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Joachim Fleury

Joachim Fleury

Title
Partner
Practice
Publications

Tel
+442070068050

Experience and career history

Joachim Fleury has over 25 years of experience in M&A, partnerships and joint ventures, in particular in the communications and technology industry.

Joachim is Head of the Telecommunications, Media & Technology (TMT) practice.

Joachim is a director of several charities in the performing arts world, including Sadler's Wells in London and the Holland Festival in the Netherlands.

University of Amsterdam (Law) 1984
Joined Clifford Chance, London 1984
Clifford Chance, Amsterdam 1985
Clifford Chance, New York 1990
Partner since 1992
Clifford Chance, Amsterdam 1992
Clifford Chance, London since 2001

Speaks English, Dutch, Spanish, German and French.

Highlights of deals and projects

Deutsche Telekom AG and T-Mobile on the merging of their business with Orange plc (a unit of France Telecom) in the deal that created Everything Everywhere, the UK’s largest mobile operator with sales of £8.2 billion and 28.4 million customers

TeliaSonera on the increase in TeliaSonera's stake in Kazakhstan's leading mobile phone company (doing business as Kcell) to 75%, and the listing of 25% of Kcell on the Kazakhstan and London stock exchanges

A consortium of six private equity houses in relation to the successful public bid for VNU N.V. (since renamed into The Nielsen Company), for US$10.5bn in 2006 and on the Initial Public Offering of Shares in Nielsen Holdings N.V. [Link]

A consortium of Mediaset, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Cyrte Investments on the acquisition of Endemol, the world’s largest independent television production company, by a combination of a private acquisition of 75% of the company from Telefónica and a public offer for the remaining shares, followed by various reorganisations and debt restructurings.

Citations and awards

Joachim Fleury heads the firm's Global Communications, Media & Technology practice and is a top choice for international M&A transactions in this sector. He has particular expertise in transactions concerning the Netherlands.
Source: Chambers UK

London-based Joachim Fleury heads the firm's international communications, media and technology practice, and is a top choice for international M&A transactions in this sector.
Source: Chambers Global

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