Four Decades for Justice
Virginie Marier is a member of the Corporate Governance and Board Advisory Practice. Ms. Marier focuses her practice on advising foreign private issuers, particularly in connection with disclosure and governance matters. She also has more than a decade of experience representing clients in capital markets transactions, including cross‑border debt and equity offerings, and mergers and acquisitions.
Ms. Marier’s clients have included AerCap, AngloGold Ashanti, Anheuser‑Busch InBev, Annington Homes, Disney, the European Investment Bank, Goldstory, HDFC Bank, Hepsiburada, INEOS Enterprises, Kaufman & Broad, Martin Marietta, Newcrest, PAI Partners, Peugeot, RELX, Santander, Sappi, Styrolution, THOM Group and US Foods. She has also represented leading financial institutions as underwriters and initial purchasers in various offerings.
Ms. Marier’s notable financing transactions include:
Investment grade debt offerings for AngloGold Ashanti, Disney, the European Investment Bank, Kraft Heinz, RELX and State Street
Liability management transactions for Disney and Kraft Heinz
Equity offerings for EDF, Peugeot and State Street
Ms. Marier’s notable M&A transactions include representing:
AngloGold Ashanti in its corporate restructuring and change to domicile in the United Kingdom and primary listing location to the NYSE
Ms. Marier has been recognized for her work in capital markets by IFLR1000.
Ms. Marier received a B.A. magna cum laude from Yale College in 2006 and an LL.B. and B.C.L. from McGill University in 2010, where she was Editor‑in‑Chief of the Journal of Law and Health. Following her graduation, Ms. Marier served as a law clerk to Justice Morris Fish of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Ms. Marier joined Cravath in 2011 and was elected European counsel in 2019.
Ms. Marier’s clients have included AerCap, AngloGold Ashanti, Anheuser‑Busch InBev, Annington Homes, Disney, the European Investment Bank, Goldstory, HDFC Bank, Hepsiburada, INEOS Enterprises, Kaufman & Broad, Martin Marietta, Newcrest, PAI Partners, Peugeot, RELX, Santander, Sappi, Styrolution, THOM Group and US Foods. She has also represented leading financial institutions as underwriters and initial purchasers in various offerings.
Ms. Marier’s notable financing transactions include:
Investment grade debt offerings for AngloGold Ashanti, Disney, the European Investment Bank, Kraft Heinz, RELX and State Street
Liability management transactions for Disney and Kraft Heinz
Equity offerings for EDF, Peugeot and State Street
Ms. Marier’s notable M&A transactions include representing:
AngloGold Ashanti in its corporate restructuring and change to domicile in the United Kingdom and primary listing location to the NYSE
Ms. Marier has been recognized for her work in capital markets by IFLR1000.
Ms. Marier received a B.A. magna cum laude from Yale College in 2006 and an LL.B. and B.C.L. from McGill University in 2010, where she was Editor‑in‑Chief of the Journal of Law and Health. Following her graduation, Ms. Marier served as a law clerk to Justice Morris Fish of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Ms. Marier joined Cravath in 2011 and was elected European counsel in 2019.
IFLR1000
Deals & Cases
May 15, 2023
On May 12, 2023, AngloGold Ashanti, an independent, global gold mining company, announced that it has undertaken a comprehensive review of its domicile and listing structure and concluded that the most appropriate structure for AngloGold Ashanti Group is a UK corporate domicile with a U.S. primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and secondary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”) and A2X Markets (“A2X”) in South Africa and on the Ghana Stock Exchange (“GhSE”) in Ghana. Cravath is representing AngloGold Ashanti as U.S. counsel in connection with this matter.
Deals & Cases
September 06, 2022
On August 24, 2022, Richemont, FARFETCH and Symphony Global, one of the investment vehicles of Mohamed Alabbar (“Alabbar”), announced the acquisition by FARFETCH and Alabbar of a 47.5% and 3.2% stake respectively in YOOX NET‑A‑PORTER (“YNAP”), and the agreement for Richemont and YNAP each to adopt FARFETCH Platform Solutions. Cravath is representing Richemont as U.S. counsel in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
May 20, 2022
Cravath represented RELX Capital Inc. in connection with its $500 million registered notes offering, guaranteed by RELX PLC. RELX Capital Inc. is an indirect finance subsidiary of RELX PLC, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. The transaction closed on May 20, 2022.
