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Monday 1st March 2004

SJ Berwin advised Natexis Industrie FCPR who, along with M. Jacques and Dante Buzzo-Titella, entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Plastisud, a company specialising in the manufacturing of plastic moulds for industrial uses.  The acquisition completed in February 2004 and the value  was €45m.

The turnover of Plastisud on 30 April 2003 was over €20m.

The acquisition was financed in part by equity capital and in part by a senior credit facility arranged by KBC bank.

Advisers:
Natexis Industrie Management: SJ Berwin (Christophe Digoy, Thomas Maitrejean, Herve Pillard and Pierre-Louis Sevegrand-Lions – M&A and banking aspects)
Funds: Cabinet Franklin (Yam Attach and Nicolas Vanderschmitt), Cabinet Cabrera and Levy (Daniel Cabrera)
KBC Bank: Ayache Salama et Associes (Oliver Tordjman and Alain Levy)
Bank managing the Funds' affairs: Compagnie Financiere Edmond de Rothschild (Philippe Flament and Aline Ritt)

• 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.