Deals (2020)

DELSOL Avocats was involved in the sale of Rhone-based company Poncin Métal to Sofimac Régions. Sofimac Régions was advised by Emmanuel KAEPPELIN, Séverine BRAVARD and Leslie d’ALASCIO on the fiscal structuring aspects of the deal, and on the bank financing. Poncin Métal is restructuring its capital with the support of two financial investors....

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 private higher education group EDH, owned by Quilvest Private Equity since 2017, on the occasion of its tertiary LBO. IK Investment Partners also came in on the deal as a minority shareholder. The team working on this deal was made up of : Henri-Louis DELSOL, partner and co-head of the Corporate – Mergers &...

DELSOL Avocats assisted the startup KERANOVA, which is developing new robotic laser surgical equipment for the treatment of cataracts, when it signed a lease prior to completion for the installation of its head office in the new "Gingko" real estate development in Saint-Etienne (42). This project, covering more than 9,000m² is being led by...

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...