Financing

Financing

The firm’s Financing department assists managers and banks in connection with the preparation and/or negotiation of banking and bond documentation.

Lawyers

We notably intervene with regard to :

  • Structured financing (notably LBO-OBO) - underwriting
  • Real estate or asset financing
  • Refinancing of bank debt
    • Invitation to tender
    • Preparation of the bank term sheet
    • Drafting of banking documentation.
      • Loan contract
      • Ancillary guarantees
      • Inter-creditor agreement
    • Management of KYC and bank CPs
    • Issuance of legal opinion regarding capacity and other
    • Preparation of related corporate documentation
  • Mezzanine financing
    • Issue of simple or convertible bonds in any form
    • Issue of EUROPP
  • Trust
    • Negotiation and set-up of trust contracts in conjunction with the trustee
  • Assistance with our correspondents for securing guarantees abroad with the issue of a “legal opinion” under French law in order to provide the financial partners with security.

Rankings of the department

  • LEGAL 500 EMEA 2024
    • In Tier 3 in Private equity : venture and growth capital
    • In Tier 5 in Mergers & Acquisitions
  • DECIDEURS 2023
    • M&A - Transactions up to €75M : Unbeatable
    • Acquisition financing : Highly regarded

News

PRESS RELEASE - DELSOL Avocats advised Holnest, Jean-Michel Aulas’ family office, on the acquisition of LDLC Arena

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...

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PRESS RELEASE - DELSOL Avocats advised the GUEYDON family in the context of its takeover of KING JOUET

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...

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DELSOL Avocats advised the investors in SEGEPO’s LBO bis

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...

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DELSOL Avocats advised Opera Energie on an OBO

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...

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