Lionel Dechmann

Mr. Dechmann's experience includes representing:

• The banks on Goldstory’s €850 million senior secured notes refinancing
• Term loan B lenders steering committee in relation to the signing of the lock-up agreement by the Casino group
• Montefiore Investment in its proposed acquisition of oXya
• TA Associates in the partial sale of Odealim, a leading French insurance brokerage firm for real estate professionals
• Bridgepoint in connection with financing of the acquisition of CEP, the leading European protection insurance broker
• Marathon Asset Management in the refinancing and anticipated reimbursement of Foraco International SA's existing debt
• Astorg in the financing of the acquisition of Solina, the leading European manufacturer of ingredient and seasoning blends for the food industry from Ardian 
• TA Associates in the financing of the acquisition of a majority growth investment in DL Software
• JP Morgan, BNP Paribas, ING Bank N.V. and Société Générale in connection with the financing f the acquisition of THOM Group by Goldstory    
• Groupe Casino in connection with its refinancing transaction consisting of the issuance of  €400 million uncovered bonds 
• Astorg Partners in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Nemera
• Carrefour in the financing of the sale of a majority stake in its fintech Market Pay to AnaCap
• Tencent in the minority investment in Voodoo, the world leader in hyper-casual games
• The arranger banks (including JP Morgan, BNPP and Natixis) in connection with the refinancing of the existing debt of Biogroup, the group leader of private medical analysis laboratories in France and in Belgium, through a loanwith a principal totaling €800 million and the issuance of SUNs totaling a principal of €250 million
• The arranger banks (including JP Morgan, BNPP and Natixis) in connection with the implementation of an Incremental Facility and of tap SSNs with a principal totaling €350 million for the financing/refinancing of build-ups by Biogroup 
• Ardian in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Groupe Inula, specialized actor in herbal remedies 
• Bain Capital Private Equity in connection with the acquisition of the furniture and decoration brand Maisons du Monde
• The founders and TA Associates in the financing of the investment of Antin Infrastructure Partners in Babilou, a leading private network of daycare facilities and Early Years Education in Europe
• Bridgepoint in connection with the sale of eFront, world leader in supplying software solutions to the financial industry at BlackRock  
• Bridgepoint in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Medipartenaires and Medipole Sud Santé
• Ardian Expansion in connection of the acquisition of a minority stake in the bio-medical analysis group Bio 7 
• Wendel/Materis in connection with the refinancing of the existing senior and mezzanine debt of the Materis group 
• Crédit Agricole CIB, Goldman Sachs, Natixis and Nomura in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Ceva
• Ardian in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Laboratoires Anios from L'Air Liquide
• Ardian in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Staci, specialist in BtoB logistic and distribution solutions, and then of its external growth operation on Base Logistics with Waterland Private Equity 
• BNP Paribas, the Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Bank in connection with the restructuring of the Parkeon group  
• Ardian in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Trescal, by 3i 
• JP Morgan in connection with the refinancing of Oberthur Technologies
• BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan in connection with the refinancing of Elis     
• BNP Paribas, BOI and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Trescal by OMERS to Ardian 
• BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB and Société Générale in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Saverglass by The Carlyle Group
• Société Générale in connection with the refinancing of the existing debt of the InfoVista group controlled by Apax and of the simultaneous acquisition of Empirix from Thoma Bravo 
• Ardian in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Grand Frais
• Bridgepoint in connection with the unitranche financing put in place for the acquisition of HTL Biotechnology, specialist in the production of biopolymers
• EQT in connection with the financing TLB/RCE of the acquisition of the Colisée group, manager of socio-medical institutions and services (ephads) in France and internationally  
• CIC in its role as arranger in connection with the refinancing of the Exxelia Group owned by IK Partners
• JP Morgan in connection with the refinancing of the existing debt of Inseec held by Apax
• JP Morgan in connection with the financing of the acquisition of SMCP, specialist of the textile industry, by Shandong Ruyi alongside KKR
• Ardian in connection with the refinancing of the existing debt of Photonis
• JP Morgan in connection with the refinancing of the existing debt of the HoHR group, specialist in temping solutions based in Belgium and in the Netherlands, through the means of a TLB financing of a principal amount of XX and the issuance of High Yield SSNs totaling €320 million
• JP Morgan and the other arrangers in connection with the refinancing of the existing debt of the Marlink group held by Apax