News Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law

A number of French start-ups make the choice to transfer their head office to the United States or to locate themselves there through a transaction commonly referred to as a « flip », i.e. the creation of a holding company under US law, followed by a contribution of all of the shares of the French company to the holding, so that the French...

Silamir, a pure player in sustainable transformation, assists companies in all sectors in their digital and organisational transformation. Naxicap Partners, a leading private equity firm in France, is acquiring a stake in the Silamir group, alongside the group’s chairwomen and founders and its key associate managers. The arrival of Naxicap...

FACIL’iti provides a significantly improved and customized browsing experience allowing websites to meet the needs of each individual’s particular condition. The start-up has just completed its first round of financing with four leading groups investing in its capital : Groupe TF1, Bouygues Telecom, Groupe Crédit Agricole and Malakoff Humanis....

Cap Vert, an Ambienta (European environmental sustainability investor) portfolio company, expands its regional coverage with the acquisition of Duc & Préneuf Bourgogne. Duc & Préneuf was founded in 1989 in Dijon and its main activity is the creation of green spaces. With the acquisition of this longstanding and respected market player,...

RaiseSherpas, Raise Group’s endowment fund and the first philanthropic accelerator dedicated to French post-seed startups, is taking part alongside investors-sponsors in the launch of Phiture, the first 100% non-profit tech investment fund. This fund, the first of its kind in France, aims at investing in the best innovations and financing 50...

DELSOL Avocats advised Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy, on its acquisition of a minority stake in the capital of Global Morpho Pharma, a French startup created in 2018 that develops innovative equipment and provides high value-added services to radiopharmaceutical companies for the production and distribution of medical...

DELSOL Avocats assisted REALITES, a territorial development group listed on Euronext Growth founded in 2003 by Yoann CHOIN-JOUBERT, its CEO, operating in France and Africa (Morocco and Senegal) and employing more than 900 people, in its reserved capital increase for a total amount of €35 million at a price of €45 per share. This fundraise,...

DELSOL Avocats advised the Californian fund Runa Capital on the fundraise carried out by the start-up OpenReplay. OpenReplay provides developers with a session replay stack that helps them troubleshoot issues by making debugging visual. It has raised $4.7 million in a seed funding round led by Runa Capital with the participation of Expa, 468...

Holnest, Pathé and IDG Capital entered into exclusive negotiations with Eagle Football Holdings, LLC in the perspective of the acquisition by the latter of a majority stake in OL Groupe, followed by a simplified public purchase offer. Whereas Jean-Michel Aulas will remain CEO of OL, the transaction will enable the consolidation of the Groupe’s...

BMG Group is a real estate company specialized in commercial real estate. BMG invests in three kinds of assets : offices, warehouses and business premises. In June 2022, BMG acquired 50% of the shares hold by a minority shareholder, thus owning 100% of its subsidiaries. The buyout was accompanied by a refinancing of the existing debts of the...

DELSOL Avocats assisted Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy , on the acquisition of Cyberwatch, a French computer security software publisher. This addition complements and strengthens Framatome’s cybersecurity offering and expands its portfolio of solutions to serve public administrations, nuclear and other critical...

DELSOL Avocats advised Demeter Investment Managers, CDC (Banque des Territoires) and CMA CGM Ventures on Telaqua’s fundraise. Telaqua is a startup which develops smart irrigation systems for the agricultural and vineyard industries. Demeter Investment Managers, a major private equity player in the ecological transition sector, led this €4M...

DELSOL Avocats advised on the financing operation for the construction of the “LDLC Arena” complex, initiated by the Olympique Lyonnais Groupe. This multifunctional infrastructure will be able to accommodate up to 16,000 people and will be dedicated to events (concerts, sporting events, trade shows, etc.) offering the latest cutting-edge...

HelloWork, a group specializing in recruitment and training on the Internet, has completed the acquisition of the start-up Basile, specializing in co-option recruitment. This acquisition allows the HelloWork group to develop its offer by proposing new recruitment techniques and new HR tools. For several years now, DELSOL Avocats has been...

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DELSOL Avocats assisted Aeroprotec (Haure-Mirande Group), a key player in the surface treatment and painting of metal and composite material parts used in the aerospace industry, in a new build up transaction through the acquisition of a new industrial site located in Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon from the WeAre group. The business, dedicated to...

DELSOL Avocats advised the Californian fund Runa Capital in the context of the fundraise carried out by the e-commerce logistics platform Bigblue. The fundraise carried out by the French start-up amounts to 15 million dollars (13.6 million euros) within the framework of a Serie A led by Runa Capital as secondary lead investor with other...

DELSOL Avocats advised Financière Auto Performance, the main Aston Martin dealer in France, with the sale of its dealerships in Paris, Bordeaux and Lyon to the BPM Group. Financière Auto Performance generated a +/- 30M€ turnover in 2020. BPM Group, headed by Patrick BORNHAUSER, is primarily active in the distribution and repair of multi-brand...

DELSOL Avocats advised Cyclable, a network of 60 shops specialising in bicycle mobility, on a €7 million fundraise from Calcium Capital. The historical shareholder, Roland Barthez, who joined the company in 2010, is reinvesting and thus continuing the Cyclable adventure. This fundraise, brokered by Oaklins France, also allows the exit of M...

The construction company NMC Bâtiment has acquired off plan (VEFA) a 1,200m² logistics warehouse located in Bailly-Romainvilliers from the developer Spirit Immobilier. DELSOL Avocats assisted NMC Bâtiment in the context of this transaction with a team including Henri-Louis DELSOL, partner and co-head of the « Mergers & acquisitions -...