Claire-Marie Darnand

Claire-Marie Darnand is a highly respected expert in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures, co-investments, and corporate real estate. With more than 15 years specializing in private equity, she is renowned for her strategic approach to acquisition structuring and navigating complex investment transactions.

• Stibbe assisted AccorInvest Group S.A., with all Luxembourg legal aspects linked to its inaugural bond issue for a nominal amount of €750 million, with a five-year maturity and a fixed coupon of 6.375%.
• Stibbe assisted Zydus Lifesciences Ltd, a listed Indian multinational pharmaceutical company primarily engaged in the manufacturing of generic drugs, with all Luxembourg legal aspects linked to the acquisition of Amplitude Surgical from PAI Partners and others.
• Stibbe assisted investment vehicles affiliated with Rhône Capital on a partnership with Orkla whereby Rhône acquired 40% of the shares in Orkla Food Ingredients.

• Banking
• Financial restructuring
• M&A
• Private equity
• Project finance
• Real estate finance

• Banking
• Financial services
• Healthcare
• Pharmaceutical and life sciences
• Real estate

• Master's degree - Business Law, University of Jean Moulin Lyon, 2001
• Master’s degree in Business Law and a Certificate of Higher Education in Common Law, University of East Anglia, 2002
• Advanced Specialised Studies in Corporate Tax Law, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, 2003
• International Commercial and Business Law, University of East Anglia, 2004

• LPEA
• LuxReal
• IBA

• Paris Bar, 2006
• Luxembourg Bar, 2008