Paul Hastings Represents Equistone and Céréa Capital in Acquiring Majority Ownership of Groupe Bretèche Industrie

March 15, 2013

Paris, France- Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised European middle market private equity firms Equistone and Céréa Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Groupe Bretèche Industrie from private equity firm Azulis Capital, agribusiness investor Unigrains and the Groupe Bretèche Industrie’s founder.

Groupe Bretèche Industrie is an industrial supplier group of equipment for manufacturing food, chemicals, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.

Private Equity partner Olivier Deren led the Paul Hastings team, which also included associates Arnaud Levasseur and Vincenzo Feldmann, Tax partner Allard de Waal and associate Laurent Ragot, and Finance partner Mounir Letayf and associate Camille Bakouch.

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