News: Vincent GUEVENOUX

Jean-Michel Aulas’ family office, Holnest, has signed an agreement with 13 partners, entrepreneurs and national and regional institutions to acquire the LDLC Arena, a sports venue located in the Lyon metropolitan area. HOLARENA, a company created for this purpose, of which Holnest is chairman and 60% shareholder, owns 100% of the LDLC Arena as...

AZmed, a publisher of AI-based diagnostic software for radiologists, has raised 15 million Euros in a Series A round including the family office Maison Worms, Techstars and Tempact Ventures. This fundraising will enable the medtech to accelerate its international development and to use its artificial intelligence software to help radiologists...

DELSOL Avocats advised the GUEYDON family with the acquisition of a majority stake in their company. The GUEYDON family, founders of the toy retailer King Jouet, have returned as majority shareholders after selling control of the company in 2011 to the Italian retailer Toys Center, which has since then been acquired by the Italian group PRG...

DELSOL Avocats is delighted to announce the promotion to Counsel status of Vincent GUEVENOUX (Mergers & Acquisitions – Corporate law) and Damien REMY (Business litigation). Vincent GUEVENOUX is mainly involved in acquisitions, sales and restructurings, as well as fundraising. He has also developed a specific expertise in stock-market...

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...

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...

Financière Tiepolo and J. de Demandolx Gestion, two independent portfolio management companies, have merged to become one of the most significant playors in the field of non-intermediated private wealth management in France. The new company was named Tiepolo. It includes 32 associates and its assets under management amount to 1.8 billion Euros...

Sorgem Evaluation redesigns its shareholding while remaining independent. Apicap enters the audit firm’s capital, via its fund Ardens IV, pursuant to a purchase of shares from the founder, Maurice Nussenbaum, and the management which remains however a majority shareholder. Sorgem Evaluation thus organizes the transfer from its founder, Maurice...

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 September 2021, BMG concluded the acquisition of a multi-asset portfolio located for the most part in the Centre-Ouest and Ile-de-France regions. DELSOL Avocats assisted BMG Group in...

Hesus, “Greentech” partner of construction sites, specialized in the management of incoming and outgoing flows of land and building materials, continues its expansion in Europe through the acquisition of the entire capital of the company Fleaty, a Swedish platform that optimizes and digitizes transport in the construction sector. This...

DELSOL Avocats advised EDH Group, a private higher education group, on the acquisition of the ESEC cinema school, founded in 1973 and recognized as one of the best French cinema schools. With the acquisition of ESEC, EDH Group continues its development and consolidates its position as the French leader in the teaching of creative professions,...

Union Générale des Placements (UGP), a consulting company dedicated to investment solutions for institutional and corporate clients, has entered into a strategic partnership with Primonial, an independent leader in wealth and asset management. With this 51% equity stake, Primonial consolidates its offer and boosts its development with a new...

Hesus, a "Greentech" partner for construction and public works projects specialising in the management of inflows and outflows of earth and materials, are pursuing their expansion in Europe by acquiring an equity interest in Fleaty, a Swedish platform that optimises and digitizes transports in the construction sector. This new location abroad...

DELSOL Avocats advised higher education group EDH on its acquisition of CREAD Institut, a school of higher education in interior design. The acquisition adds a new chapter to the catalogue of courses offered by EDH, a higher education group with a 60-year history of leadership in the fields of communication, artistic and cultural management,...

DELSOL Avocats advised leading French private education group MediaSchool, specialising in media and communication, on its first major fundraising round, conducted by Florac Investissements. Founder and Chairman Franck Papazian will remain the majority shareholder and continue to spearhead MediaSchool’s development in this new phase. The...

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...

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...

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...