An experienced
team

Patrick has 30 years of experience in M&A, during which he has advised on over 150 operations.

He started his career at BNP Paribas Banexi, then joined Andersen / Ernst & Young Corporate Finance as a Corporate Partner, and lastly Aforge Finance as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions. He graduated from IEP and CESB.

Patrick is co-author of the book ““L’ingénierie financière dans la relation banque entreprise” (Edition Economica), which covers topics such as valuation, LBOs and M&A.

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

He started his career at Price Waterhouse in London, then joined Andersen Corporate Finance in Paris in 2000, and lastly Aforge Finance in 2004. In 2009, he participated in the creation of Leonardo Midcap, which became Natixis Partners in 2015.

He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the UK.

François recently advised on:

• Sale of Laborizon to Biogroup by BPI France and the biologists
• Sale of Softway Medical to Five Arrows by Naxicap Partners
• Sale of Marle to Dentressangle by IK Investment Partners
• Sale of Aragan to Havea by Calcium Capital
• Sale of Ionisos to 3i Infrastructure by Ardian

Nicolas has 20 years of experience in M&A and a recognised expertise in Technology, Media and Telecommunications.

He has worked for a variety of companies, including JP Morgan and EDF. In 2009, he participated in the creation of Leonardo Midcap, which became Natixis Partners in 2015.

He graduated from HEC.

Nicolas recently advised on:

• Acquisition of Easyvista by Eurazeo PME (softwares)
• Sale of Evernex (IT services) to 3i and acquisition of Technogroup by Evernex
• Sale of Datawords (digital marketing) to Keensight
• Sale of Scalian (digital services) to Cobepa
• Sale of Circet (telecoms) to Advent

Bruno has over 20 years of experience in M&A, during which he has advised on 70 transactions.

He started his career in Transaction Services at Arthur Andersen until leaving to join Aforge Finance in 2000 and contributing to its strong growth. In 2009, he participated in the creation of Leonardo Midcap, which became Natixis Partners in 2015.

He graduated from EDHEC.

Bruno recently advised on:

• Sale of Asmodee (games) by PAI to Embracer Group
• Entry of Astorg into the share capital of Armor (printing ribbon)
• Sale of Ipackchem (packaging) by Sagard to SK Capital
• Reorganisation of the share capital of Nuxe Group (cosmetics company) and entry of Sofina as a minority shareholder
• Sale of Monosem (precision planters) to John Deere

Isabelle participates in the creation of Leonardo Midcap, that became Natixis Partners as of 2015. She started her career at Adecco as COO for the group’s holding companies. Afterwards she joined the M&A company Aforge Finance as COO-CFO and member of the Executive Committee.

Isabelle graduated from ESSEC and holds a bachelor’s degree in Modern Litterature from Sorbonne University in Paris.

Paul joined Natixis Partners in 2015 and has over 15 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Banexi – BNP Paribas, and then joined Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance and Vranken Pommery as CEO.

He is a graduate of EDHEC.

Paul recently advised on:

• Sale of a minority stake of Groupe Bizness to Actual Leader
• Acquisition of Massena Partners by Natixis Wealth Management
• Sale of S.E.T Environnement to Sofival by Abénex and Galiena Capital
• Sale of SIP to its management by Signaux Girod group
• Acquisition of Fauché by Parquest

Alexis joined Natixis Partners in 2023 and has over 15 years of experience in public M&A and Equity Capital Markets.

He started his career at Natixis CIB. He is a graduate from Grenoble Ecole de Management.

Alexis recently advised on:

• Air France-KLM for its recapitalization and has led all the equity and equity-linked issues completed in 2021 and 2022
• Faurecia for its capial increase of €705m to fund the acquisition of Hella group
• Sanofi for EuroAPI’s spin-off and its listing
• Vivendi for UMG’s spin-off and its listing
• La Compagnie des Alpes for its capital increase
• Bolloré for its public tender offer on Blue Solutions
• Stellantis for Aramis Auto’s IPO on Euronext Paris

Vincent joined Natixis Partners in 2020 and has over 23 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

Sébastien joined Natixis Partners in 2015 and has over 20 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at BNP Paribas, and then joined Citi and Bucéphale Finance.

