Edouard Verhoeven

Expertise

Édouard is an associate in corporate/M&A and private equity, with a strong interest in complex, often cross-border transactions. He primarily works in the energy, transportation, real estate, defense, and retail sectors, advising on acquisitions, disposals, restructurings, and equity investments, including regulatory and governance aspects.

Édouard holds a dual degree in Business Law and Management from EDHEC Business School (Grande École, master in Law & Tax Management, 2021) and a Master II in Business Law Practice from the Catholic University of Lille (2021).

Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard, he worked as a legal counsel and attorney at a leading French law firm.

Experience

Advised an international logistics group on its 50% equity investment in a French group in the same sector (2025);
Advised LWS Hospitality on the minority investment by CAPITEM 4 and CASRA CAPITAL in LWS Holding (June 2025);
Advised on the LMBO of LWS Hospitality, a subsidiary of the RÉALITÉS group, sold to its management as part of the group’s strategic refocus and recovery plan (January 2025);
Advised Imagerie Médicale Paris Centre (IMPC) on the minority LBO carried out with Qualium Investissement, aimed at structuring and accelerating the group’s development (December 2024).

Bar admission

Paris

Education

EDHEC Business School (Lille), Double degree in Business Law & Management – LL.M. in Law & Tax Management, 2021
Catholic University of Lille, Master 2 Business Law Practice, 2021

Languages

French
English
Spanish

Professional memberships

Association of Trademark and Design Law Practitioners (APRAM), member
Association of Friends of the International Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property (AACEIPI), Executive Committee member
International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), IP member of the IP/IT Committee
Professional Women’s Network (PWN), member
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), member