Expertise
Mergers and acquisitions, restructuring
Brandford Griffith & Associés has been involved in a number of mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and venture capital transactions, in particular:
- Adviser to Crédit Agricole SA in relation to the transfer of the certificats coopératifs d’investissement (the « CCI ») to the benefit of a holding company of the Regional Banks
- Adviser to Steria in the context of its merger with Sopra
- Adviser to a branch of the Peugeot family in the context of Dong Feng’s acquisition of a stake in Peugeot SA and the share capital increase of Peugeot SA
- Adviser to FGR for the acquisition of Fresca from Groupe Hubert
- Adviser to Quadran in relation to its partnership with Predica Energies Durables and various acquisitions
- Adviser to Lucibel for the acquisition of Led Procédés Hallier
- Adviser to Hologram Industries and its CEO in the squeeze-out procedure and the entry of the Abenex fund
- Adviser to the Lur Berri cooperative in its public tender offer on the Icelandic group Alfesca and the takeover of Groupe Labeyrie with LBO France
- Adviser to Access Industries in the context of the acquisition by Access Industries of a stake in Deezer
- Adviser to Lactalis with respect to the disposal of Tendriade-Collet to Van Drie;
- Adviser to Lactalis with respect to the disposal of subsidiary Valpiform to Nutrition et Santé;
- Adviser to JMBE Energie for the acquisition of a controlling interest in Aérowatt from a group of financial investors followed by a simplified public tender offer on Aerowatt;
- Adviser to Crédit Agricole for the acquisition of a stake in Groupe Skyrock;
- Adviser to DLMD, the holding company of Sequana, for the restructuring of its debt;
- Adviser to Arjowiggins for the restructuring and disposal of the Canson Production business to Hamelin;
- Adviser to Arjowiggins on the disposal of assets to Munksjö;
- Adviser to France Telecom relating to the implementation of an industrial partnership with Veolia Environnement;
- Adviser to CDC and PROPARCO for the fundraising for CDC Climat Asset Management;
- Adviser to PPR/FNAC for the disposal of FNAC Eveil & Jeux;
- Adviser to Alpha Private Equity on the acquisition of the Group Françoise Saget Linvosges;
- Adviser to Ferrari SpA and Ferrari France in relation to the sale of the Charles Pozzi car dealership to Neubauer;
- Adviser to OFI Private Equity Capital on the acquisition of Leon de Bruxelles through a public tender offer followed by a squeeze-out procedure;
- Adviser to SIHMP (Galeries Lafayette) in relation to its offer on Aldeta;
- Adviser to Crédit Agricole in the context of the merger between Rue Impériale and Eurazeo;
- Adviser to the Bernard family in connection with the sale of Prosodie to Apax;
- Adviser to Wendel Investissement with respect to the contemplated acquisition of Groupe Taittinger;
- Adviser to PPR on the sale of Printemps to the RREEF/Borletti Group consortium;
- Adviser in the context of the restructuring of Groupe Retif for its takeover by Bank of Scotland;
- Adviser to Sequana for the sale of Canson
- Adviser to Rue du Commerce for the sale of Alapage to France Telecom;
- Adviser to the Bernard family in the sale of Prosodie to Apax
- Adviser to VMC for the acquisition and tender offer on Rapala VMC
- Adviser to SNPE in relation to the acquisition of Tessenderlo
- Adviser to the main shareholders of Medical Insurance Company (Ireland) on its acquisition by Mutuelles du Mans Assurances
- Adviser to Européenne de Marbres in relation to the tender offer filed by LBO on Rocamat
- Adviser to Ripplewood Holding for the acquisition of the Powersystems branch of groupe Alcatel
- Adviser to Arcelor for the LBO on International Metal Service – I.M.S
- Adviser to Total in relation to the acquisition of the « resins » activities of Akzo Nobel
- Adviser to the selling shareholders of Mikit
- Adviser to Maisons Worms on the contemplated LBO on Worms & Cie
- Adviser to the managers in the context of an LBO on Risdon Pharma
- Adviser to Cristal Union for the acquisition of assets from Beghin-Say
- Adviser to Deloitte for the acquisition of Arthur Andersen
- Adviser to Thomson Multimedia in connection with the acquisition of Technicolor
- Adviser to Himalaya for the acquisition of Eurasset
- Adviser to Séché Environnement on the acquisition of Alcor
- Adviser to EDF for the setting up of the Dalkia subsidiary
- Adviser to SNCF in relation to the acquisition of Via GTI by the SNCF, Paribas Affaires Industrielles and Connex consortium