He is a graduate of the Institute of Political sciences in Paris (Sciences Po) and holds a Master 2 in Finance from Sorbonne University in Paris.

Sébastien recently advised on:

• Sale of VetOne to IVC Evidensia
• Sale of NGE to Montefiore by CM Equity
• Sale of Infra Group to ICG by Andera Partners
• Sale of Talan to Towerbrook by CAPZA
• Sale of Softway Medical to Five Arrows by Naxicap Partners
• Sale of Scalian to Cobepa by Andera Partners

Georges joined Natixis Partners in 2018 and has over 23 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

Philippe joined Natixis Partners in 2011 and has over 22 years of experience in acquisition financing, including 9 in debt advisory.

He started his career at Price Waterhouse Coopers in Paris, then joined Rabobank International, followed by Deutsche Bank and IKB. He is a graduate of ESCP and ISC.

Philippe recently advised on:

• Sale of Laborizon (financial structuring and financing)
• Sale of Biscuit International to Platinum Equity by Qualium Investissement (financial structuring and financing)
• Sale of Softway Medical to Five Arrows by Naxicap Partners (financial structuring and financing)
• Reorganisation of the share capital of Vivalto Vie (financial structuring and senior and subordinated debt raising)
• Financing for Vivalto Santé

Jean-Noël joined Natixis Partners in 2021 and has over 20 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career within the Banque Populaire group as an M&A Advisor, then at MBA Capital as Managing Partner and Clairfield International as Managing Partner of the Lyon office. He graduated from Ecole Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquées (ESLSCA – Paris) and Institut Technique de Banque.

Jean-Noël recently advised on:

• Sale of a majority stake of groupe Ceradel (materials trading for ceramics and glass) to the investment fund Ciclad
• Capital increase of Pyramid (special works) by family office Aquasourça alongside managers
• Sale of Pack Solution (outsourced pension management services for insurance companies) by BPI France Investissement and IRDI SORIDEC to Siparex Intermezzo
• Groupe MARTEL (public works) for the entry of Garibaldi Participations, Rhône-Alpes PME and Carvest funds and then for the acquisition of LMTS and CLIVIO TP companies
• The secondary LBO of Groupe ARCADO (production of meats of specialty) around MBO&Co, Amundi PE, Siparex, Carvest and managers
• Sale of Aterno (design, production, sale of inertia radiators and energetics self-consumption systems) by Orfite to Meeschaert Capital Partners

Joseph joined Natixis Partners in 2009 and has over 19 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Close Brothers in Paris, and then joined Andersen/Ernst & Young and Aforge Finance.

He is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP – 2001) and ESIB (civil engineering).

Joseph recently advised on:

• Sale of Ionisos to 3i by Ardian
• Sale of HTL Biotechnology to Bridgepoint by Naxicap
• Sale of ELITech to PAI by Ergon
• Acquisition of a minority stake in Echosens by Astorg from Cathay Capital and Furui
• Capital increase of Dental Monitoring by Vitruvian Partners

Bertrand joined Natixis Partners in 2019 and has over 17 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

Frederic joined Natixis Partners in 2021 and has over 17 years of experience advising entrepreneurs.

He started his career at Neuflize OBC before joining Natixis.

Thomas joined Natixis Partners in 2017 and has over 16 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at BNP Paribas Corporate Finance, and then joined Blackstone Advisory Partners and Natixis.

He holds an MSc in Management from EM Lyon.

