6 M&A boutiques in the provinces
Trainy offers a non-exhaustive list of small and mid cap M&A boutiques based in the French provinces, for your internship search.
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SODICA Corporate Finance
Presentation: SODICA Corporate Finance is a 100% subsidiary of the Crédit Agricole Group. The company specializes in capital transactions for the managers and shareholders of SMEs and ETIs, and supports its customers in their projects in France and abroad through its partners and the Crédit Agricole Group network.
Main professions :
- Advice on mergers and acquisitions
- Recomposition of capital: exit of shareholders, reclassification of shares
- Capital raising
- Equity Capital Markets: IPOs, takeovers, securities issues
- Real estate brokerage: sale of all types of assets
Key figures: 600 transactions advised in all business sectors
Team: 45 professionals
Bureaux : Bordeaux, Dijon, Lille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Paris.
Capstone Finance
Presentation : CAPSTONE Finance est un cabinet indépendant de conseil en Cessions, Acquisitions et Financements pour les ETI et PME réalisant de 5 à 250 M€ de chiffre. La société accompagne les actionnaires, dirigeants, fonds d’investissement et groupes industriels dans leurs opérations de cessions, acquisitions et levées de fonds.
Key figures :
- Since its creation over ten years ago, the company has successfully led nearly 100 transactions with its teams.
- In 2021, Capstone Finance was ranked one of the TOP 10 independent French M&A firms in the "Small - Cap" category by Décideurs Magazine.
Team: 19 professionals
Bureaux : Lille and Paris.
Septentrion Finance
Présentation : Founded in 2004 and based in Roubaix (Nord), Septentrion Finance is an independent consulting firm specializing in financial valuation and support for equity transactions (capital increases, bond issues, raising bank debt or a complete restructuring of liabilities). Septentrion Finance offers tailor-made services to managers and/or shareholders of SMEs and ETIs.
Key figures :
- Leader in independent structures north of Paris
- Septentrion Finance has been involved in more than 100 transactions
Team: 13 professionnals
Offices: Roubaix
Linkers
Presentation : Founded in 2000, Linkers is an independent consulting firm specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions, capital raising, financial engineering and company valuations in all sectors. Since 2006, the company has also been a member of M&A Worldwide, a network of over 400 consultants.
Key figures :
- Linkers works with SMEs and ETIs, completing more than 20 deals each year.
- Linkers is one of the Top 3 independent M&A boutiques specializing in Small Caps.
- The consultancy has 3 areas of sector expertise: IT, Energy & Cleantech, and Security.
Team: 20 professionals
Offices : Lyon and Paris.
In Extenso Finance & Transmission
Presentation : In Extenso Finance est le spécialiste français du conseil en cession, acquisition, transmission et financement des actionnaires et dirigeants de PME.
Key figures :
- No. 1 actor in the French small business market.
- 1,000 transactions handled
Team : 50 professionals in France
Offices : Angers, Bordeaux, Cannes, Epinal, Nantes, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpelier, Paris, Perpignan, and Strasbourg.
MBA Capital
Presentation : Founded in 1998, the company advises shareholders and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies (ETIs), from the definition to the realization of their growth, financial engineering and international development projects.
Key figures :
- MBA Capital is also the French specialist in M&A advisory services for SMEs and ETIs.
- The company has completed 1,000 equity transactions since its creation.
Team : 20 senior consultants in France
Offices : Bordeaux, Lille, Caen, Mulhouse, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Lyon, Rennes, Strasbourg.
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