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July 2010

Bignon Lebray (Guy de Foresta, Thierry Permezel and Philippe Woerner) advised Poxel, a biotechnology firm, in regard to a capital-raising operation of 16 million euros. The purpose of this round of financing is to accelerate the development of the firm's products portfolio.

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June 2010

- Bignon Lebray (Thomas Buffin and Alexandre Ghesquière) advised bank Crédit Agricole Nord de France and bank BRED Banque Populaire with regard to the capital intensive reorganization of group Sia Conseil (management advisors).

- Bignon Lebray (Claire Baufine-Ducrocq, Paul-André Nivault and Yohann Toreau) advised IBM as regards the acquisition of Altis Semiconductor by Mr. Yazid Sabeg. Altis Semiconductor is specialized in the manufacture of advanced logical electronic components and a major player in the market of semiconductors in Europe. It was jointly owned by IBM and Infineon.

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February 2010

Naxicap Partners has invested 1,5 M€ in Numerix group (10 M€ in turnover), which is the first French solution integrator in the field of medical imaging: 1M€ was issued through convertible bonds and 0,5M€ shares were purchased from minority holders. Numerix will hence be able to expand its internal and external growth, and broaden its range of equipments and solutions.
Bignon Lebray (Matthieu Lochardet) advised Naxicap Partners in this transaction.
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January 2010

Terra Nova, a company dedicated to the recycling of electronic cards, has raised 8,1 million euros from investors, in order to finance the construction of a processing chain and recycling factory on the metallurgic site of Isbergues (North county). Site is expected to open beginning 2011.
The major investor is Ludgate Environmental Fund (LEF), the British fund specialist of cleantech companies.
By injecting 3 million euros, LEF will hold 25% of the capital of Terra Nova.
Bignon Lebray (Thomas Buffin et Florence Loyez-Pierard) assisted Terra Nova in this deal.
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On July, 8th, our Employment Law department will organize a breakfast-discussion on its premises in Lille on the following topic : 'The Social News'.
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On June 24, 2010, Bignon Lebray (Alain Vamour and Etienne Colson) will organize a breakfast-discussion on its premises in Lille on the following topic: 'Bignon Lebray's Public Procurement Meetings'.
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On May 28, 2010, in Beijing, Bignon Lebray (Jacques Goyet, Bruno Lefébure, Xiao Lin Fu-Bourgne and Xiaofei Guo) and Wine Bankers will conduct a presentation on the following topic : “The acquisition of French vineyards: Modus Operandi”.
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On May 28, 2010, Bignon Lebray (Rémi de Gaulle, Jérôme Granotier and Arnaud Tessalonikos) will be hosting a breakfast-discussion at the Best Western Le Galice hotel in Aix-en-Provence on the following topic “Dematerialization of Exchanges and Electronic Filing: Legal, Fiscal and Technical aspects”.
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Next April 19, Etienne Colson, attorney-at-law, will conduct a training session entitled “Gypsy and Traveler Caravans Parking Rules: Mayors’ Rights and Duties”. This training will take place in Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau at the request of the Union of Mayors of Oise Region.
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Explosion of the flows of information, increasing need for the conservation of accounting, legal, tax, and commercial documents, emails, legislative and normative advances... Electronic filing is a major strategic issue for your company.
Hence, on March 25, 2010, Bignon Lebray & Associés (Antoine Arminjon, Jérôme Granotier and Arnaud Tessalonikos) will be hosting a breakfast-discussion on their premises in Lyon on the following topic Dematerialization of Exchanges and Electronic Filing: Legal, Fiscal and Technical aspects'.
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On February 18th, in Lille, Jean-Baptiste Dubrulle, attorney-at-law, will conduct a training session entitled “Urban commercial planning: monitoring stakes and planning ahead commercial development”, organized by the the Union of Mayors of Nord Region .
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On February 17, 2010, in our Parisian offices, Emmanuel du Douët and Jérôme Granotier, partners, will host a breakfast-discussion on the issue of 2010 Tax Law Topicality.
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Alain Vamour will speak at the national congress of French architecture experts on January 29, on the topic of Dangerous Structure Notices (“arrêté de péril”).
This congress will take place at UIC’s convention hall in Paris.
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On January 29th, in Shanghai, Bruno Lefébure, attorney-at-law, partner, and Nicolas Coster, attorney-at-law, will attend the forum entitled 'Travailler Ensemble', organized by the Jeune Chambre Economique Française de Pékin (JCEF). The forum's goal is to enable Franch firms, which are already settled in China, to work together.
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Bignon Lebray Avocats (Jérôme Granotier, Attorney-at-law, Partner) and KPMG (Christophe Nony, Partner, and Olivier Guilbert, Manager) are organizing a conference on Friday, January 22 at Hotel Mercure in Marcq-en-Barœul in order to present the new provisions introduced by the 2010 Finance Law.
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We are pleased to announce the arrival in our Lyon office of Simon WESLEY. He has joined our firm as of counsel.    
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We are pleased to announce the arrival of Yohann TOREAU as of counsel in our Paris office .    
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