Athema
- Manager
2005 - 2010
Independent French M&A boutique specialized in mid-cap transactions (€10M - €1 bn).
Origination and execution as team leader, mergers and acquisitions evaluation, debt financing and capital raising.
In charge of monitoring incoming opportunities provided by our international network (CFI)
Covering aerospace & defense and retail sectors.
Significant references include:
- L’Occitane (retail, over €500M sales): conducted valuation, negotiation of a €280M LBO debt, and restructuring of debt prior to IPO. Participated to the selection of bank advisors for IPO.
- Sport 2000 (retail, over €500M sales): developed Business Plan and financial model, monitoring of negotiations with banks and private equity fund to raise €100M.
- C10 (beverages over €1bn sales): valuation and structuring of the acquisition of Elidis, a subsidiary of Brasseries Kronenbourg, involved in beverages wholesale to restaurants, cafés and hotels.
- Quick (fast food chain over €800M sales): conducted valuation modeling and due diligence analysis in acquisition by CDC CI (now Qualium).
- STEF-TFE (transport, over €2000M sales): acquisition of competitor Cryologistics and monitoring of the sale of real estate and goodwill assets to industrial players.
Arjil & Associés Banque
- Chargé de missions
2002 - 2005
Investment bank, subsidiary of media & defense group Lagardère
Financial analysis, valuation, modeling, Information Memorandum, data room monitoring
Significant references include:
- Snecma (aerospace): sale of Cinch SA to Molex Inc.
- Arianespace (aerospace): modeling of capital and debt restructuring plan on behalf of industrial shareholders (Avio, EADS, Finmeccanica, Snecma).
- Société Générale: modeling and valuation of Tunisian bank UIB for acquisition by Société Générale.
- Téléimages (media): modeling of the company’s debt restructuring.
