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Having financed the group without interruption since its spin-off from the Sanofi group in 1999, EMZ participates in the 4th LBO on the group. The Management of Ceva, majority shareholder of the group, reorganised its capital structure while retaining the control of the group. The new capital structure paves the way to the entry of Temasek, Singaporean sovereign fund and…

As a partner of the company for 13 years and after 2 successives LBOs, EMZ renews its support to Eurodatacar for a new phase of development alongside its CEO Jean-Paul Demoustier. Eurodatacar provides car insurance services for both theft and accidents together with car identity marking. Eurodatacar’s guarantee products offer the owner of a stolen car the difference between the…

EMZ renews its confidence in Olivier Bertrand for this new promising project. In November 2013, Olivier Bertrand entered into an agreement with the Burger King group, and was awarded the exclusive Burger King master franchise for France. Burger King had been present in France until the 1990’s, but lacking critical size, had decided to withdraw from the market. The group…

EMZ acts as arranger of the mezzanine tranche backing the primary LBO of Cyrillus Vertbaudet Group. Cyrillus Vertbaudet is the leading French multichannel childrenswear company, posting most of its turnover through home shopping (online and phone orders). Vertbaudet's offer mostly focuses on kids, whereas Cyrillus’ range also addresses adult clothing. Moreover, Vertbaudet also has promising positions in Germany. The group posted…

EMZ participated in the new Alvest's LBO alongside Management and LBO France. Alvest TLD is the global leader in airport ground support equipment, which encompasses all vehicles servicing the aircraft in the parking phase (luggage loading, air conditioning, engine start, etc.). The group is also present in the distribution of spare parts for ground support equipment (through its subsidiary SAGE…

EMZ renews his confidence in the Management team at the occasion of the new LBO conducted by PAI Partners. IPH is one of Europe’s leading distributors of industrial supplies. Thanks to organic and external growth, the company has managed to become the largest player in France, with a market share of close to 10%.  External growth has started at the…

Backed by EMZ since 2009, Atalian has reached a new phase of its development by issuing a 250 million euros high-yield bond. With over 55,000 employees, 25,000 clients and revenues in excess of €1.2bn in 2012, Atalian is one of the European leaders of multiservices. The group provides a wide array of services to companies and local communities allowing them…

EMZ invests alongside Paprec’s management team and FSI. Paprec is the leading independent recycling player in France. The group developed dynamically over the past years through both organic growth and acquisitions, which aimed to constantly strengthening of its geographical positions as well as the broadening of its portfolio of activities. The transaction allowed Jean-Luc Petithuguenin, CEO and founder of Paprec,…

Orolia intends to accelerate its consolidation strategy with the ambition to double in size over the next 3 years. Orolia designs and commercializes high-precision timing and synchronization systems for critical applications. These systems are cucial in navigation (supplier of the atomic clocks of the Galileo constellation), defense and telecommunications. In 2009, Orolia expanded its activities to the geolocalisation business. Orolia’s…

EMZ supports Stokomani by investing in the LBO led by Sagard. Stokomani is a leading French discount retailer of branded products with a network of 37 stores. Stokomani offers a wide range of branded and non-branded products at attractive prices, from clothing, beauty, toys and homeware. This concept, developed by CEO Jean-Jacques Namani, has seen the company double in size…