News: Julien MONSENEGO

DELSOL Avocats assisted Neoma Business School with the acquisition of the continuing education company MELTIS. This transaction is part of Neoma’s new 23-27 strategic plan, called « Engage For The Future ». It aims at accelerating the growth of the school, which hopes to triple its turnover in five years, and to increase its expertise in...

French tax incentives remain a key point in the competitiveness of French research and development (“R&D”), thanks to three main items. Firstly, the research tax credit (“RTC”), which amounts to 30 % of the expenditures related to R&D up to 100 million euros and 5 % for the excess. The eligible expenses are quite broad and include in...

DELSOL Avocats advised the CDC (Banque des Territoires) and ADEME Investissement on ZEWAY’s €26.75 million fundraising. ZEWAY is a leading player in « zero emission » urban mobility. This round of financing will enable ZEWAY to deploy its network of battery exchange stations for urban electric mobility on a large scale. Historical investors,...

DELSOL Avocats advised Demeter and the CDC (Banque des Territoires) in the context of the fundraising of Chouette, the French leader in diagnostic and management solutions for vineyard health. Demeter, a major European player in private equity for the energy and ecological transition, led this €5M round of financing with Banque des...

DELSOL Avocats advised the sellers of Njuko, a sports race registration platform, in the context of its acquisition by the Japanese equipment manufacturer ASICS. Founded in 2012, Njuko is the European leader in online registration management for endurance events. Its application facilitates the entry, registration and management of runners’...

A number of French start-ups make the choice to transfer their head office to the United States or to locate themselves there through a transaction commonly referred to as a « flip », i.e. the creation of a holding company under US law, followed by a contribution of all of the shares of the French company to the holding, so that the French...

DELSOL Avocats advised NEYCO, a key player in the design, purchase and marketing of materials dedicated to thin films, renowned for its know-how in vacuum and ultra-high vacuum, on its sale to the French industrial group HEF, a world expert in surface materials engineering. As a specialist for more than 50 years in the fields of Vacuum,...

DELSOL Avocats assisted REALITES, a territorial development group listed on Euronext Growth founded in 2003 by Yoann CHOIN-JOUBERT, its CEO, operating in France and Africa (Morocco and Senegal) and employing more than 900 people, in its reserved capital increase for a total amount of €35 million at a price of €45 per share. This fundraise,...

DELSOL Avocats advised the Californian fund Runa Capital on the fundraise carried out by the start-up OpenReplay. OpenReplay provides developers with a session replay stack that helps them troubleshoot issues by making debugging visual. It has raised $4.7 million in a seed funding round led by Runa Capital with the participation of Expa, 468...

DELSOL Avocats advised Demeter Investment Managers, CDC (Banque des Territoires) and CMA CGM Ventures on Telaqua’s fundraise. Telaqua is a startup which develops smart irrigation systems for the agricultural and vineyard industries. Demeter Investment Managers, a major private equity player in the ecological transition sector, led this €4M...

DELSOL Avocats advised the Californian fund Runa Capital in the context of the fundraise carried out by the e-commerce logistics platform Bigblue. The fundraise carried out by the French start-up amounts to 15 million dollars (13.6 million euros) within the framework of a Serie A led by Runa Capital as secondary lead investor with other...

DELSOL Avocats advised Cyclable, a network of 60 shops specialising in bicycle mobility, on a €7 million fundraise from Calcium Capital. The historical shareholder, Roland Barthez, who joined the company in 2010, is reinvesting and thus continuing the Cyclable adventure. This fundraise, brokered by Oaklins France, also allows the exit of M...

Julien MONSENEGO and Céline VIAULT sign an article entitled « Transfer Pricing for the International Practitioner » published in the « Tax Transfer Pricing Forum Fall 2021 » edition of Bloomberg Tax. Read the article

Cap Vert is one of the major French players in the sector of services related to urban green care. In order to support the group’s growth, Ambienta, an Italian private equity fund, has become the majority shareholder of Cap Vert, while the family office Evolem and BNP Développement have remained significant shareholders. Since the entry of...

DELSOL Avocats assisted Foxintelligence, the largest e-commerce measurement and consumer data analytics company in Europe, on its acquisition by NielsenIQ, a world leader in consumer behavior analytics owned by the US investment fund Advent International. Foxintelligence operates Europe’s largest GDPR-compliant consumer panel, boasting over...

DELSOL Avocats assisted Legos, a fixed, mobile and convergent telecom operator founded in 2002, on the French investment fund Siparex Entrepreneurs’ investment into its share capital. With a €13 million turnover in 2021, Legos provides white-labelled fixed and mobile services, as well as interpersonal messaging. This injection of new financial...

DELSOL Avocats assisted the private equity firm IK Partners with the acquisition of a minority stake in the cybersecurity firm PrOph3cy. We carried the acquisition audit out with a team including Henri-Louis DELSOL, partner, and Sarah DIEUDONNÉ, associate, in corporate ; Delphine BRETAGNOLLE, partner, and Jessica NEUFVILLE, associate, in...

DELSOL Avocats advised Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) on its investment through Banque des Territoires in the company RecyOuest. RecyOuest has filed a patent for the recycling of two plastic materials (PP and HDPE) in the form of granules, which will then be resold either for the same use (agricultural twine or netting) or to the...

DELSOL Avocats assisted Quilvest Capital Partners with the acquisition of a majority stake in Solem, a state-of-the art designer and assembler of connected devices focused on telecare, irrigation and pool. Solem’s CEO reinvested in this LBO transaction. Bpifrance took a minority stake alongside Quilvest. DELSOL Avocats took part in the...