Deals (2019)

DELSOL Avocats was involved alongside the founders and shareholders of Golden Bees, a programme-based recruitment platform founded in 2015, in the acquisition of a majority stake in the French online recruitment leader Figaro Classifieds. This strategic alliance will enable Golden Bees to deploy its solution to the 15,000 recruiters who use...

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 advised the Hesus Group, specialists in the evacuation, management and recovery of soils, materials and construction waste for the construction industry, on the signing of an off-plan lease agreement with real estate developer Quartus on premises in the district known as La Minoterie in Ivry-sur-Seine (94), provisionally set to...

DELSOL Avocats assisted Groupama Gan Reim in its acquisition of two retail stores in the city centre of Aix-en-Provence, deploying a team consisting of partner and co-head of the Real Estate Law Department Benoît BOUSSIER, counsel Virginie DELANNOY and associate Cérine...

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 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 worked alongside founders of the AVISA Partners Group, one of France’s economic intelligence leaders, on equity investing in capital investment company RAISE and Rives Croissance, an investment fund, as minority shareholders. In February 2018, DELSOL Avocats advised C.D.P., the French leader in e-lobbying, on its alliance...

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...

DELSOL Avocats has worked alongside Olympique Lyonnais on its equity investment, exceeding 25% in ASVEL (€3.4 M) and 10% in ASVEL Women (€0.3 M). The football club founded in LYON in 1950 and chaired by Jean-Michel AULAS will be represented in the management bodies of the basketball club led by Tony PARKER. Over a five-year period, OL Groupe...

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...

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...

DELSOL Avocats advised DIMOTRANS, a Lyon-based logistics and multimodal transport group, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Bretagne Services Logistiques (BSL). BSL, founded in 1997, is a logistics provider specialising in e-commerce, mainly in the consumer goods sector. The company has a workforce of 300 and generates revenue of €28...

DELSOL Avocats guides LEIBLANG Productions through ELEPHANT’s sale to WEBEDIA. ELEPHANT, an audiovisual production company cofounded by Emmanuel CHAIN and Thierry BIZOT in 1999, has sold 51% of its capital to WEBEDIA, a digital media group. A production company launched in 2011, LEIBLANG Productions partnered the ELEPHANT Group to run the...

DELSOL Avocats advises NEWFUND on HOMELAND’s fundraising. HOMELAND, a digital property management company, raised €2 M from NEWFUND, a French investment fund founded in 2008, and from BUSINESS ANGELS. HOMELAND currently manages 2,500 co-owners of 140 condominiums in Paris and the near suburbs. The fundraising will enable it to develop its...