Thomas recently advised on:

• Sale of Pagès group to Cerea Partners
• Opening of the share capital of EM Lyon Business School to Qualium and BPI France
• Sale of Courir to Equistone by Rallye (via its subsidiary Groupe Go Sport)
• Sale of a minority stake in New Immo Group / Safti to Qualium Investissement
• Acquisition of Havas by Vivendi

Manuel joined Natixis Partners in 2017 and has over 20 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Natexis Finance, and then joined Arjil & Associés Banque, Tiscali/Liberty Surf, ACE Finance (M&A boutique he founded), Rothschild/Transaction R for four years and Credit Suisse for five years.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Management and a master’s degree in Corporate Finance from Paris Dauphine University.

Manuel recently advised on:

• Sale of a minority stake of Klubb Group to Andera by its founder and BPI France
• Sale of a majority stake of Medisup to Stirling Square Capital by its founder and groupe Chevrillon
• Sale of a majority stake of Haudecoeur to Ergon Capital by the founding family
• Sale of a majority stake of DCW Editions to Groupe Chevrillon by its founders
• Sale of Optis to Ansys by its founder and the management

Valérie joined Natixis Partners in 2009 and has over 20 years of experience in M&A.

She started her career at BNP Paribas and then joined Aforge Finance, where she worked for five years.

She is a graduate of Université Paris Dauphine (DESS).

Valérie recently advised on:

• Sale of Charles & Alice to CM CIC Investissement by Equistone Partners
• Acquisition of a minority stake in Opteven by Ardian
• Acquisition of a minority stake in SFAM by Ardian
• Sale of TEXA Groupe to Naxicap Partners by Apax Partners
• Sale of La Croissanterie to CM-CIC Investissement by Pragma Capital

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

He started his career at Natixis in 2007.

He 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)

Boris joined Natixis Partners in 2015 and has over 22 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Merrill Lynch in Paris, before joining Schroders in 1999. He then worked at Citigroup for four years, Mediobanca for nine years and finally Natixis for two years.

He is a graduate of Politecnico di Milano.

Boris has recently advised on:

• Acquisition of Koden by Groupe C’PRO
• Sale of Sintex NP to Siparex by listed Indian company Sintex Plastics
• Sale of Proxiserve to Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Asterion Industrial
• Acquisition of Besson Chaussures by the Gifi Groupe holding company and Weinberg Capital
• Sale of a majority stake in listed company Tessi to HLD and Dentressangle Initiative

Julien joined Natixis Partners in 2007 and has over 14 years of experience in M&A.

He is a graduate of EM Lyon (Master of Science in Management) and IEP of Toulouse.

Julien recently advised on:

• Sale of Biscuit International to Platinum Equity by Qualium Investissement
• Sale of an indirect stake in the contractor in charge of public heating and cooling in Lyon to Caisse des Dépôts by EDF
• Acquisition of Marle Orthopaedics Manufacturing by Dentressangle from IK Investment Partners
• Acquisition of Proxiserve by Asterion and Mirova
• Sale by CM-CIC Investment and Omnes Capital of Circet to Advent International

Patrice joined Natixis Partners in 2015 and has over 14 years of experience in acquisition financing.

He started his career at PwC and then joined IKB Deutsche Industriebank and Société Générale.

He is a graduate of ISEP, Télécom Paris and HEC.

Patrice recently advised on:

• Sale of Asmodee to Embracer by PAI Partners (financial structuring and financing)
• Debt rollover for groupe Vivalto Santé
• Financing for Groupe Salins du Midi
• Sale of Ipackchem to SK Capital Partners by Sagard (financial structuring and financing)
• Acquisition of Koden by C Pro (financial structuring and financing)

Antoine joined Natixis Partners in 2021 and has over 25 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Crédit du Nord and then joined EY Corporate Finance, Aforge Finance as Partner, Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance and Clairfield International as Managing Partner of the Lyon office. He graduated from EM Lyon and holds a DESS Droit des Opérations Financières.

