CREDENTIALS
CORPORATE / M&A – TAX – PRIVATE EQUITY / FINANCE
CORPORATE
- Advising an international airport-services operator in connection with a strategic capital increase enabling a major French banking group, through several of its investment entities, to become a minority shareholder alongside the founder.
- Advising the founder of an energy-transition company on the purchase of his co-founder’s shares, in the context of a capital restructuring designed to support a scale-up. We acted in the entire process, including negotiation of the economic and legal terms of the exit.
M&A
- Advising G3S Alyzia on the minority investment made by IDIA and other satellite funds of Crédit Agricole.
- Advising a company specialising in energy efficiency on several strategic transactions, including a minority investment by an international fund, the launch of a load-shedding offering with a leading French energy-market operator, and an external-growth project involving a competitor.
- Advising a family office on its investment and divestment transactions in the IT sector, including the disposal of a stake to a listed company, several industrial minority investments, and the negotiation of an optimised exit from one of its investments. Comprehensive support provided to the executive team on M&A, corporate matters and governance.
- Advising an investment fund on the disposal of 100% of the share capital of two companies specialising in hybrid-cloud managed services and cybersecurity, to a buyout holding company, with reinvestment by the founders and investment by the management teams.
- Advising a digital-services group on the acquisition of a consultancy specialised in the integration of sales solutions.
- Advising a digital-services group on the acquisition of a major player in software-integration solutions in France.
- Advising a services group specialising in security and electronic protection, structured around a holding company federating several regional subsidiaries to offer integrated solutions for the protection of sites and persons, on the acquisition of several companies specialised in electronic surveillance.
- Advising a services group specialising in security and electronic protection, structured around a holding company federating several regional subsidiaries to offer integrated solutions for the protection of sites and persons, on the disposal of one of its business units.
- Advising a services group specialising in security and electronic protection, structured around a holding company federating several regional subsidiaries to offer integrated solutions for the protection of sites and persons, on the acquisition of a company specialised in locking systems.
- Advising a services group specialising in security and electronic protection, structured around a holding company federating several regional subsidiaries to offer integrated solutions for the protection of sites and persons, on the acquisition of a company specialised in fire-safety systems.
- Advising a private individual on the disposal of two hotel properties.
- Advising a travel-agency operator on the acquisition of a platform specialised in travel-agency services.
- Advising the management team, as minority shareholders, on the disposal of a stake in the capital of a French company specialised in tea.
- Advising Le Fayel Investissements on the disposal of a hotel in Lyon to the Sohoma group (financed by Extendam), together with reinvestment in a new hotel asset alongside the Wargny family.
- Advising the founders of a waterproofing company on the industrial sale of the business.
- Advising the founders on the disposal of 100% of the share capital of a French veterinary-services group to a buyout holding company, with reinvestment by the founders and investment by the management teams.
- Advising the founders and executive teams on the disposal of 100% of the share capital of an independent specialist in data management, virtualisation and security, to a buyout holding company, with reinvestment by the founders and investment by managers, in a transaction subject to foreign-investment control and mandatory notification to the French Competition Authority.
- Advising the sellers on the disposal of 100% of the share capital of a group specialised in post-secondary education, with reinvestment by the founders alongside the acquirer.
- Advising the TALEK group on the sale of its 50% stake in its Washington DC industrial site (Bakery de France), dedicated to the production and distribution of bakery products for the US market, to a major Europe-based industrial manufacturer.
- Advised a French company specialising in the development, manufacture and distribution of fragrances and cosmetic products on its sale.
- Advised a French company specialising in insulation and energy efficiency solutions on the acquisition of one founder’s stake by the other founder.
- Advising a major French family-owned real estate development and land-management group on the transfer of the founder’s shares through a capital reduction as part of a wealth-transfer transaction.
- Advising a US digital-health company specialising in teleradiology and the interpretation of medical imaging by expert radiologists on the acquisition of a French medical-AI.
- Advising a foreign family office on the acquisition of a real estate complex in Spain valued at more than €20 million.