Virginie Marier is a member of the Corporate Governance and Board Advisory Practice. Ms. Marier focuses her practice on advising foreign private issuers, particularly in connection with disclosure and governance matters. She also has more than a decade of experience representing clients in capital markets transactions, including cross‑border debt and equity offerings, and mergers and acquisitions.
Ms. Marier’s clients have included AerCap, AngloGold Ashanti, Anheuser‑Busch InBev, Annington Homes, Disney, the European Investment Bank, Goldstory, HDFC Bank, Hepsiburada, INEOS Enterprises, Kaufman & Broad, Martin Marietta, Newcrest, PAI Partners, Peugeot, RELX, Santander, Sappi, Styrolution, THOM Group and US Foods. She has also represented leading financial institutions as underwriters and initial purchasers in various offerings.
Ms. Marier’s notable financing transactions include:
Investment grade debt offerings for AngloGold Ashanti, Disney, the European Investment Bank, Kraft Heinz, RELX and State Street
Liability management transactions for Disney and Kraft Heinz
Equity offerings for EDF, Peugeot and State Street
Ms. Marier’s notable M&A transactions include representing:
AngloGold Ashanti in its corporate restructuring and change to domicile in the United Kingdom and primary listing location to the NYSE
Ms. Marier has been recognized for her work in capital markets by IFLR1000.
Ms. Marier received a B.A. magna cum laude from Yale College in 2006 and an LL.B. and B.C.L. from McGill University in 2010, where she was Editor‑in‑Chief of the Journal of Law and Health. Following her graduation, Ms. Marier served as a law clerk to Justice Morris Fish of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Ms. Marier joined Cravath in 2011 and was elected European counsel in 2019.
Ms. Marier’s clients have included AerCap, AngloGold Ashanti, Anheuser‑Busch InBev, Annington Homes, Disney, the European Investment Bank, Goldstory, HDFC Bank, Hepsiburada, INEOS Enterprises, Kaufman & Broad, Martin Marietta, Newcrest, PAI Partners, Peugeot, RELX, Santander, Sappi, Styrolution, THOM Group and US Foods. She has also represented leading financial institutions as underwriters and initial purchasers in various offerings.
Ms. Marier’s notable financing transactions include:
Investment grade debt offerings for AngloGold Ashanti, Disney, the European Investment Bank, Kraft Heinz, RELX and State Street
Liability management transactions for Disney and Kraft Heinz
Equity offerings for EDF, Peugeot and State Street
Ms. Marier’s notable M&A transactions include representing:
AngloGold Ashanti in its corporate restructuring and change to domicile in the United Kingdom and primary listing location to the NYSE
Ms. Marier has been recognized for her work in capital markets by IFLR1000.
Ms. Marier received a B.A. magna cum laude from Yale College in 2006 and an LL.B. and B.C.L. from McGill University in 2010, where she was Editor‑in‑Chief of the Journal of Law and Health. Following her graduation, Ms. Marier served as a law clerk to Justice Morris Fish of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Ms. Marier joined Cravath in 2011 and was elected European counsel in 2019.
IFLR1000
Deals & Cases
May 15, 2023
On May 12, 2023, AngloGold Ashanti, an independent, global gold mining company, announced that it has undertaken a comprehensive review of its domicile and listing structure and concluded that the most appropriate structure for AngloGold Ashanti Group is a UK corporate domicile with a U.S. primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and secondary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”) and A2X Markets (“A2X”) in South Africa and on the Ghana Stock Exchange (“GhSE”) in Ghana. Cravath is representing AngloGold Ashanti as U.S. counsel in connection with this matter.
Deals & Cases
September 06, 2022
On August 24, 2022, Richemont, FARFETCH and Symphony Global, one of the investment vehicles of Mohamed Alabbar (“Alabbar”), announced the acquisition by FARFETCH and Alabbar of a 47.5% and 3.2% stake respectively in YOOX NET‑A‑PORTER (“YNAP”), and the agreement for Richemont and YNAP each to adopt FARFETCH Platform Solutions. Cravath is representing Richemont as U.S. counsel in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
May 20, 2022
Cravath represented RELX Capital Inc. in connection with its $500 million registered notes offering, guaranteed by RELX PLC. RELX Capital Inc. is an indirect finance subsidiary of RELX PLC, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. The transaction closed on May 20, 2022.
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