Natixis Partners advised FCDE on its entry into exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Groupe ALLEZ, a French energy services specialist active in power grid infrastructure and providing climate and electrical engineering solutions to industrial and tertiary customers

Established in 1932, Groupe ALLEZ is a French energy services company with a long-standing core focus on low- and medium-voltage electricity distribution networks, serving major clients such as Enedis and the French Departmental Energy Syndicates. Throughout its development, the group has broadened its offering to include electrical engineering services for the tertiary sector and industrial sites, thermal engineering, and more recently energy transition solutions (EV charging infrastructure, solar PV, etc.). With a loyal and diversified base of more than 5,600 public and private customers and a dense footprint of over 50 locations – primarily in western France – the group now employs around 1,500 people and generates c.€230m in revenue. This transaction will enable Groupe ALLEZ to accelerate growth in a market structurally supported by the modernization of electrical infrastructure, rising electricity demand, and the energy transition. It will also provide the resources to pursue an ambitious buy-and-build strategy to broaden its service offering and expand its geographic reach. FCDE will invest alongside the management team led by Richard Gauthier, and the founding Allez family, represented by Olivier Allez, who will continue to support the group through this new phase of development.