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Groupe Valmen completes its first external growth operation with the acquisition of Vivei. Translink CF has advised the Group, an expert in advisory for players of the insurance and social protection sectors, in this first acquisition.

Translink Corporate Finance is pleased to announce the successful completion of ID Logistics’ acquisition of Spedimex, a renowned family-owned Polish company. This milestone was reached after receiving approval from the Polish antitrust authorities, and marks one of the most important transactions in the logistics industry in the CEE region in recent years.

Holon Translink in Poland, together with Translink in France finalised the sale of 100% of the shares of the Polish family-owned company Spedimex – a local leader in contract logistics specialising in serving the e-commerce, fashion, and beauty industries. The investor is French company ID Logistics, a leading European player in contract logistics.

Translink Corporate Finance in France and in the Netherlands acted as the exclusive advisor to Barentz on the acquisition of nutraceuticals distributor, Natural.

Barentz International, a leading global life science ingredients distributor, acquired Natural, a supplier of premium, naturally sourced, herbal, and functional ingredient solutions for the nutraceuticals industry in France and Europe. The Verrières-en-Anjou (Angers) based company operates a customer-focused distribution model, with a relentless focus on delivering (and securing supply of) a unique portfolio of nutraceutical ingredients solutions to brands and CDMO-customers at highest service-levels.

Translink Corporate Finance in France advised leading global business services company and rating agency, Leaders League, on the 100% sale to leading media group in the B2B field, Groupe Ficade.
Group Ficade has acquired Leaders League to create the 1st French B2B media and communications group. Representing its 9th acquisition, this transaction enables Group Ficade to strengthen its activities with a consolidated turnover of €25m, 250 employees and including 35 media and nearly 60 events each year.

EcoTree, a Breton company, certified B Corp, having invented a new form of forestry investment, raised €12m to become the leading European player in Nature-Based Solutions. This third round marks the entry into its capital of Societe Generale Ventures, Financière Fonds Privés and Famae. Some historical shareholders, such as the Accurafy 4 fund, are also reinvesting.

Baobag, supported by its majority shareholder LBO France, pursues its international expansion with the acquisition of its Spanish competitor, Satucesa. Translink advised Baobag, a French specialist in the design and distribution of Big Bags, in its first European acquisition to become one of the top 3 players of the Spanish market.

Translink Corporate Finance in France supported the Bordeaux group SIBLU in the takeover of the outdoor hotel group Holding New Aire (“HNA”). This transaction allows the European leader in open-air accommodation and the French leader in the sale of mobile homes to owner-occupiers to increase its total capacity by 3,500 pitches, i.e., an increase of 25%.

Translink Corporate Finance in Spain and France advised the shareholders of Gecol, a
Spanish construction mortars manufacturer with a strong positioning in the Spanish
market, on its 100% sale to Soprema Group,

Translink Corporate Finance is pleased to announce that it acted as the buy-side advisor in Barentz International’s acquisition of speciality ingredients distributor Unipex. The transaction is subject to the completion of legal and specified closing conditions, including the receipt of European merger control clearances.