Valerie Demont

Valerie Demont is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's New York Office

Areas of Practice

Valerie focuses her practice primarily on U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and securities offerings and corporate governance matters.

She has been involved in numerous mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and dispositions for corporations and private equity funds in the U.S., Europe and Asia (including India). In particular, she routinely advises foreign companies with the establishment and growth of their operations in the United States.

Valerie also represents U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and underwriters in a wide range of primary and secondary capital markets and securities offering financing transactions involving equity, debt, convertible and hybrid securities. These transactions include IPOs, private placements and offshore securities offerings and the establishment of American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programs.

She handles complex securities and financing transactions, including debt restructurings, exchange offers, debt tender offers and consent solicitations.

In addition, Valerie regularly advises companies on their reporting obligations under U.S. securities laws as well as corporate governance and other compliance obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and stock exchange regulations.

Valerie is a frequent speaker at events focused on cross-border trade and has written or contributed to several publications.

Honors

Top 100 India-focused Global Lawyers, India Business Law Journal, 2019-2020

Digital Media

COVID-19 - The 30-Day Mark - How Companies Are Navigating the New Reality, Hear From Three Business Leaders

Insights

Articles

French Desk Blog Posts

• Paycheck Protection Program Loan Applications are Opening Today - Eligibility for Small US Businesses Owned by Foreign Companies, April 3, 2020
• Opening a U.S. Bank Account Can be Much More Onerous than you Think and Can Delay Your Cross-Border Transaction or Growth Plans in the U.S., July 13, 2018
• Foreign Investors in the US are required to declare their investments to the Bureau of Economics and Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce, June 26, 2018

Media Mentions

•Aid to SMEs: French entrepreneurs face the chaotic beginnings of the Paycheck Protection Program
French Morning, 04.15.2020
•Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
Law360, 05.07.2018
•Sheppard Mullin Adds Partners To Corporate Practice
Law360, 08.15.2017

Events

•The CARES Act and U.S. Subsidiaries of Foreign-based Parents - Eligibility Criteria and Other Pitfalls
Webinar, 04.16.2020

•COVID-19 - The 30-Day Mark - How Companies Are Navigating the New Reality, Hear From Three Business Leaders
via Zoom, 04.14.2020

•The CARES Act: A General Overview & Eligibility Guidelines for France-Headquartered Companies
FACC-NY Webinar: CoVid-19 Stimulus Series #3, 04.08.2020

•Managing the Impact of COVID-19 on your Business in the United States
Business France Webinar, 03.26.2020