Manon Oravec

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Manon's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, joint ventures, group restructurings and general corporate matters.

Manon assists a wide range of French and international clients including investment funds, institutional investors and industrialists on notably investments, disposals, acquisitions and strategic partnerships.

Prior to joining the firm, Manon worked in several French and international law firms in Paris as well as an investment fund.

Experience

• Advice and assistance of the private equity fund PEARL Infrastructure Capital in:
  • the acquisition of a 95% stake in a holding company operating brownfield biomass cogeneration assets located in France;
  • the implementation of a strategic partnership with Idex, financially supported by Antin Infrastructure Partners, for the operation of two of the early brownfield biomass cogeneration portfolio held by Pearl Infrastructure Capital, with a combined capacity of approximately 100 MV.
• Advice and assistance of HoloSolis, a project company to develop, build and operate the largest photovoltaic panels, modules and solutions factory in Europe, including in the scope of the completion of:
  • the pre-seed round with the entry, alongside KIC InnoEnergy SE, of Groupe Idec and TSE;
  • the seed round with the entry, alongside KIC InnoEnergy SE, Groupe IDEC and TSE, of Armor Group and Heraeus Beteiligungsverwaltungsgesellschaft MbH.
• Advice and assistance of Sofiprotéol, Groupe Avril's financing and development company, in its acquisition of an equity stake in FrenchFood Capital, through the implementation of a strategic partnership to support FrenchFood Capital's growth in the promotion of food transition.
• Advice and assistance of the consortium composed of CNR, Banque des Territoires and the regional banks of Crédit Agricole Centre-Est, Languedoc, Sud Rhône Alpes and Alpes Provence in the setting up of a strategic partnership taking the form of a new financing vehicle, Solarhona Invest, dedicated to accelerating the deployment of photovoltaic projects in the Rhône Valley.
• Advice and assistance of SunMind, a VINCI subsidiary, designing, financing, building, and operating photovoltaic power plants on behalf of companies and local authorities with the intent of accelerating their decarbonization, which led to the creation of SunWave, a company dedicated to offering solarization services to players in the real estate, industry, and local authority sectors, with a focus on decentralized projects in France, notably on rooftops and parking lots.
• Advice and assistance of Verkor, a company project to implement a gigafactory to allow a large-scale industrialisation of lithium-ion batteries, including in the scope of the completion of:
  • the Series B round of 100 million euros with the entry in the share capital of investors and structuring partners such as Renault, the EQT Fund, Arkema, Tokai Cobex and the Fonds de Modernisation Ecologique des Transports (FMET) managed by Demeter, alongside EIT InnoEnergy and the other historic shareholders (IDEC, Schneider Electric, Capgemini);
  • the financing round in the form of convertible bonds for a maximum amount of 200 million euros.
• Advice and assistance of Irish company Greencoat Renewables PLC (now part of Schroders Greencoat LLP) in its acquisition of several onshore wind farms with a total capacity of 65.5 MW in France from the German energy company Volkswind GmbH (a subsidiary of the Axpo Group)
• Advice and assistance of Groupe IDEC, a major player in real estate committed to promoting sport and its values, in its acquisition of a minority equity stake in the Eden Park Group, a long-standing partner of IDEC’s sports branch  (IDEC SPORT), in order to strengthen their strategic alliance.