News Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law

DELSOL Avocats assisted AEM Holdings, a Singaporean semiconductor group, in the context of the acquisition of the French company MU-TEST. DELSOL Avocats managed the foreign investment process with the French Ministry of the Economy. The signing took place remotely by emectronic means. Emmanuel KAEPPELIN, partner and co-head of the « Corporate...

DELSOL Avocats advised REALITES, a territorial development group founded in 2003 by CEO Yoann CHOIN-JOUBERT, with over 300 employees on 14 sites, on the setting up of its REALITES endowment fund. REALITES has been listed on the Euronext Growth market since 2014. In creating this new and inclusive structure with funding of close on €5 million...

DELSOL Avocats advised Cybergun, a specialist in the development and marketing of airsoft replica firearms, on its application for an accelerated financial safeguard (SFA) plan. The application proved successful, and on 10 February 2020, the Nanterre Commercial Court approved the draft SFA plan, which had garnered extensive support from...

Small World Financial Services, a leading UK-based money transfer provider owned by the Equistone Partners Europe fund since 2018, acquired 100% of the equity capital of MoneyGlobe as part of a build-up. MoneyGlobe is a French money transfer provider covering more than 80 countries with over 65,000 cash pickup locations. The deal was...

DELSOL Avocats advised real estate and territorial development group REALITES on the stock market and regulatory aspects of its acquisition of Cap’Etudes, a group specialising in the development, management and operation of serviced student accommodation. The deal sets a formal seal on a long-established partnership between the two structures...

DELSOL Avocats advised the HESUS group, headed by Emmanuel CAZENEUVE, on the acquisition by BRGM subsidiary SAGEOS of a stake in the capital of SOLTRACING. SOLTRACING, founded in 2015 by HESUS and the Flemish Construction Federation, offers a comprehensive traceability and safety solution for excavated earth for all those playing a part in...

DELSOL Avocats advised the Austrian group Voestalpine on the acquisition of 100% of Société d’Equipements Industriel Lietaert (SEI.L) from La Ferroviaire de la Brie. SEI.L has been developing railway switches and crossings since 2012, and benefits from SNCF qualification. With more than 52,000 employees, some fifty subsidiaries worldwide and a...

DELSOL Avocats advises the sellers in the framework of the takeover of Colonna by its CEO Since its creation in 1972 Colonna, a broker specializing in group insurance, had been owned by several members of the family of the same name. Xavier COLONNA, CEO from 2008, takes over the brokerage business. DELSOL Avocats advised the sellers with a...

DELSOL Avocats acted as legal advisor to Rhône-Alpes PME Gestion and Sofimac Régions, through a team headed by Emmanuel KAEPPELIN, partner and co-head of the Corporate - Mergers & Acquisitions Department.

DELSOL Avocats assisted private equity firm Aster Capital as part of the fundraising round by startup IT monitoring specialist PacketAI. Aster Capital led the fundraising round alongside BNP Paribas Développement, SGPA and Entrepreneur First. The round will enable PacketAI to ramp up development of its solution and maintain its R&D...

DELSOL Avocats advised Capitem Partenaires on its transfer of shares to Novencia Group and to Mr. Arnaud Zilliox. Capitem Partenaires was advised by Frédéric SUBRA and Séverine BRAVARD.

DELSOL Avocats has advised RIBIERE’s management on acquiring the company from its sole shareholder and Chairman and CEO since 2004, Daniel LOUISE. A team of four led by Joseph CHANLIAUD, who joined as CEO a year ago, acquired the business specializing in public-sector construction projects and private-sector civil engineering. RIBIERE, which...

DELSOL Avocats advised the management of Ribiere on its buyout of the company from its sole shareholder and CEO since 2004, Mr. Daniel LOUISE. A team of four managers, headed by Joseph CHANLIAUD, who arrived as General Manager a year ago, took over the firm, which specialises in public service infrastructure and private civil engineering...

French media group TELEGRAMME has strengthened its partnership with the company Autour du Mont Blanc, organizer of the UTMB (Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc), via its subsidiary OC Sport (Route du Rhum, The Transat, Geneva and Nice–Cannes Marathon, Hautes Routes cycling events). The group first partnered Autour du Mont-Blanc in 2016 amidst the...

DELSOL Avocats has advised Assystem, an international engineering group listed on Euronext Paris, on acquiring 100% of the capital of the French company ASCO from its three founders. ASCO, a recognized player in project management and information systems, generates over €20 M in annual revenue and has 300 employees. The acquisition is...

15 May-2019 – HELLOWORK, a group specializing in online recruitment and training, has taken over DIPLOMEO, a website dedicated to the guidance of young graduates with an annual turnover amounting to €2,6 million. This acquisition allows HELLOWORK to complete its portfolio of human resources sites in order to be present in both the training and...

DELSOL Avocats advised Agora with the acquisition of a majority stake of RTE Multimedia. Agora, a subsidiary of several household appliance groups, is the main European portal for the repair of household electrical appliances. Agora is also a supplier of ERP in after-sales service and consumer CRM. RTE Multimedia is active in the trading of...

DELSOL Avocats is proud to rank in 6 categories of the Legal 500 EMEA 2019 : The Regions - Tier 1 « Originally founded in Lyon, Delsol Avocats is one of France’s most well known regional firms, with a reputation that is well established at national level. Its resources are now almost equally split between its Paris and Lyon offices. The firm...

IVIDATA group, a consultancy specialising in digital and Big Data founded and headed by Ian BRADAC and Etienne ABOULKER, closed its first MBO with investment funds KEENSIGHT CAPITAL and ISAI GESTION. The deal has allowed for IVIDATA to restructure its capital, primarily around the KEENSIGHT CAPITAL and ISAI GESTION funds, which have acquired...

The HESUS group, specialists in the management of supply and evacuation of soils and materials for construction sites, successfully closed a €10 million fundraising round with PARIS FONDS VERT, a fund managed by DEMETER PARTNERS and backed by Paris City Hall, SUEZ VENTURES and CONSTRUCTION VENTURE. The deal, whereby chief executive and...