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De Gaulle Fleurance acted for the banks involved in the financing of the acquisition of Millet Mountain Group by Inspiring Group Capital from the Swiss Calida Group

Deals 2 May 2022
Banking and financing law Banking & Finance

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés advised Caisse d’Epargne et de Prévoyance de Rhône Alpes and Caisse d’Epargne et de Prévoyance Hauts de France, both acting as mandated arrangers and lenders in the financing of this transaction.

The outdoor sportswear specialist, Millet Mountain Group (including the Millet and Lafuma brands), employs more than 750 people and generated sales of €76 million in 2020.

With the acquisition of Millet Mountain Group by Inspiring Sport Capital, a private equity firm specializing in the sports industry, Jean-Pierre Millet, investor and grandson of Millet’s founder, is bringing the company back to the founding family.

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés (May Jarjour, Partner and Vahan Guevorkian, Senior) advised Caisse d’Epargne Rhône Alpes (Frédéric Faure, Romain Roche, Béatrice Lantelme, Ludovic Bréchard and Sébastien Avrillon) and Caisse d’Epargne Hauts de France (Maxime Rime, Mathieu Le-Sech and Andy Butez), who arranged the debt for the partial financing of this transaction. The Borrower was advised by Qualiens Avocats (Quentin Fournier and Steven Guthknecht).

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May
Jarjour
Partner
Vahan
Guevorkian
Lawyer - Senior Manager

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Constance Baudry, +33 (0)6 82 43 69 62, constance.baudry@agence-constance.fr

Sarah Maouchi, +33 (0)7 57 76 83 97, sarah.maouchi@agence-constance.fr

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