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Thursday 30th September 2004

SJ Berwin advised SG Capital Europe (Bruno Lambert and Wandrille Ract-Madoux) on the acquisition of Sovitec.

Sovitec, the European leader on the market for glass microbeads used as reflective material in road markings, has operations in Belgium, France, Spain, Germany and Argentina.

The Group has a turnover of approximately €40 million.

Legal advisers:

Lawyers for SJ Capital Europe: SJ Berwin (Christophe Digoy, Jean Goncalves (tax), Hervé Pillard (debt financing) and Fabrice Bouquier) and Linklaters (Eric Potier and Arnaud Coibion).

Lawyers for the Seller CGW: Jones Day (Luc Houben, Thierry Buytaert)

Finance Adviser: Robert W. Baird Ltd (David Silver)

Senior and Mezzanine Financing: IKB Paris (Carole Bonart and Philippe Charbonnier), advised by Simmons & Simmons (Colin Millar).

• SJ Berwin is a full-service international legal practice with more than 450 lawyers across its offices in London, Brussels, Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Madrid and Paris. The firm’s buyouts practice has advised on more completed European buyouts in the last 12 months than any other law firm.
  
• Earlier this year, SJ Berwin was named "Legal Adviser of the Year" at the BVCA/Real Deals Private Equity Awards 2004, and our Head of Private Equity, Jonathan Blake, was admitted to the "Hall of Fame" for his services to the private equity industry over the last 20 years. SJ Berwin won the Acquisitions Monthly award for "Mid-Market Law Firm of the Year" 2003 and the European Venture Capital Journal Award for "Private Equity Law Firm of the Year: Firm & fund work" 2003.