
Corporate M&A
Corporate Governance
Joint Ventures
Energy
Automotive
Manufacturing
Guillemette Burgala is a Partner at Freshfields, based in Paris, where she co-heads the global transactions group. With a focus on corporate transactions, she specializes in both private and public M&A deals, advising clients on corporate governance, strategic partnerships, and joint ventures. Guillemette has extensive experience working with major clients across various industries, including energy, automotive, and manufacturing. Her educational background includes a DESS-DJCE in Commercial and Tax Law from the University of Toulouse and a DEA in Taxation from the University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas.
Guillemette's representative experience includes advising:

- ABB sold the stake/assets to SoftBank Group as part of a M&A transaction on not available. - Deal value was 5375000000 (source: Extracted) Sector: Technology; Location: Global. - On the seller side, legal counsel was not available; lawyers included Alexander Watt, Andrew Murphy, Brechje Nollen, Guillemette Burgala, Gwen Senlanne, Helmut Bergmann, Jon Scurr, Peter Clements, Piers Prichard Jones, Stephen Hewes, Tom Godwin.
Oct 08 2025
5B
M&A

Partner
2019 – Unknown
Counsel
2016 – 2019
Avocat au Barreau de Paris
2003 – 2016
Trainee
2003 – 2003

- Atlassian acquired the target/assets from Cycle in an acquisition; date not available. - Deal value was 3300000000 Sector: Technology; Location: Global. - On the acquirer side, legal advice was provided by a team including Denny Kwon, Jeff Zhang, Andrew Cha, Guillemette Burgala, Jules Troubat, Heather Brookfield, Gwen Senlanne, Satya Staes Polet, Brunhillde Van Den Haute, Jordan Riley, Matthias Triolle, Raphael Narinx, Quentin Fontaine, Joe Soltis, Vincent Daniel Mayeur, Nikolaas Van Robbroeck, Juliette Brasart, Hannah Golden, Maxim Wuyts, Brock Dahl, Christine Chong, Mena Kaplan, Marissa Yu, Olivia Luongo, Benedikt Behrendt, Nabeel Yousef, Kevin Yingling, Kara King.
Sep 03 2025
3B
M&A
1 min
DESS-DJCE in Commercial and Tax Law, University of Toulouse
DEA in Taxation, University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas