Hélène Parent

Hélène Parent

Partner Corporate & Finance

Paris

01 53 67 18 60 / 06 78 41 46 56

helene.parent@hoganlovells.com

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Hélène Parent

Overview
Experience
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Insights and events

Hélène Parent is a partner in our Paris office and a member of our Corporate & Finance practice and Private Equity Transactions practice.

Hélène is particularly known in the Tech, Life Science, and highly regulated industries.

Hélène Parent is a partner in the Paris office in the M&A and Private Equity practices. Dual-qualified in Paris and Madrid, she is widely recognized for her work in the technology, life sciences, and other highly regulated sectors.

Hélène advises private equity funds, family offices, and high-growth companies on complex private equity transactions, with a focus on venture capital, growth equity, and cross-border M&A across Europe and the United States. She brings extensive experience in multi-jurisdictional matters, particularly in France, Spain, Germany, and the United States.

Recognized as a rising leader in the European PE market and ranked in Chambers France 2025 for Private Equity, Hélène is recommended as a Next Generation Partner by the Legal 500 EMEA 2025, and distinguished as one of ALM’s 25 Private Equity Rising Stars in Europe (2025). She was also recognized by Financial News as one of Europe’s Best Up-and-Coming Private Equity Lawyers (2022) and is part of the team that won twice the FT Innovative Lawyers Award in the “Market firsts” category.

Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Hélène was a partner in the Corporate department of an international law firm.

Representative experience

The Exploration Company on its $160 million Series B fundraising

Reveal on its $50 million Series A financing round, acquisition of US company PartnerHacker and subsequent combination with US competitor Crossbeam

Brut and its shareholders on its Series B, C and D fundraisings and subsequent sale to CMA Media

Accel on all its investments in France (Doctolib, Swan, Lydia, BlaBlaCar, Payfit, Filigran, Payfit, Sorare, etc.)

Balderton on its investment in Brigad

H on its $220 million seed round from Accel, UiPath, Elaia and various investors

Verkor on its record financing of over €2 billion

Northzone on its investments in France (Homa Games, Dalma, Defacto, Maki, Rayon etc.)

Artemis Domaine on the merger of Artémis Domaines with Maisons & Domaines Henriot

Red River West on all its investments in France (Allo-Média, Brut, Le Collectionnist, Resilience, etc.), Europe (Ada Health, The Exploration Company, Robovision, etc.) and the United States (Jiko)

Imactis on its acquisition by GE Healthcare

MyTraffic on its fundraising and subsequent acquisition of Spanish Company Geoblink