Laurent Vieillevigne, the former global head of corporate and institutional clients at CDC IXIS, the French investment banking group, who quit the group in July, has joined Paris-based Bucéphale Finance as a partner.

The boutique merger and acquisition advisor was set up in May 2004 by exisiting partners Jean-Marc Forneri, the former chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston in France, and Luc Demarre, a prominent French banker.