Corso Bavagnoli

Mr. Bavagnoli joined Lazard as Managing Director in March 2018.

Since then, he has advised:

● Crelan on the acquisition of AXA Bank Belgium
● Piraeus Bank on the establishment of a non-performing assets servicing platform with Intrum
● Ripplewood on the acquisition of a stake in Banque Saudi Fransi
● CVC on the acquisition of April ● Arch Capital on the acquisition of a minority stake in Coface
● Investment of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti in Euronext for the acquisition of Borsa Italiana
● Take-private of Natixis by BPCE ● Piraeus Bank on its Share Capital Increase
● Fundraising of Younited Credit from Bridgepoint and Goldman Sachs
● Sale of HSBC’s French retail operations to My Money Group
● Acquisition of Aviva France by Aema Group
● Sale of Floa by Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale (alongside Casino Group) to BNP Paribas
● Natixis' independent directors on the transfer of Natixis' insurance and payment businesses to BPCE

Graduate Degree – Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA)
Graduate Degree – Ecole nationale supérieure des Mines de Paris
M.A. in Public Administration – Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po Paris)

Native French speaker; fluent in English and Italian