Ardian, a world-leading private investment firm, today announces the arrangement of a unitranche facility to support the primary LBO of implid and the entry of EMZ Partners as a minority shareholder alongside over fifty managers reinvesting in the transaction. The financing package also includes a sizeable, committed line to support the group’s external growth strategy.
Founded in 1973, implid is a leading player in accounting, legal, and business consulting services in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. implid is the first company in France to offer the integrated expertise of more than 900 professionals: chartered accountants, statutory auditors, lawyers, notaries, judicial officers, as well as consultants and recruiters. This combination of regulated professions and high value-added services enables implid to meet all the needs of companies and their executives, in a constantly evolving regulatory and technological environment.
The group has experienced a strong growth trajectory, fueled by a successful digital transformation, and driven by robust organic momentum and strategic acquisitions carried out in recent years under the leadership of its founder, Jean-Loup Rogé, and the current management team.
” We are delighted to be partnering with Ardian, whose support will enable us to accelerate our development and take our collective project to the next level. We are now eager to roll out our growth strategy, combining organic development and external growth, to make implid a leading player on a national scale.” Jean-Loup Rogé, CEO and Founder of implid Group
” We are proud to support implid, its management team, and EMZ in this new phase of growth. The group has demonstrated a remarkable growth trajectory, supported by a comprehensive service offering and a strong regional presence. We are convinced that our partnership will help the group achieve its ambitions, through the consolidation of its existing expertise and strategic acquisitions.” Jean-David Ponsin, Co-Head of Private Credit France, Ardian
List of participants
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Ardian
- Ardian: Jean-David Ponsin, Melchior Huet, Alexis Bernet
- Legal Advisor (Financing): Winston & Strawn (Mounir Letayf, Adeline Roboam)
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Implid
- Implid: Jean-Loup Rogé, Philippe Duval, Nicolas Ciampi
- Financial Advisor: D&A (Jean-Marc Dayan, Alban Boitel, Pierre Darras, Mathilde Bilon)
- Legal Advisor (financing): Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Nicolas Barberis, Julien Rebibo)
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EMZ Partners
- EMZ Partners: François Carré, Ludovic Bart, Sara Toublanc
- Financial Advisor: Amala Partners (Nicolas Royer, Jad Sader)
- Legal Advisor (financing): Paul Hastings (Sebastien Crepy, Olivier Deren, Vincent Načinović, Adèle P., Marc Zerah, Peter Pedrazzani, Charles Filleux Pommerol, Capucine Chareton, Camille Paulhac, Milica Antić)
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