Biography

Biography
Shari Lisa Piré
Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate
Shari Piré is an associate in Skadden’s Paris office who concentrates primarily on crossborder mergers and acquisitions. In the U.S. arena and on the international front, Ms. Piré
has represented clients operating in a variety of business sectors, including banking, energy,
pharmaceutical, telecommunications and manufacturing. She has also regularly represented
investment managers of issuers in private offerings of various types of funds and fund structures, including U.S. and international hedge funds and private equity funds.
Ms. Piré spent three years in Skadden’s New York office prior to coming to Paris. Her
indicative representations include:
Paris Office
T: 33.1.55.27.11.43
F: 33.1.55.27.21.43
E: [email protected]
Education
J.D., New York Law School, 1994
(magna cum laude; Editor, New York Law
School Law Review)
• Alpha Bank, A.E. (GRC) in its approximately $4 billion acquisition of Emporiki Bank,
S.A. (GRC) from Crédit Agricole, S.A. (FRA);
B.A., University of California, Irvine, 1988
• Sanofi-Aventis, S.A. (FRA) and Merck & Co., Inc. (USA) in connection with their
attempted divestiture of a significant part of their respective animal health businesses to
multiple prospective buyers;
Bar Admissions
• a European-listed company in its proposed divestiture of 38 industrial sites spread over
four continents;
• François-Charles Oberthur Technologies (FRA) in its approximately £900 million proposed (but terminated) offer for De La Rue plc (UK);
• ZTE Corporation (CHI), a publicly listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, in connection with the sale of all of its interests in Congo
Chine Telecom (a Congolese mobile operator) to France Télécom S.A. (FRA);
• Rakuten (JPN) in its approximately $247 million acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of PriceMinister (FRA);
• Orascom Telecom S.A.E. (EGY), a publicly listed telecommunications operator, in the
restructuring of its partnership with France Télécom S.A. (FRA) in connection with
MobiNil (an Egyptian wireless telecommunications company);
• Toshiba Corporation (JPN) in its estimated €4.5 billion bid to acquire Areva T&D
Holding S.A. (FRA), Areva’s electricity transmission and distribution subsidiary;
• the investment manager of Ritchie Capital (CYM), a hedge fund (formerly valued at
$3.5 billion), in connection with the sales of several portfolio investments;
• the general partner of a hedge fund (CYM) in connection with the sale of certain interests
to Aquiline Capital Partners (USA);
• the investment manager of a hedge fund in connection with private placements; and
• the general partner of a hedge fund in connection with formation of global partnerships
(CYM, VGB, IRL) established to operate a worldwide hedge fund administration business.
Ms. Piré has assisted in teaching negotiation seminars to students at France’s prestigious
Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC).
Université de Bordeaux, 1985-1986
New York and District of Columbia
Associations
Member, Board of Directors, Académie
Américaine de Danse de Paris
Languages
French, Spanish and English
Authorships
Author, “More Earn-Outs Set for 2014,” IFLR,
January 24, 2014
Author, “When Resolving M&A-Related
Disputes, Which Jurisdiction Makes the Most
Sense?” IFLR, January 10, 2014
Co-Author, “Ad Hoc Guidance Requirements
Unaffected by the Amended EU Transparency
Directive,” Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP, July 29, 2013
Co-Author, “Flaming Worms, Stuxnets et
autres Cyber Menaces – La Réponse de l’Union
Européenne,” Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP, June 2013
Co-Author, “Privacy and Cybersecurity Update:
Flaming Worms, Stuxnets and Other Cyber
Threats — The European Union’s Response,”
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP,
April 8, 2013
Co-Author, “In Forma Pauperis in Bankruptcy:
Reflecting on and Beyond United States v. Kras,”
American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review
(1994)
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