- Advising an independent French group specialising in operational services for the airport sector in connection with several tenders and the corporate structuring of operations relating to the provision of logistics services at several airports in an Asian country.
- Advising an independent French group specialising in operational services for the airport sector in preparing its participation in a tender for the acquisition and privatisation of a company responsible for airport logistics in South America.
Private Equity / Finance
- Advising Indigo Capital on a primary LBO, involving a minority investment through its fund Indigo Capital III in the share capital of Groupe Heytens, the European leader in bespoke window furnishings.
- Advising Indigo Capital on a primary LBO, involving a minority investment through its fund Indigo Capital III in the share capital of La Famille, a group specialising in fast-casual food services in both B2B and B2C segments.
- Advising Montefiore Investment on a fundraising to support the development of Street Empire.
- Advising Montefiore Investment on several fundraisings to finance external growth operations.
- Advising a French company specialising in the import and distribution of professional kitchen equipment on a fundraising to restructure its capital and finance its expansion.
- Advising an investment fund on the LBO of a company specialising in hybrid-cloud managed services and cybersecurity, with founder reinvestment, management investment, and a concurrent M&A transaction.
- Advising the founders and executive teams on the LBO of an independent specialist in data management, virtualisation and security, with significant reinvestment, in a transaction subject to foreign-investment control and mandatory notification to the French Competition Authority.
- Advising a platform specialising in high-end event and private-rental spaces on a fundraising dedicated to the rollout of a new commercial concept.
- Advising a company specialised in artificial-intelligence solutions for the media sector on a fundraising to support its growth.
- Advising a player in energy efficiency and building decarbonisation on a growth-capital transaction combining refinancing and fundraising, in the context of court-supervised conciliation proceedings and strategic repositioning.
- Advising an investment fund on a fundraising (equity and flexible debt) to support the development of a content-production and distribution activity.
- Advising an investment fund on a fundraising (equity and flexible debt) to finance an external-growth operation.
- Advised the founders of a French strategy consultancy specialising in organisational transformation and business development on a private aviation venture targeting ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs).
- Advised the founders of a French consultancy specialising in digital transformation, technology solutions and innovation on a fundraising to support the company’s growth.
- Advised a company specialising in energy efficiency and building decarbonisation on a growth capital transaction involving the refinancing of existing debt and the raising of additional capital to support its expansion.
- Advised a French holding company specialising in investment management, strategic oversight and the provision of services to its subsidiaries on the implementation of a management package in connection with the reinvestment by its financial sponsors.
- Advised a European investment management firm specialising in private debt and private equity investments in mid-market companies on the LBO of a leading surface and wire treatment group, enabling management to increase its equity stake and involving a consortium of three private equity funds alongside mezzanine debt financing.
- Advised Barkene Group and its founder on an LBO involving the acquisition of a majority stake by Astorg, succeeding Montefiore Investment.
- Advised an investment fund on a fundraising to finance the acquisition-led growth of a French hospitality group operating several high-end restaurants, alongside the exit of an existing bondholder.
- Advised a French company specialising in interior architecture, design and space planning across the residential, commercial and hospitality sectors on a fundraising to support its ambition to become the European leader in premium, sustainable charred wood solutions for architecture and design.
- Advised a French mid-market industrial coatings company on a flexible financing package combining equity and debt, alongside the exit of the investment funds that had backed the group since its inception.
- Advised a French industrial group specialising in tapware and ceramics on the consolidation and refinancing of its existing bank debt, together with the raising of additional debt financing.
- Advising a French company specialising in the installation and refurbishment of industrial resin flooring in connection with a sponsorless LBO and an LMBO.
- Advising an investor and partner of a global private-equity firm specialising in MedTech on his investment in and appointment as managing partner of a French MedTech company, including the implementation of investment and management packages for several group entities and an employment agreement.
- Advising a French biotechnology and pharmaceutical company specialising in radiopharmaceuticals and nuclear medicine on a fundraising round to finance the construction of a unique facility in France for the manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals used for diagnosis and the targeted treatment of certain diseases, particularly certain cancers.