Gide advises EMZ Partners on Nexteam group LBO
Gide advised EMZ Partners within the scope of the LBO on the structured Nexteam group, alongside the latter’s management team headed by Ludovic Asquini, its President, and Christophe Maury, its Managing Director, together with a core group of long-standing investors, “Amis de Nexteam“, comprising family and institutional investors, and a consortium of leading financial investors led by EMZ Partners, Bpifrance and Amundi Private Equity Funds.
Founded in 2013, the Nexteam group has established itself as a key manufacturer of critical components for the aeronautics and defence sectors, having successfully consolidated and integrated several family-owned businesses and developed cutting-edge expertise. Its comprehensive mastery of highly complex parts and its industrial capabilities make it a critical player in the supply chain of major contractors, namely Safran, Airbus and Ariane Group, on their most strategic programs. The Nexteam group currently has a headcount of over 2,700 employees across 21 sites located in 7 countries, in Europe, Maghreb and India.
Upon completion of a competitive process led by CACIB and Indosuez Corporate Finance, Ludovic Asquini and Christophe Maury selected EMZ Partners, Bpifrance and Amundi Private Equity Funds as their preferred financial partners to support the group’s next phase of growth, and broadened their long-standing partner base by bringing in new “Amis de Nexteam” investors, thus complementing the circle of original family and institutional shareholders.
The Gide team on this operation was comprised of partners Sébastien Crepy and Vincent Nacinovic, associates Adèle Patinier, Oumnia Benkirane and Sarah Chevreau, of our LBO-Sponsors team for contractual and corporate law matters; partner Eric Cartier-Millon and of counsel Sarah Whitley, for financing matters; partner Franck Audran and counsel Charles Terdjman, for antitrust matters; partner Pierre-Antoine Degrolard and associate Jonathan Navarro, for the regulatory aspects of foreign investment control.
