🎉 A new award for our team! 🎉
We’re proud to be listed among the top firms in Chambers & Partners’ 2025 guide.
This success is first and foremost the result of our clients’ trust, as well as our team’s expertise and hard work.
14 February 2025
🎉 A new award for our team! 🎉
We’re proud to be listed among the top firms in Chambers & Partners’ 2025 guide.
This success is first and foremost the result of our clients’ trust, as well as our team’s expertise and hard work.
4 February 2025
Our team is proud to rank among the top firms and thanks its customers for their confidence.
4 February 2025
Our team is proud to rank among the top firms and thanks its customers for their confidence.
21 January 2025
Convinced of the opportunities offered by the fast-growing cybersecurity market, CyGO Entrepreneurs has raised €5 million from the French Tech Accélération 2 fund, managed on behalf of the French government by Bpifrance Investissement, and BNP Paribas Développement, as well as from influential cybersecurity entrepreneurs.
Through this first round of funding, the startup studio founded last year is reaffirming its objective of creating startups capable of driving competitive European cybersecurity by 2030, in the face of intensifying geopolitical and industrial threats, and in response to strategic challenges on a global scale.
Jérémie Swiecznik, partner in the Transaction Department, and Quentin Béchert, associate, advised Bpifrance and BNP Paribas Développement on this transaction.
21 January 2025
HL Robotics, a subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate HL Group, has acquired a majority stake in Stanley Robotics, a French start-up specializing in outdoor parking robots.
By leveraging Stanley Robotics’ cutting-edge technology and proven expertise, HL Robotics aims to consolidate its position as world leader in this high-growth sector, further integrating autonomous parking solutions into its broader growth strategy.
Founded in 2015, Stanley Robotics has developed patented technologies and carried out over 100,000 robotic missions, notably in the airport and automotive logistics sectors. The company, moreover, has a portfolio of ten international patents and offers a range of solutions combining autonomous robots, fleet management software and operational services.
Jérémie Swiecznik, partner in the Transaction Department, and Willy Lao, associate, advised Bpifrance, Eurazeo and Elaia on this transaction.
26 November 2024
Bpifrance invests in Yousign, via its Digital Venture fund, to support the deployment of a sovereign European electronic signature platform.
The Banque Publique d’Investissement will enable Yousign to strengthen its position as European leader in electronic signatures, by offering a solution that complies with the most stringent security standards and regulations in each country, and by accelerating its roll-out to a wider range of companies.
Yousign is the only eIDAS-certified European player of sufficient scale to meet this need and to guarantee, beyond the compliance of their agreements, sovereign processing of their strategic data. In addition, the French operator aims to cover the entire contract dematerialization chain by 2025. Yousign will reach profitability in the same year.
Jérémie Swiecznik, partner in the Transaction Department, Benoît Courtet, counsel, and Maxim Khlopotin, associate, advised Bpifrance on this transaction.
26 November 2024
Socium, which specializes in digital human resources management solutions, is fast becoming THE HR solution of choice for medium-sized companies in French-speaking Africa.
Led by Breega with its dedicated Africa fund, this new round brings together international investors including Partech, Chui Ventures, Orange Digital Ventures, Sonatel, Outlierz Ventures, Super Capital and DNA. A number of renowned African business angels, including Mossadeck Bally (founder of the Azalaï Group), Hassan Bourgi (founder of Djamo) and Babacar Seck (founder of Askya Investment Partners), also participated in this round, a form of support not yet widely available to local start-ups.
Indeed, following an initial capital injection of $1.1 million in August 2022, this new injection of capital testifies to investors’ confidence in Socium’s potential. Serving over 100 customers in nearly 15 different countries, Socium’s localized solutions streamline complex payroll systems and their regulatory compliance, filling a gap in digital solutions for human resources management. With plans to expand into new markets, Socium is ready to lead the “HR-tech” sector in conquering this promising segment in Africa.
Jérémie Swiecznik, partner in the Transactional Division, and Quentin Bechert, associate, advised Breega on this transaction.
Socium was advised by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
26 November 2024
Founded in 2022, Alpagga offers a marketplace dedicated to buying and selling second-hand equipment for cafés, restaurants and hotels. In particular, the platform enables these professionals to renew their equipment at a reduced cost, while actively participating in an ecological approach.
In just one year, Alpagga has achieved significant growth, increasing its monthly turnover tenfold and growing to a team of 30 employees. Thanks to this €6 million round of funding from Ring Capital, FJ Labs, Acurio and 50 Partners, the startup is strengthening its leading position on the French market and promoting the adoption of second-hand products in the catering sector. This financing should also enable the company to expand its platform and amplify its ecological impact in France.
Jérémie Swiecznik, partner in the Transactional Department, and Quentin Bechert, associate, advised the financial investors.
Alpagga was advised by Sekri Valentin Zerrouk.
22 November 2024
Degroux Brugère advised Cosoluce, software publisher of the TSS Group, on the acquisition of A6 CMO, a VMS software company.
This acquisition enables Cosoluce to expand its range of software solutions for the local authority sector in France.
A subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc (CSI) and a global provider of vertical software companies, TSS is a group of business software publishers and integrators employing over 7,000 people in Europe and covering some 30 vertical markets. TSS benefits from a network of nearly 1,200 B2B software publishers worldwide. A6 CMO is the 19th company to join TSS in France.
A6 CMO specializes in the development of solutions for monitoring the economic activity and taxation of local authorities, and offers two software packages dedicated to this market.
Jérémie Swiecznik, partner in the Transactional Division, Marguerite Galois-Boyé, Counsel, and Quentin Bechert, associate, took part in this operation.
22 November 2024
Degroux Brugère has advised TSS, a European B2B software group and subsidiary of Total Specific Solutions, on the acquisition of its subsidiary Creative Information Technology (Creative IT) from the Ardèche-based industrial and commercial weighing specialist Precia Molen.
Acquired in 2021, Creative IT is a publisher and integrator of Qubes Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software, and generated sales of €3.6 million in 2023, representing 2.1% of the Precia group’s consolidated sales.
A subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc (CSI), a global provider of vertical software companies, TSS is a group of business solution publishers and integrators with over 7,000 employees in Europe, covering some 30 vertical markets. TSS benefits from a network of nearly 1,200 B2B software publishers worldwide.
Jérémie Swiecznik, Partner in the Transactional Division, and Marguerite Galois-Boyé, Counsel, were involved in this transaction.