Levine Keszler advises Enersweet on its acquisition of eGreen

Enersweet, a French group specialising in energy transition in buildings, has acquired eGreen, a pioneer in the energy management systems market, whose main activity is energy monitoring, which enables the analysis and improvement of a building’s energy consumption.

This is Enersweet’s fourth acquisition in two years. The acquisition of eGreen is part of an ambitious external growth strategy for Enersweet, whose goal is to become the ‘one-stop shop’ for energy transition in buildings.

The transaction was financed by Pictet Asset Management, an international institutional and investment fund management group with €263 billion in assets under management. Pictet Asset Management has confirmed its interest in private debt investment in France.

Levine Keszler advised Enersweet on the mezzanine financing of this transaction.

Enersweet’s advisors for the mezzanine financing:
Legal aspects: Levine Keszler (Serge Levine, Grégoire Hansen)
Financing aspects: Levine Keszler (Aude Manzo-Keszler, Anne-Sophie Guilbaud, Gabriel Pastor)

Enersweet’s advisors for the acquisition:
Financial and accounting due diligence: Agili3F (Sylvain Boccon Gibod, Cédric Desachy & Martin Baumstark)
Tax due diligence: Diagnostic & Investissement (Yann Marchand, Clément Fargnier)
Legal due diligence: Achache Valluet Arilla & Associés (Nicolas Valluet)
Legal aspects: Achache Valluet Arilla & Associés (Nicolas Valluet)

Advisors to the seller:
M&A advice: Agalma Partners (Yannick Grandjean & Margot Varache)
Legal aspects: Frieh, Brault & Associés (Michel Frieh, Paul Sautier, Flore de Rigaud)
Tax aspects: Keels (Laurent Partouche, Pierre Olivier)

Advisor to Pictet Asset Management:
Mermoz Avocats (Martin Kyuchukov, Anne-Sophie Rama)

About Levine Keszler

Levine Keszler is a law firm specialising in corporate and finance law. It was founded in 2018 by lawyers from some of Paris’s leading law firms. Its practice is organised around five areas: mergers and acquisitions and private equity, financing and restructuring, stock exchange and financial law, real estate and litigation.

Levine Keszler has particular expertise in LBO transactions and subsequent build-ups, particularly in the technology, healthcare, industrial and B2B services sectors.

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