Exclusive: In a June court filing, luxury-goods giant LVMH forcefully denied it had ever tried to acquire shares in rival Hermès from that company’s founding-family heir Nicolas Puech, who alleges he was fleeced of his 6% stake — now worth billions — through schemes involving his late wealth manager. But LVMH signed a 2002 agreement to purchase the heir’s shares, legal documents reviewed by Reuters show, in a deal LVMH representatives crafted with Puech’s financial advisor, Eric Freymond, who died last year ↧ EXCLUSIVE: LVMH signed a secret 2002 pact to buy Hermès heir’s s... In a June court filing, luxury-goods giant LVMH LVMH.PA forcefully denied it had ever tried to acquire shares in rival Hermès HRMS.PA from that company’s founding-family heir Nicolas Puech, who alleges he was fleeced of his 6% stake – now worth billions – through schemes involving his late wealth manager.