Specialists dedicated to M&A transactions for Small and Mid-Caps
ONEtoONE Corporate Finance France is part of one of the leading international M&A Advisory Firms with a presence in 16 countries. Our commitment is to find the best value counterpart with a global reach. For this reason, we endeavor to have a highly professional international team of specialists on the buy side and sell side M&A with experience on more than a thousand transactions.
We advise you with the purchase, sale, transfer of your company as well as any build-up / external growth operation or fundraising and more generally any strategic operation necessary for the development of your activities. We assure you to quickly find the best counterpart through more than a thousand advised transactions, covering most business segments and industries. In addition, we have developed the technology capable to effectively follow up in real time the progress of your Operation.
Our Office
Economic Outlook
France’s economy is the fifth largest in the world and represents around one-fifth of the Euro area GDP. Its economy is mature and diverse with a moderate and stable annual GDP growth of 1.6% expected in 2019.1 Services are the backbone of the country’s economy representing around 70% of GDP. France’s other forefront sectors include automotive, aerospace, railway, cosmetics and luxury goods. Besides, tourism has historically been a prominent and lucrative sector in the country. France’s primary exports include machinery and transportation equipment, aerospace equipment and plastics, while the imports consist of machinery, automobiles and crude oil.
Market Access
Outbound merger and acquisition activity by French firms is estimated to have reached $40.8 billion in 2017, compared to less than $5 billion over the same period in 2016. The number of deals, however, contracted between 2016-2017, signaling the outbound deal making grew in value, not volume. The primary targeted sectors for these outbound deals were consumer products and services companies making up 65% of the total, followed by industrials with 16.4%.2 According to the forecast by Global Transactions Forecast study in collaboration with Oxford Economics, France will experience a 40% increase in M&A activity during the period of 2018-2020, totalling $56.5 billion.3
Sources: 1. (2019) France Economy – GDP, Inflation, CPI and Interest Rate. 2. (2019) French outbound M&A driven to a decade high by big deals. 3. Baker McKenzie. (2019). M&A operations should increase by 40% in France in 2018, according to Baker McKenzie
Main Services
Sell Side M&A
- Core market research
- Deal marketing
- Buyer identification and contact
- Due diligence support
- Valuation
- Transaction negotiation
- Financing/ capital raising
Buy Side M&A
- Core market research
- Target identification
- Target contact
- Due diligence support
- Valuation
- Transaction negotiation
- Financing/ capital raising
Fund Raising
- Relationships throughout the lender and investor community
- Regular dialogues with a large variety of financing sources
- Story-oriented transactions
- Competitive process
- Listing sponsors in Europe and Asia
Strategic Advice
- Valuations in connection with:
- Mergers
- Acquisitions
- Private placement
- Private/ Public partnership
- Third-party fairness opinions
- Independent
- Unbiased opinions
Other Services
Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures
Corporate Refinancing
Business Plan Development
Valuations
Fairness Opinions
Merger Planning and Execution
Capital Restructuring
Debt Restructuring
Our Team
Here is our team of seasoned M&A specialists in our France office:
