De Gaulle Fleurance advised Sofiprotéol on its investment in FrenchFood Capital

De Gaulle Fleurance assisted Sofiprotéol in its investment in FrenchFood Capital, allowing FrenchFood Capital, to become a key player in the service of food transition.

Through a double transaction, FrenchFood Capital becomes one of the leading investors in French companies in the food sector.

By becoming a minority shareholder in FrenchFood Capital, Sofiprotéol, Avril’s financing and development company, offers to FrenchFood Capital its expertise in the world of agriculture and its challenges, with a view to strengthening its impact on all players in the agri-food value chain.

Concomitantly, FrenchFood Capital integrates Agro Invest and its team, bringing total assets under management to 400 million euros, and creating a new Small Cap fund, with a target size of 100 million euros dedicated to SMEs in the agri-food sector.

This structuring equity transaction for FrenchFood Capital marks a significant step in its expansion. Sofiprotéol is thus supporting FrenchFood Capital’s growth and contributing to its ambition to serve food transition.

De Gaulle Fleurance advised Sofiprotéol on :

• legal due diligence: Julie Cornély, partner, and Manon Oravec, experienced lawyer, on corporate matters and M&A transactions; Mireille Mull-Jochem, partner, and Léa Oïffer-Bomsel, senior lawyer, on regulatory due diligence; Muriel Guillin-Modaine, partner, on real estate due diligence; Alexis Tresca, partner, on labor due diligence; Frédéric Paquet, senior counsel, on tax due diligence.
• assistance with Sofiprotéol’s investment in the management company and negotiation of the related transactional documentation: Julie Cornély, partner, and Manon Oravec, experienced lawyer.
• assistance in securing the Autorité des Marchés Financiers’ approval and investment in the new fund dedicated to SMEs: Mireille Mull-Jochem, partner.

FrenchFood Capital was assisted by Fairway Avocats (Pierre-Emmanuel Fonteilles) in the scope of the transaction and by Goodwin (Jérôme Jouhanneaud) in the scope of the structuring of the new fund.

Agro Invest was assisted by Chammas & Marcheteau (Jérôme Chapron and Julien Delacroix).

“We are delighted to have been able to advise Sofiprotéol in its acquisition of a equity stake in FrenchFood Capital, bringing together two committed players in the world of agriculture and food. This double operation enables FrenchFood Capital to take a major new step in its development alongside Sofiprotéol, and to become a key player in the food transition“,

explain Mireille Mull-Jochem and Julie Cornély, partners at De Gaulle Fleurance.