{"id":28178,"date":"2026-09-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/?p=28178"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:26:58","slug":"cornet-vincent-segurel-is-advising-the-rossel-group-on-its-proposed-acquisition-of-the-sud-ouest-group-gso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/cornet-vincent-segurel-is-advising-the-rossel-group-on-its-proposed-acquisition-of-the-sud-ouest-group-gso\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornet Vincent Segurel is advising the Rossel Group on its proposed acquisition of the Sud Ouest Group (GSO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Announced on September 3, 2026, this project involves the Rossel Group, through its subsidiary Rossel France, acquiring control of the Sud Ouest Group (GSO). It remains subject to consultation with the relevant employee representative bodies, and, if confirmed, its completion would be subject to the usual regulatory conditions. The transaction is expected to be finalized by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A family-owned and independent media group since its founding in 1887, owned by the Hurbain family, the Rossel Group has built its growth around print media and local news. In France, it publishes, among others, <em>La Voix du Nord<\/em>, <em>Le Courrier picard<\/em>, <em>L&#8217;Union<\/em>, <em>Paris-Normandie<\/em>, and <em>20 Minutes<\/em>, as well as broadcast media and radio stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For its part, the Sud Ouest Group comprises five daily newspapers: Sud Ouest, Charente Libre, La R\u00e9publique des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es, Dordogne Libre, and L\u2019\u00c9clair. In addition, it publishes three weekly newspapers in the Gironde region, the business publication Plac\u00e9co, the magazine Terre de Vins, an audiovisual division (\u00c9crans du Monde, TV7, TVPi), as well as the agencies Eliette (communications and content) and C\u00f4te Ouest (events). Its diversified operations now account for 30% of its business, centered on broadcasting, events, and marketing and communications services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the negotiations are successful, the new entity would have a presence in southwestern France, the Hauts-de-France region, Normandy, and northeastern France, with 3.4 million daily print readers (ACPM) and a combined digital audience of nearly 230 million monthly visits. It would become a major player in regional news in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A multidisciplinary team from the law firm Cornet Vincent S\u00e9gurel, led by Thomas Deschryver, a partner, is advising the Rossel Group on all corporate, antitrust, tax, labor, and IP\/IT aspects of this transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Advisors<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lawyers for the Buyer: <\/strong>Cornet Vincent S\u00e9gurel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coordination: Thomas Deschryver, M\u00e9lanie Gabreau<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corporate M&amp;A: Benjamin Chevalier, Alexis Marchand, Clara Servan, Alexandra Thil, Louis Harbonnier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antitrust: Am\u00e9lie Poulain, Julien Fraccarollo, Anne-Flore Leroy, Antoine Rauwel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tax Law: Nicolas Palos, Bennert Alderlieste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employment Law: Caroline Henot, R\u00e9gis Debroise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IP \/ IT&nbsp;: J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Courtois, Charline Quenez, Constance Beyeler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lawyers for the Sellers: <\/strong>Reinhart Marville Torre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Corporate M&amp;A: Hadrien Bourrellis, Walid Bourahtouf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antitrust: Alexandre Rios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>M&amp;A Advisor to the Sellers: <\/strong>Evercore (Charlotte Lefort, Adrien Prothery).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lemo\u00eene family, the majority shareholder of Groupe Sud Ouest\u2014publisher of the daily newspaper of the same name\u2014has entered into exclusive negotiations with Groupe Rossel with a view to selling its majority stake. This merger would create a major player in the regional media sector in France, with combined revenue of more than 400 million euros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":28017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,14,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communique","category-news","category-communique-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}