Antoine recently advised on:

• Alcatraz IT (Télécom operator) for the acquisition of a stake by Siparex
• Sale of Delta service location (rental of industrial equipment) by MBO&Co and Stags to SGCP, GENEO and Alliance Entreprendre
• Sale of CREAD (school of Architecture) to EDH
• Sale of 2BSI (recycling of dangerous waste) by Naxicap to Capital Export and Garibaldi
• Sale of Dumona (horticultural products) to the Belgian group DCM

Pierre joined Natixis Partners in 2017 and has over 15 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.

Pierre recently advised on:

• Acquisition of Easyvista by Eurazeo PME
• Sale of Idemia’s railway equipment activities to Rail Industries
• Sale of Eksaé (ex-Cegid Public) to Azulis by Cegid
• Sale of a majority stake in Haudecoeur to Ergon Capital by the founding family
• Sale of Optis to Ansys by its founder

Erwan joined Natixis Partners in 2007 and has over 15 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

Jérôme joined Natixis Partners in 2010 and has over 17 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Natixis CIB in Paris.

He is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) and ESTP Paris.

Jérôme recently advised on:

• Acquisition of a minority stake in Nuxe by Sofina
• Sale of Sateco to Equistone by Naxicap Partners
• Acquisition of a minority stake in JJA by Towerbrook
• Sale of Staci to Cobepa by ICG
• Acquisition of Havéa group (Ponroy Santé) by 3i Plc

Antoine joined Natixis Partners in 2009 and has over 11 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

Jean-Bertrand joined Natixis Partners in 2019 and has over 17 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at KPMG, then joined Aforge Finance and returned to KPMG (as a Director in the M&A team).

He is a graduate of EM Lyon.

Thomas joined Natixis Partners in 2020 and has over 14 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 12 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

Bertrand joined Natixis Partners in 2015 and has over 7 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at EY and then joined the Deloitte Finance Transaction Services team.

He is a graduate of EDHEC.

Bertrand recently advised on:

• Sale of a stake of Circet to ICG by Advent International
• Sale of Biscuit International to Platinum Equity by Qualium
• Sale of Proxiserve to Vauban and Asterion by Latour Capital and the Management
• Advised JJA’s founder for the acquisition of a stake in the company by Towerbrook
• Sale of Cerba Healthcare by PAI to Partners Group and PSP

Joëlle joined Natixis Partners in 2019 and has over 14 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

Arnaud joined Natixis Partners in 2018 et has over 10 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

Hugo joined Natixis Partners in 2023 and has over 10 years of experience in Equity Capital Markets and Private Equity advisory.

He started his career at BNP Paribas in the Debt Capital Markets team in London before joining the Equity Capital Markets team in Natixis CIB. He then held the position of Principal at Triago in Paris.

He is a graduate from ESC Toulouse.

Hugo recently advised on:

• Sagard NewGen for its primary fundraising
• Qualium Investissement for the fundraising of Qualium Fund III
• Several french and european teams for their GP-led operations or deal-by-deal fundraisings

Louis-Martin joined Natixis Partners in 2017 and has over 13 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Société Générale CIB.

He is a graduate of EM Lyon.

Louis-Martin has recently advised on:

• Motion Equity Partners for the sale of Minlay to Adagia Partners
• The founder and his financial partners for the sale of Bioclinic to Inovie
• Eurazeo and Andera Partners for the sale of Intech Medical to Montagu Private Equity
• The shareholders of Cerba Healthcare for the redistribution of the group’s shares
• Astorg for the acquisition of a minority stake in Echosens

Simon joined Natixis Partners in 2015 and has over 12 years of experience in M&A.

He started his career at Deloitte.

He is a graduate of ESCP Europe and of Université Paris Dauphine.

Simon has recently advised on:

• MBO & Co and Amundi for the sale of Arcado to Groupe Chevrillon
• Crédit Mutuel Equity and the Management of NGE for the sale of a minority stake of NGE to Montefiore
• Equistone for the sale of Charles & Alice to Crédit Mutuel Equity
• PAI Partners MMF for the acquisition of Interflora alongside Montefiore and LFPI
• Siparex for the sale of Ligier Group to Edify