Deals

DELSOL Avocats advises MediaSchool group as part of a major fundraising round

DELSOL Avocats advised leading French private education group MediaSchool, specialising in media and communication, on its first major fundraising round, conducted by Florac Investissements.

Founder and Chairman Franck Papazian will remain the majority shareholder and continue to spearhead MediaSchool’s development in this new phase. The current minority shareholders are reinvesting alongside Florac and two new co-investors, 123 Investment Managers and Golda Darty Invest.

DELSOL Avocats has advised MediaSchool on its external growth policy (acquisitions of IPF, CBNews, Stratégies etc.) over a number of years, and was once again chosen to advise MediaSchool on this latest deal through a team consisting of :

  • Corporate : partner Henri-Louis DELSOL and associates Vincent GUEVENOUX and Alexandre ZITOUNE ;
  • Tax Law : partner Julien MONSENEGO and associates Clément GUITET and Margot LASSERRE ;
  • Employment Law : partner Elsa LEDERLIN and associate Marion STOFATI ;
  • Real Estate Law : partner Benoît BOUSSIER.

The deal was brokered the Eurvad Finance team.