Juan Manuel Ramírez joined Societe Generale Spain’s Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) team in 2000. He was appointed Managing Director in 2011 and Co-Head of Corporate Finance for Spain & Portugal in 2014. He had previous work experience in JP Morgan and KPMG, where he spent collectively 4 years. In the last 19 years at SG, Juan Manuel has advised in numerous and relevant M&A transactions across different sectors. Since July 2019, he is Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, together with Patrick Perreault.

Juan Manuel Ramírez is a graduate of ICADE (Pontificia Comillas University) and ESC Reims.

Patrick Perreault, Managing Director, is appointed Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, together with Juan Manuel Ramirez Garcia in July 2019. He was Head of Mergers & Acquisitions for France since May 2019.

He joined Societe Generale in 2015 as Head of Diversified Industries within SG CIB’ Corporate Finance department. Patrick Perreault has 20-year experience in Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and strategic advisory. He worked for 13 years within Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division, including 3 years as a Managing Director. He started his career at strategic consulting firm L.E.K. Consulting in 1997 where he spent 3 years. Patrick advised on numerous M&A and financing transactions for large and midcap clients from various sectors, and on cross-border transactions in particular.

Patrick Perreault is a graduate of McGill University, HEC Paris and Stanford University.

Sylvain Mégarbané is appointed Head of Investment Banking Division in July 2019.

Since March 2015 he was Global Head of Corporate Finance, and previously Head of Corporate Finance for Power & Utilities sector. Before joining Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking in 2010, he was an Executive Director in the European Power & Utilities team of JP Morgan that he joined in 1998.

Sylvain Mégarbané graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE (Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique) and holds a degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris.