An experienced
team

Yann Le Fur completed the major part of his career in investment bank, beginning at Paribas in 1992, then Schroders/Citigroup and Mediobanca. After a sailing world tour with his family, he becomes M&A director at Alstom in 2011.

Yann Le Fur joins Natixis in 2015, first as Senior Banker covering big french groups, then in New York where he led the Corporate Finance Group. He currently is Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions and Chairman of Natixis Partners in Paris.

He advised over 50 companies and banks for Mergers and Acquisitions operations.

Yann Le Fur has been teacher in coporate finance in HEC for over 20 years. He is co-author of “Corporate Finance” (Wiley) and of “Finance d’Entreprise – Vernimmen” (Dalloz).

He is a graduate of HEC Paris.

Hélène joined Natixis Partners in 2025 as Secretary general.

She started her career at Société Générale in 1992 where she held various positions, particularly in the finance derpartment, in structured finance, in property finance lease and in project financing, and lastly in Human Ressources where she ended as Head of remunerations for financing and investment banking activities.

She joined Natixis at the end of 2019, first as Head of remunerations, social benefits and HR reporting for the asset and wealth management, then as Head of remunerations and social benefits for all Natixis.

Hélène is a graduate of HEC.

Laurent joined Natixis Partners in 2021 to take charge of cross-functional subjects, in particular Compliance and internal audit.

Graduated of Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, he started his career at BNPP and then worked at Fortis Banque.

Later, Laurent worked for over 20 years at HSBC where he held positions in the Commercial department among the Corporate bank and then in the Trade Finance department, to finally manage the trade transactions processing teams.

Estelle joined Natixis Partners in 2024 as Financial Officer.

She started her career at BPCE group’s general inspection, where she conducted audits and strategic consulting on banking investment and asset management. Then, she joined Natixis CIB as Advisor to the Global Head of M&A activities, before integrating the Strategy department as Corporate M&A / Development Officer.

Estelle is a graduate of ESSEC.

Vincent joined Natixis Partners in 2020 and has over 29 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Rothschild in 1997 within the ABN AMRO Rothschild joint-venture and where he joined the Utilities and Infrastructure team in 2005. Vincent joined Natixis in 2012 as Head of France M&A, and then as Global Head of Infrastructure M&A from 2016.

He is a graduate of HEC.

In the Infrastructure sector, Vincent recently advised on:

• Acquisition by Vauban Infrastructure Partners of Ardian’s stake in Indigo
• Sale of SAUR to EQT
• Sale by Ardian of its stake in Encevo to the CSG (China)
• Acquisition of a majority stake in greenfield Towerco Omoyo by KKR
• Acquisition of a minority stake in Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur by Banque des Territoires
• Néoen Initial Public Offering

Patrick joined Natixis Partners in 2026 et has over 27 years of experience in M&A and strategic consulting.

He started his career at Sanofi and is a graduate of ESSEC.

Patrick recently advised:

• Cinven on the acquisition of Nutrisens
• Vivo Capital on the acquisition of Dominique Dutscher
• Antin on the acquisition of Belambra

Georges joined Natixis Partners in 2018 and has over 30 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career in 1998 at Deutsche Bank, and then joined UBS and Natixis in 2010. He is a graduate of Ecole nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and Ecole Polytechnique.

Georges recently advised on:

• Sale of 10% of Universal Music Group to Tencent by Vivendi
• Restructuring of Casino group’s activities in Latin America
• Acquisition of CarPostal France from Swiss Post by Keolis
• Merger between Toys R Us France and PicWic
• Acquisition of Marketshot by Mediapost Communication, La Poste Group subsidiary

Bertrand joined Natixis Partners in 2019 and has over 24 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Global Equities as a Financial analyst, and then joined Natixis in 2005 to develop the Real Estate M&A activity.

He is a graduate of ESCE and SFAF (Société Française d’Analyse Financière).

Bertrand recently advised:

• AccorInvest for the acquisition of a 98% stake in Orbis alongside Accor
• Swisslife for the acquisition of a portfolio of 28 assets of prime Parisian offices alongside Terreis
• Casino on 2 sale operations of the buildings of super and hypermarkets to Apollo Global Management and Fortress
• EDF on several real estate disposals to investment funds (Tikehau and Colony Capital) and institutional investors (CNP, Ivanhoé Cambridge)
• Gecina in the sale of Gecimed to Primonial

Damien joined Natixis Partners in 2025 and has over 20 years of experience in M&A.

He has been focusing on Digital Infrastructure since 2013 and previously worked with Royal Bank of Canada, ING and ABN Amro in London.

Damien recently advised:

• Basalt Infrastructure Partners on the sale of Manx Telecom to CVC-DIF and Jersey Telecom
• Iliad on the sale of 50% stake in its Data Centre division OpCore to Infravia Capital Partners
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management on the acquisition of Melita from EQT
• D9 on the acquisition of Icelandic Data Centre platform Verne Global
• 3i Infrastructure on the acquisition of Subsea cable network operator GCX

Joëlle joined Natixis Partners in 2019 and has over 21 years of experience in M&A.

She started her career at Natixis in 2007 within the M&A team, and speciliasing in Real Estate in 2011. She is a graduate of ESSEC.

Joëlle recently advised:

• Adeo for the sale & lease back of a pan European portfolio of assets in Leroy Melin and Bricoman to Batipart and Covea
• Accor Invest for the acquisition of a stake in Orbis from Accor
• Swisslife for the acquisition of a portfolio of prime Parisian offices from Terreis
• EDF for the sale of tertiary assets to Tikehau and Colony Capital
• Foncière de Paris for the tender offer launched by Eurosic

Frederic joined Natixis Partners in 2021 and has over 22 years of experience advising entrepreneurs.

He started his career at Neuflize OBC before joining Natixis.

Thomas has over 20 years of experience in M&A, at the service of entrepreneurs, family companies and investment funds.

He started his career at BNP Paribas and Blackstone, before joining Natixis in 2013.

Thomas is a graduate of EM Lyon.

Arnaud joined Natixis Partners in 2018 et has over 16 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Natixis. He is a graduate of ESCP Europe and Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Strasbourg.

Arnaud recently advised:

• Euralis for the merger of its seed activities with Caussade Semences
• Stellantis (ex PSA) for various operations: sale of its 50% stake in CAPSA, initial public offering of Aramis, etc.
• Cyrus Capital for its acquisition of Toys’R’Us France and for its merger with Picwic
• Fosun and Sanyuan for the acquisition of St Hubert
• Orano for the capital reorganisation of its subsidiary SET

Alvin joined Natixis Partners in 2019 and has over 20 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Natixis in 2007 and is a graduate of EDHEC Business School.

Alvin recently advised:

• Lagardère for the sale of Lagardère Studios (audiovisual content production) to Mediawan Group. He previously had advised Lagardère Studios on the acquisition of Grupo Boomerang TV in 2015
• Vivendi for the sale of a 10% stake of Universal Music Group (UMG) to a consortium led by Tencent group
• Keolis for the acquisition of CarPostal France (urban and intercity transport) from La Poste Suisse
• The Executive Board of Casino for the reorganisation of its Latin American activities (public cash offer launched by GPA on 100% of Exito, acquisition of the shares owned by Exito in Segisor by Casino, and a migration of GPA shares to Novo Mercado)

Pierre has over 20 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at BNP Paribas and then joined Société Générale, Bryan Garnier and Credit Suisse.

He is a graduate of EM Lyon and holds a master’s degree in Corporate Law.

Erwan joined Natixis Partners in 2007 and has over 23 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance in Paris. He holds a master’s degree in Financial Engineering from EM Lyon and a DESS in Economics from the University of Nice.

Erwan recently advised on:

• Sale of Resilians to Motion Equity Partners
• Sale of Marcel & fils to Weinberg Capital Partners
• Fundraising of Dog Chef alongside Naxicap Partners and private investors
• Reorganisation of Proplast’s share capital with the entry of Ardian Expansion
• Sale of Sterimed to Sagard
• Sale of Mecapack to Sodero Gestion and BPI France

Antoine joined Natixis Partners in 2009 and has over 17 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Aforge Finance in Paris and then joined DC Advisory in London. He is a graduate of HEC Paris.

Antoine recently advised:

• Naxicap on the sale of Groupe Frio (La Sommelière) to Azulis Capital
• Abénex and Galiena Capital on the sale of SET Environnement to Sofival
• Atrya on the sale of Soprofen to Bouyer Leroux
• Bagatelle Investissement and the Management team (BIM) on the sale of AMAC to Vacanselect
• Calcium Capital on the sale of Aragan (Groupe ERSA) to Havea Group

Thomas joined Natixis Partners in 2020 and has over 20 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Natixis in 2008 in the generalist M&A team and then joined the Infrastructure team in 2017. He holds a master’s degree in Finance from ESCP Business School.

Thomas recently advised on:

• Acquisition of 40% of New Suez by Meridiam
• Acquisition of 8% of Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur Group by Banque des Territoires
• Acquisition of 33% of Indigo by Vauban from Ardian
• Sale of 32% of Régaz-Bordeaux to Schroders / Sogécap by InfraVia
• Sale of 29% of SPMR to Ardian by Total

Olivier joined Natixis Partners in 2021 and has over 17 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Oddo Corporate Finance, joined the Natixis M&A team in 2015 and then the Infrastructure M&A team in 2017.

He is a graduate from EM Lyon.

In the Infrastructure sector, Olivier recently advised on:

• Sale of a majority stake in Ardian by GreenYellow
• Sale of Ardian’s shareholding in Encevo to CSG
• Entry of KKR as majority shareholder into the capital of TowerCo greenfield Omoyo
• Acquisition of a minority stake in Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur by La Banque des Territoires
• Acquisition of 49% of a portfolio of wind power and photovoltaic assets by La Banque des Territoires alongside Total-Quadran
• Neoen’s Initial Public Offering

Haroun joined Natixis Partners in 2019 and has over 12 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at BNP Paribas in London and is a graduate of École Centrale de Lyon (France) and of University of Tampa (USA).

Haroun recently advised:

• Atos on the sale of its subsidiary EcoAct to Schneider Electric group
• Axéréal on the sale of its subsidiary Axéréal Élevage to Avril group
• Safic-Alcan on its capital reorganisation and a TL-B issue
• LVMH on the public offer followed by a squeeze out of LV Group

Hugo joined Natixis Partners in 2022 and has over 14 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Barclays Capital, before joining Oddo BHF and then joined Canaccord Genuity. He is a graduate of HEC Paris.

Hugo recently advised:

• Acces Industrie on the sale to Delmas IP by Equistone Partners and on the sale to Equistone by Parquest
• Infra Group on its acquisition by PAI Partners from ICG​
• Apave on its capital opening to PAI Partners
• Vulcanic  on the sale to Spirax Sarco​ by Qualium and on the sale to Qualium by Abenex
• Exosens on its acquisition by HLD from Ardian

Etienne joined Natixis Partners in 2019 and has over 13 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Quadrature and is a graduate of IEP Strasbourg and ESCP Europe.

Etienne recently advised:

• Emeis on the sale of a clinic walls’ portfolio to Healthcare Activos
• SCOR on its simplified takeover followed by mandatory removal of MRM
• Cohabs on a fundraising alongside Ivanhoe Cambridge and other institutional investors
• BNP Paribas Real Estate on the sale of a 33 health assets’ portfolio in France

Alexandre joined Natixis Partners in 2017 and has over 12 years of experience in M&A.

He previously worked as Analyst in Credit Suisse and is a graduate of ESCP Europe and Université de la Sorbonne.

Alexandre recently advised:

• The Armorine founding family on the sale to Greenergy group, subsidiary of Trafigura
• La Maison Partners on its acquisition of a minority stake in Protec Groupe
• The shareholders of Pagoline (Atlantic Ingénierie) on the sale of the group to Vulcain Engineering Group
• The shareholders of Neo2 on the sale of a minority stake of the capital to Capza
• The founder and the management of Duhamel group on the sale of the group to Dimotrans Group

Martin joined Natixis Partners in 2022 and has over 12 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at EY and is a graduate of EM Lyon.

Martin recently advised:

• Invivo on the sale of AIT Ingrédients to Lallemand
• Vallourec on the sale of Serimax to Aldebaran
• Diam on its sale to Ardian
• Ardian on the sale of Optimind to Accenture

Jonathan joined Natixis Partners in 2021 and has over 12 years of experience in M&A and Transaction Services.

He started his career at Deloitte, and then at Eight Advisory. He is a graduate of ESTP and Polytechnique Montreal.

Jonathan recently advised:

• Caisse d’Epargne Rhône Alpes on its acquisition of a minority stake in Sogelym Dixence
• Altarea on the sale of 2 logistic sites to WDP
• Covivio Hotels on the reparcelling of walls and business capital of 59 hotels with Essendi (previsously Accorinvest)
• Caisse d’Epargne Provence Alpes Corse on its acquisition of a minority stake in Constructa group
• CDC Habitat on the sale of a 8,000 housings’ portfolio to CNP Assurances

Alexis joined Natixis Partners in 2021 and has over 12 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at DC Advisory and is a graduate of Paris Dauphine.

Alexis recently advised:

• Argos Wityu on the sale of a minority stake of Zodiac Milpro to BNP Développement and Société Générale Capital Partenaires
• Naxicap on the acquisition of a majority stake in ADDEV Materials
• Tradim on its entry in the stock of Turenne and Capital Croissance
• Le Groupe Le Foll on the sale to Spie Batignolles
• Vectorys on its entry in the stock of IDIA and the Group’s debt rollover

Nicolas joined Natixis Partners in 2022 and has over 13 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Atlas Advisors in New York and then worked at GCA Altium, Deloitte and Canaccord Genuity. He is a graduate of Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina.

Nicolas recently advised:

• Vivo Capital on the acquisition of Dutscher
• UI Investissement and MACSF on the capital reorganization of ADIT Group
• Initiative et Finance on the acquisition of a minority stake in Rollakin group
• Eurazeo (Nov Santé Actions fund) on the acquisition of a minority stake in Moria group
• JD Sports on the acquisition of Courir Group