityu on the acquisition of a majority stake in Groupe Routin, a leading French producer of premium syrups and ingredients for creative beverages. This transaction represents the first investment in France by Argos Climate Action, Argos Wityu’s environmental buy-out fund (Article 9 SFDR), and the second investment by the fund in Europe.

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    August Debouzy has advised the independent investment company Weinberg Capital Partners on its acquisition of a stake in Opal Demetz

    August Debouzy has advised Weinberg Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition by Weinberg Capital Partners’ impact fund, WCP Impact Dev #1, of a

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    August Debouzy advised CIPIM and Collectivité de Saint-Martin on their takeover of the airline company Air Antilles

    On August 2, 2023, Caire (Compagnie Aérienne Inter Régionale Express), which operated Air Antilles and Air Guyane airlines, was put into compulsory liquida

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    August Debouzy acted for Argos Wityu during the exclusive talks for the acquisition of TKH France, a leading French provider of value-added connectivity solutions and products.

    Argos Wityu signed an exclusive agreement with TKH Group, a technology company listed on Euronext Amsterdam in the Netherlands, to acquire the majority of

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    August Debouzy advised International Media Invest a.s. (« IMI »), 100% subsidiary of Czech Media Invest (« CMI »), the group co-founded by Daniel Křetínský, for the acquisition of 100% of Editis from Vivendi

    August Debouzy advised IMI, a subsidiary of the CMI group, in connection with the contemplated acquisition from Vivendi of 100% of Editis, one of the leadi

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    August Debouzy advises the founders of Adone Conseil on its merger with the Magellan Partners group

    August Debouzy advised the founders of Adone Conseil on its merger with the Magellan Partners group to create a unique range of organisational and technolo

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    Proposition de règlement MiCA : retour sur les inquiétudes concernant l’avenir de la preuve de travail dans l’Union Européenne

    Après l’executive order du Président Biden, c’était au tour de l’Union Européenne de s’attaquer à la réglementation des crypto-actifs. La proposition MiCA (Markets in crypto-assets) pour une réglementation européenne des marchés des cryptomonnaies (qui est en réalité bien plus ambitieuse que l’executive order américain) était en effet soumise au vote de la Commission des affaires économiques et monétaires du Parlement Européen le 14 mars dernier.

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    August Debouzy advised Tiger Global management on its acquisition of an equity interest in Qonto, which closes a €486 million D round

    August Debouzy advised Tiger Global Management on the new financing round of Qonto, a corporate financial management-focused company, now valued at €4.4 billion and becoming the largest French unicorn.

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    August Debouzy has assisted Tiger Global Management and Coatue with the new funding raised by Ankorstore

    August Debouzy has advised Tiger Global Management and Coatue on Ankorstore’s new funding round. Ankorstore is a wholesale marketplace that connects brands and independent retailers, now valued at €1.75 billion. August Debouzy had already advised Tiger Global Management on Ankorstore's previous funding round in May 2021.

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