News: Arthur COLLET

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...

SEGEPO, a company specialising in the manufacture of mechanical parts, is reorganising its capital around its management, which has become the majority shareholder. Arkéa Capital and Bpifrance have become minority shareholders. In 2015, the French manufacturer sold 60% of its capital to Dentressangle, which took the opportunity of this new...

DELSOL Avocats advised the energy broker for professionals, Opera Energie, on an OBO. Opera Energie is preparing for international expansion and the diversification of its offering with the arrival of two investors : the Luxembourg investment company Oraxys and Bpifrance. The three founders, Jean-Sébastien Degouve, Nicolas Chevallier and...

DELSOL Avocats advised Dimotrans Group with the acquisition of a stake in its capital by Crédit Mutuel Equity, a subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale. Dimotrans Group currently employs 2 700 people in its 70 French branches and its network of international subsidiaries and offices in Asia, Europe and the United States. With this new...

DELSOL Avocats advised the CDC (Banque des Territoires) and ADEME Investissement on ZEWAY’s €26.75 million fundraising. ZEWAY is a leading player in « zero emission » urban mobility. This round of financing will enable ZEWAY to deploy its network of battery exchange stations for urban electric mobility on a large scale. Historical investors,...

Comptoir Rhodanien, the summer fruit specialist, is restructuring its shareholding in the context of an MBO. CEO Christophe Soulhiard is reducing his stake in favour of the management, which is being relaunched, and company executives who are taking a stake in the capital. The historical shareholders (Siparex MidCap, Carvest and Casra...

Maped, a French international group among the leading players in colouring and school supplies, has acquisired Juratoys, French specialist in wooden and cardboard games and toys. The group distributes its brands in more than 120 countries, has 17 subsidiaries worldwide and employs 1600 people. Juratoys has been designing and distributing...

DELSOL Avocats assisted GL events, an integrated events group whose teams provide turnkey solutions, from consulting to design and implementation, in the subscription of a €49.9 million sustainability-linked bond to finance part of its operational capex. These funds will be used to accelerate its energy transition, renew its rental equipment...

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...