Press release
Paris, 27 July 2023
Levine Keszler advises Mercialys and Bouygues Immobilier on DEPUR Expériences’ €1.7 million fundraising
DEPUR Expériences, a strategic consulting agency specialising in the design and execution of large-scale Food & Beverage & Entertainment (F&B) projects, has successfully raised €1.7 million in funding to support its rapid growth and development.
Mercialys and Bouygues Immobilier participated in this fundraising alongside the BPI’s FAST Tourism/Leisure fund. Mercialys acted as lead investor in this round of financing and will become the reference shareholder of the DEPUR group, with nearly 23% of the capital. The founding director, Dan Cebula, remains the majority shareholder following this transaction.
This fundraising will enable DEPUR to accelerate its development and strengthen its expertise in its core businesses, which revolve around the design and execution of large-scale Food & Beverage & Entertainment (F&B&E) projects. DEPUR Expériences aims to position itself as the leader in this fast-growing market, combining several food and beverage and entertainment concepts in a single location, as consumers seek a complete customer experience that goes beyond culinary expertise.
These new resources will enable DEPUR Expériences to respond to numerous upcoming calls for tenders, execute its already well-filled order book under the best conditions and establish itself as the leading vertically integrated operator in the F&B&E sector, from design to operation.
Parties involved:
Investors: Mercialys (Vincent Ravat, Fabrice Haurani and Nadir Chaibi), Bouygues Immobilier (Olivier Durix, Philippe Vaillant and Benoit Michard) and BPI France (Serge Mesguich and Anne Sophie Dachon)
Target : Depur Expériences (Dan Cebula)
Investment bank: Wingate (Gabriel Hainault and Yaël Jacob)
Target lawyer: PIOTRAUT, GINE Avocats (Raphaël Piotraut, Partner, and Tristan Boisdron, Associate) FB Avocats (Franck Benhamou)
Investor lawyers: Levine Keszler in corporate law (Pierre Treille and Benjamin Briand, partners, and Adrien Daurelle, associate), Parthenon Avocats in tax law (Bruno Peduzzi, partner) and Aequant Avocat (David Dumarché, partner) in labour law
Intellectual property lawyer: MWS Avocats (Myriam Witukiewicz-Sebban)
Financial due diligence: Advance Capital (Olivier Poncin, Mehdi Adyel and Charles-Henri Deneck)
The full press release is available in the attached file(fr).
