MMlaw advised the Barkene Group and its founder, Richard Weihart, on the LBO transaction marking the acquisition of a majority stake by Astorg, succeeding Montefiore Investment.

A leading multi-specialist B2B technical services provider, Barkene is entering a new phase, continuing its growth trajectory alongside a top-tier strategic partner, with a focus on structuring and accelerating its development.

In the context of this transaction, our teams were involved in:

• conducting legal and employment vendor due diligence (VDD) on behalf of the seller (Montefiore Investment) and the management team;
• assisting the management and the founder in structuring the transaction and in their reinvestment alongside Astorg.

The MMlaw team advising on this transaction included: Karine Fitau (Partner), Alex Ebangué and Anas Benlarbi (Associates), and Lionel Turpin (Senior Lawyer) on Corporate – M&A – Private Equity – Financing matters, and Natali Aleksic (Partner) and Léo Coqk (Associate) on employment law aspects.