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The management team of Safic-Alcan, together with the private equity funds EMZ and Sagard, acquired the group from Parquest Capital, holding thereby a majority control position. The management team of Safic-Alcan, together with the private equity funds EMZ and Sagard, acquired the group from Parquest Capital, holding thereby a majority control position. EMZ has been supporting Safic-Alcan's management team since…

Visit website www.chryso.fr EMZ participates to the financing of the primary LBO of the Chryso Group, arranging a junior mezzanine, while taking a minority stake in the capital in the company. Chryso Group is among the seven major worldwide players of the concrete and cement admixtures niche market. The company, a former subsidiary of Materis, enjoys a strong reputation in…

EMZ has invested alongside the company managers in a management-centric transaction, helping them to gain control over the group. With sales of €57 million, Ubiqus is the leading French provider of transcription services for meeting minutes (50% of group sales) and a leading provider of specialised translations (legal and financial mostly). Headquartered in France, Ubiqus has branches in the UK,…

EMZ has arranged and underwritten a mezzanine financing in order to fund the increase in ownership in the listed group CNIM by the Dmitrieff family. CNIM operates 3 business units: the construction and operation of waste-to-energy plants, the outsourced R&D in sectors with high technological content (dissuasion and nuclear energy) as well as the equipment and maintenance services for medium-…

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…