Category: Opérations

VOLT Associés has assisted Grand Large Yachting and its founders with its capital reorganization.

Grand Large Yachting is a group of French shipyards dedicated to the manufacture of top-of-the-range ocean-going sailing yachts of international reputation.

This transaction is part of a capital reorganization, and in particular the exit of Pechel, which has supported the group’s growth since 2019, and the entry into the capital of RAISE Invest, Epopée Gestion and iXO PE.

For VOLT Associés, the corporate (Lucas d’Orgeval, Hervé Bied-Charreton, Jade Houzé) and tax (Stéphane Letranchant and Gontran Souweine) teams were involved.

With the assistance of Invest Corporate Finance (Christophe Marchand, Tom Auvray, Maxime Noël and Tristan d’Harcourt); Pechel was advised by Goodwin (Christophe Digoy, David Diamant and Lorraine de Groote); RAISE Invest was supported by Pragma Partners (Timothée Brunello, Yann Auregan, Blagovesta Chalakova and Laure Delbreil) while TGS (Gauthier Verdon) assisted Epopée Gestion.

Sewan, one of France’s leading players in information and communication technologies on the B2B market, offers fixed and mobile telephony, messaging, data, collaborative work, hosting and cloud services, through an extensive network of distribution partners in 5 European countries.

This transaction, financed by Blackrock with the participation of Artemid as well as by the issue of revival bonds subscribed by Audacia, also enabled Kartésia to complete its investment in the Sewan group initially made in 2019.

This new structured financing will enable Sewan to pursue its expansion in France and Europe, in line with its latest external growth operations (notably the acquisition of Dutch telecom operator Pocos in April 2023).

For VOLT Associés, the corporate (Emmanuel Vergnaud, Iyad El Boriny and Kevin Danga), tax (Stéphane Letranchant and Massimo Berti) and financing (François Jubin and Marianne Phankongsy) teams were involved.

Rothschild & Co (Grégory Fradelizi, Alexandre Duhem and Matteo Le Neveu), Blackrock and Artemid were advised by Goodwin (Adrien Paturaud, Benjamin Filiatre, Rayan Chudhary and Ambre Ronnel), Kartésia was supported by de Pardieu Brocas Maffei (Matthieu Candia, Priscilla Van den Perre, Baptiste Tigaud and Enguerrand Maloisel), while TGS (Gauthier Verdon) assisted Audacia.

VOLT Associés has advised Sewan in the acquisition of the Dutch Company Pocos.

The VOLT Associés team was composed of François Jubin (Counsel) on French financing aspects, Stéphane Letranchant (partner) and Massimo Berti (associate) on the French tax aspects.

VOLT Associés has advised Vespa Capital in the primary LBO of the group Imprimerie du Marais.

The VOLT Associés team was composed by Emmanuel Vergnaud (partner), Iyad El Boriny, Gamliel Senoussi and Kévin Danga (associates) on the corporate aspects, Stéphane Letranchant (partner), Gontran Souweine and Inès Leroy (associates) on the tax aspects and Alexandre Tron (partner), Morgane Le Gallic and Marianne Phankongsy (associates) on the financing aspects.

VOLT Associés has advised Weinberg Capital Partners, Bpifrance and the company Recyc-Matelas Europe in the context of the acquisition of the company Ecomatelas.

The VOLT Associés team was composed by Emmanuel Vergnaud (partner) and Iyad El Boriny (associate) on the corporate aspects and Stéphane Letranchant (partner) and Massimo Berti (associate) on the tax aspects.

VOLT Associés has advised the French investment holding company Noe Industries in the context of the acquisition of the company Constellium Ussel from the Constellium group.

The VOLT Associés team was composed by Emmanuel Vergnaud (partner) and Iyad El Boriny (associate) on the corporate aspects and Stéphane Letranchant (partner) and Inès Leroy (associate) on the tax aspects.

VOLT Associés, represented by its partner Alexis Rapp, was among the members of the final jury of the “Company Reorganisation” mission, which is part of the “Entrepreneur” programme of Ecole Polytechnique and HEC. Through this programme, students from these two schools work on the development of a solution for the takeover or recovery of a company in difficulty. The objective is to confront the students with a situation of failure and to teach them how to deal with it.

VOLT Associés, représenté par son associé Alexis Rapp, figurait parmi les membres du jury final de mission « Redressement d’entreprise » s’intégrant dans le programme « Entrepreneur » de l’Ecole Polytechnique et HEC. A travers ce programme, les étudiants de ces deux écoles travaillent à l’élaboration d’une solution de reprise ou de redressement d’une société en difficulté. L’objectif est de confronter les étudiants à une situation d’échec et de leur apprendre à y faire face.

VOLT Associés advised Vespa Capital and the shareholders in the context of the new LBO bis of Cleeven to CNP.

The VOLT Associés team was composed of Emmanuel Vergnaud (partner) and Hugo Lequien (associate) on the corporate aspects and Stéphane Letranchant (partner) and Gontran Souweine (associate) on the tax aspects.

Created in 2005, Batibig Group is specialised in the maintenance and renovation of real estate, condominiums, offices and houses. This OBO bis has enabled the entry of a new investor, alongside the historical investor Siparex, in the capital of the Batibig Group. As part of this transaction, the Batibig group also acquired the Hélios group, which is active in the finishing of buildings, maintenance and renovation (particularly energy).

The team was led by Emmanuel Vergnaud (partner), Iyad El-Boriny (associate) and Kévin Danga (lawyer) on the corporate aspects, by Stéphane Letranchant (partner) and Alice Mourot (lawyer) on the tax aspects.