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Roland P. Montfort is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Business and Finance Practice. Mr. Montfort focuses his practice on strategic mergers and acquisitions and related transactions, joint ventures, corporate, restructuring, and greenfield investments projects. He acts on behalf of multinational companies with substantial operations in France and in various industrial sectors such as the automobile, chemicals, electronics, semiconductors, and heavy industries.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Montfort was a partner at a Paris law firm, where he coordinated the mergers and acquisitions department. Prior to that, he worked for several major international law firms in Brussels and Paris, where he reached the rank of partner. He also previously served in Japan as in-house counsel to a major multinational automobile company.
Mr. Montfort received his LL.M. in corporate law from New York University School of Law in 1992; his J.D. equivalent from Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium in 1989; and his B.A. equivalent from Collège Saint-Michel, Belgium in 1984. Mr. Montfort is fluent in French and English.
Mr. Montfort is admitted to practice in Paris, Brussels, and New York.
Roland P. Montfort est associé et exerce au sein du département coporate de Morgan Lewis dans les domaines du droit des sociétés et des fusions-acquisitions.
Spécialiste du domaine des fusions-acquisitions industrielles, notamment dans les secteurs de l'aéronautique et de l'automobile, M. Montfort représente depuis de longues années plusieurs grands groupes industriels internationaux. Il intervient auprès d'acteurs français ou étrangers (en particulier américains, russes et japonais), non seulement dans le cadre d'opérations de croissance externe ou de réorganisations intra-groupe mais aussi par la prise en charge de leurs besoins corporate ou encore dans le domaine des restructurations.
Avocat aux barreaux de Paris, Bruxelles et New York, M. Montfort a exercé au sein du cabinet Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés et Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP avant de rejoindre Morgan Lewis en 2008.
education
- New York University School of Law, 1992, LL.M.
- Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1989, J.D. Equivalent, Magna Cum Laude
- Collège Saint-Michel, Belgium, 1984, B.A. Equivalent