TransactionsSALES, ACQUISITIONS, CAPITAL RAISINGS AND LBO TRANSACTIONS
We advise SMEs and mid-cap companies in a variety of sectors: Food and Beverage, Industry, Services and Distribution B2B and B2C, Security, IT – TMT, Energy, Environment and Cleantech.
We assist our clients in France and abroad on financial transactions as sales, acquisitions, LBOs and capital raisings
Cleaning services
Acquisition of EUROPE ENTRETIEN
Services and Distribution
Acquisition
EMN group
Assisted by LINKERS since 2014, the EMN cleaning company network (Revenue > €40 M) has finalized its fourteenth external growth operation with the acquisition of EUROPE ENTRETIEN.
Branding & Design
Sold to MARIE CLAIRE BEAUTY GROUP (MCBG)
Services and Distribution
Company Sale
Appartement 103
The founding directors of APPARTEMENT 103 sold their successful Marketing and Design agency to Marie Claire Beauty Group.
Training
Fundraising with Bpifrance Investissement
Services and Distribution
Fundraising
Dawan & Jehann
Bpifrance Investissement has acquired a stake in DAWAN (revenue: €10 M), a professional training provider specializing in IT.
Coach company
Sold to GALEO
Services and Distribution
Company Sale
EOLE Mobilite
The EOLE MOBILITÉ (€15m in revenue) group, comprising 8 companies, provides passenger transport around the French Mediterranean area with a fleet of 150 coaches.
Téléassistance
Sold to BLUELINEA
Security
Services and Distribution
Company Sale
Securitas Teleassistance
LINKERS assisted SECURITAS France (revenue €617 M) in selling its phone assistance subsidiary to BLUELINEA, a listed company and major operator in the “silver economy” sector.
Online retailer home furnishings
Sold to LABRUYERE group
Services and Distribution
Company Sale
DecoClico
Decoclico.fr (€7m in revenue) has been sold to Mathilde Créations and Blanc d’Ivoire (MCBI), becoming part of the LABRUYERE group.
Personal services / Nursery
Acquisition of KIDIBULLE
Services and Distribution
Acquisition
Microstars
The manager of small child day-care centres, has finalized a sixth external growth operation under LINKERS’ guidance, with the acquisition of KIDIBULLE.
B2B Services
Sold toACORUS group
Services and Distribution
Company Sale
Esci
ESCI (€5m in revenue), the French independent company providing Cabling and Networks Services, joins ACORUS (€150m in revenue).
B2B Services
LBO with CICLAD
Services and Distribution
LBO / MBO / MBI
Eif
CICLAD takes a minority stakes in EIF (€11m in revenue), a group specializing in business advisory with two activities: local tax and urban planning.
Detection & georeferencing of buried networks
Sold to BAELEN Group
Services and Distribution
Company Sale
Neoconcept VRD
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Infrastructure asset management
Acquisition of Martin GmbH
Services and Distribution
EEC
Acquisition
Infraneo
INFRANEO, an engineering group specialized in infrastructure asset management, acquired German firm Martin GmbH.
Germany
Loyalty programs
MBI
Services and Distribution
LBO / MBO / MBI
Avomark
AVOMARK provides tools and services to increase point-of-sale footfall and sales (on line and/or in store).