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8 October 2024
Deals | France | M&A/Corporate
Gide has advised Mérieux NutriSciences Corporation on the acquisition of Bureau Veritas' food testing business for an enterprise value of €360 million.
Bureau Veritas' food testing activities are supported by a network of 34 laboratories and 1,900 employees in 15 countries in the Americas, Africa and Asia-Pacific. This transaction will create a business with $1bn in revenue, significantly reinforcing Mérieux NutriSciences’ position as a global leader in food testing, inspection, and certification (TIC).
The Gide team comprises Olivier Diaz, partner, Corentin Charlès, counsel, Apolline Couderc, Ginevra Martucci and Enzo Rossi, associates, on the corporate/M&A aspects, Laurent Godfroid and Ségolène Pelsy, partners, Elsa Henry and Pauline Cabany, on competition law aspects, Jean-Hyacinthe de Mitry, partner, and Enora Guenon, associate, on intellectual property law aspects, Pauline Manet, counsel, on employment law aspects, and Sophie Gillard, counsel, on real estate law aspects.
Bureau Veritas was advised by Hogan Lovells.
