Levine Keszler advises the shareholders and management of Eyguebelle on its sale to Maison Routin

Levine Keszler advises the shareholders and management of Eyguebelle on its sale to Maison Routin

The shareholders and management of Eyguebelle, a Drôme-based company specialising in the production of top-of-the-range plant-based syrups and distilled liqueurs, are selling 100% of their shares to Centaurée Développement, the holding company of the Maison Routin group.

Eyguebelle, which employs around thirty people and generated sales of nearly €15 million last year, is a major player in the on-trade sector, where it has a significant market share.

Maison Routin, which was founded in Chambéry in 1883 and manufactures and markets several ranges of syrups and spirits, is initiating an external growth policy with this deal, led by Apax Partners, its majority shareholder since 2019.

As part of this transaction, the shareholders and management of Eyguebelle reinvested part of the proceeds from the sale in the capital of Maison Routin.

Levine Keszler advised the shareholders and management of Eyguebelle.

Counsel to the sellers :
Levine Keszler (Serge Levine and Pierre Plettener): contractual and corporate aspects of the transaction

Juridis (Béatrice Jourdan): corporate aspects of the transaction

Cazals Manzo Pichot Saint Quentin (Bertrand de Saint Quentin, Jenny-Emma Haure): tax aspects of the transaction

Transaction R & Co (Thierry Latran, Anthony Benichou, Baptiste Sander and Quentin Berger): M&A advice

Counsel to Centaurée Développement:
MermozAvocats (Tristan Segonds, Martin Kyuchukov-Roglev and Gaspard Le Pomellec): contractual, corporateand financing aspects of the transaction

Eight Advisory (Xavier Mesguich, Antoine Chaucesse): financial audit

Marsh: insurance audit

Counsel to the lenders:

Simmons & Simmons (Colin Millar): debt

NH Law (Jennifer Hinge): mezzanine debt

The full press release is attached.

Press release (fr)