Yves Quintin practices in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, project finance and international transactions. He has counseled clients, both domestic and foreign, in acquisitions and divestitures, loan transactions, swaps, corporate finance and commercial matters.

Admitted to practice in New York and Paris, he formerly served as a legal and economic advisor in the Cabinet of the Governor of French Guiana. Mr. Quintin is the former chair of the International Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association and the International Law Committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association. Fluent in French and German, he has authored numerous articles, published in English and French, on various aspects of international transactions, and has also lectured in the United States and abroad on mergers and acquisitions and related matters. His book on M&A, Les Fusions-Acquisitions aux USA, was published by Les Editions Bruylant (Brussels) and Yvon Blais (Québec) in 2005. Mr. Quintin lectured in business law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2006 and 2007.

Mr. Quintin is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (LL.M.), the University of Paris-IX-Dauphine (D.E.A.), the University of Paris-V (LL.B.), l'École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (M.B.A.) and Lycée Louis Le Grand (Paris).

Representative Matters

$70 million preferred stock financing for biotechnology company.
$1 billion and $650 million sales of companies in the water industry and related worldwide reorganization of seller.
$200 million redemption of stock and corporate reorganization of holding company of major publicly held media company.
Numerous acquisitions and divestitures of companies in various industries (e.g. software, interactive voice response, surface protection, pharmaceuticals, water, minerals, music) on behalf of U.S. and foreign clients.
Cross-border transactions, including a $100 million investment in an Irish company, the acquisition or divestiture of interests in Chinese, Canadian, French, German and Hungarian companies, the restructuring of the debt ($4.7 billion) of an Irish-based aircraft lessor and concomitant purchase of convertible notes issued by that company and the subsequent successful divestiture of all investments in the company.
Representation of lenders and borrowers in loan transactions, such as a $2 billion line of credit, a $1.5 billion line of credit, an $85 million facility secured by stock, a $110 million cross-border loan facility for a French company, and secured loans to a start up telecommunications company laying fiber optic cable.
$245 million project financing involving aircraft and a data-processing facility.
$107 million extension of letter of credit supporting waste-to-energy project owned by a French company.
$130 million refinancing of waste-to-energy plant owned by a French company.
Leveraged leases of aircraft and other equipment.
Representation of public and private pension plans in connection with various private equity investments.
Swap transactions under International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) documents, involving interest rate swaps, swaptions, equity based indices and currency swaps.
Advice on Hart-Scott-Rodino matters.

Professional Activities

Union Internationale des Avocats
American Bar Association
- Former Chair, International Law Committee, Young Lawyers Division
Philadelphia Bar Association
- Former Chair, International Law Committee, 1988-1989
Legal and Economic Advisor, Cabinet of the Governor of French Guiana, 1981-1983

Admissions

Paris, France
New York

Education

University of Michigan Law School, LL.M., 1981
University of Paris-V, LL.B., 1980

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2001-present
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Partner, 1990-2001
- Associate, 1986-1989
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio
- Associate, 1983-1985

Civic and Charitable Activities

Director, Philadelphia Chapter of French-American Chamber of Commerce
Trustee, International House of Philadelphia (2005-2007)
Director, French Heritage Society
Vice President, French Benevolent Society of Philadelphia
Director and Vice Chair, Ecole Française Internationale de Philadelphie (1990-2001)

Selected Publications

"M&A contracts in the American financial maelstrom: Have 'reverse break-up fees' and 'MAC' clauses turned them into mere options?/Les contrats de fusion-acquisition dans la tourmente financière américaine: Les clauses de 'reverse break-up fees' et de 'MAC' en font-elles de simples options?," Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales/International Business Law Journal, July 2008
Les clauses de "Material Adverse Change" dans les contrats de fusion-acquisition americains, Fusions-Acquisitions Magazine (Paris), 2006
"Les Fusions-Acquisitions aux USA" (Editions Bruylant (Bruxelles) and Yvon Blais (Québec) - 2005)
"International Aspects of M & A" in "Doing Merger and Acquisitions Transactions in Today's Business Climate", 2002 (Bisel CLE Institute).
Co-Author, "European Community Law and Arbitration: National Versus Community Public Policy," 18 Journal of International Arbitration, October, 2001
"Transferee Liability in Asset Transactions," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1998
"Sales of Private and Public Companies by Auction," U.S. Chapter (Kluwer), 1998
"Fundamentals of Structured Finance" in Financing Marine Assets and Operations, The Euromoney Institute of Financial Law (1995)
"Warranties and Disclosures in Corporate Acquisitions," (U.S. Chapter), AIJA Annual Meeting, Vichy, 1994
Co-Author, "Europe 1992: A Basic Guide," The Barrister, 1991
Co-Author, "International Sales Contracts under the UN Convention on Contracts for International Sales of Goods," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1991
Co-Author, "Quelques Remarques sur la Responsabilité du Fabricant d'Equipement Aéronautique en Droit Américain," Revue Française de Droit Aérien, 1989
"Certain Institutional Aspects of Europe and their Effects on U.S. Companies,"
3 Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, 1989
"Transferts de Technologie et Application Extra-Territoriale des Contrôles sur les Exportations Américaines à la Lumière de l'Export Administration Act de 1985," 76 Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 492, 1987
"French Corporate Law and the Choice of a Corporate Entity," Legal Aspects of Doing Business with France, PLI, 1987
"La Reconnaissance et l'Execution des Jugements Etrangers en Droit Américain," 74 Revue Critique de Droit International Privé 433, 1985
Co-author, "U.S. reliability for grain deliveries: the treaty option," 17 Journal of World Trade Law, 1983
"An analysis of the proposition of accession of the European Communities to the European Convention on Human Rights," 16 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1983

Selected Speaking Engagements

Co-president and speaker, "La Verification Diligente Corporative," Institut Canadien, Montreal, October 2007
Speaker, EFE seminar on "Fusions-Acquisitions," Paris, November 2006
Speaker, Legal Aspects of M&A in the U.S., Montreal Chamber of Commerce, October 2006
Speaker, "Fusion-Acquisitions en 2006," Institut Canadien, Montreal, October 2006
Author and speaker, "International Aspects of M & A", Bisel CLE Institute, Philadelphia 2002
Author and speaker, "Transferee Liability in Asset Transactions," Annual PBI Business Lawyers' Institute, Philadelphia, 1998
Author and speaker, "Sales of Private and Public Companies by Auction," AIJA Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, 1996
Author and speaker, Fundamentals of Structured Finance", The Euromoney Institute of Financial Law, New York, 1995
Author and speaker, "Warranties and Disclosures in Corporate Acquisitions," AIJA Annual Meeting, Vichy, 1994