Romain Tourenne is an associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice groups.
He has experience acting on a broad range of private equity and corporate matters, including acquisitions, capital markets transactions and general corporate work.
Romain trained and qualified as a solicitor at another international law firm, where he also gained experience with the firm’s real estate finance and competition groups.
He is a French national and regularly advises on transactions involving French buyers, sellers, target companies and issuers.
Selected experience:*
- KKR on its investment and follow-on investment in music platform Artlist in Israel, and on Artlist’s acquisition of Motion Array in the U.S.
- KKR on its control investment in Biosynth Carbosynth, a life sciences reagents and custom synthesis and manufacturing services company headquartered in Switzerland and several bolt-on acquisitions by Biosynth Carbosynth.
- KKR on its investment in Ornikar, a European provider of road safety education.
- KKR on its participation in a US$530 million funding round in Wolt, a leading European food delivery business based in Finland.
- KKR on its acquisition of Argenta, a leading animal pharmaceutical research and manufacturing company.
- Fnac Darty S.A., a leading European retailer of consumer electronics, editorial products, and household appliances, in connection with its offering of €300 million 1.875% Senior Notes due 2024 and €350 million 2.625% Senior Notes due 2026.
- Goldman Sachs on its investment in tech platform LumApps.
*Some of these representations occurred prior to Romain’s association with Gibson Dunn.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- BPP Law School - 2017 Legal Practice Course
- Université de Poitiers - 2015 Master en Droit
- University of Cambridge - 2015 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
- Université de Poitiers - 2014 Licence en Droit
Admissions:
- England & Wales - Solicitor
- France - Avocat au Barreau de Paris