{"id":4001,"date":"2023-07-06T09:56:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T07:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/softbank-balyo\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T09:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T07:56:12","slug":"softbank-balyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/softbank-balyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornet Vincent S\u00e9gurel alongside SoftBank in its tender offer for Balyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section__body\">\n<div class=\"block-strong-text\">\n<p><p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;text-align:justify\"><strong><em>A multi-disciplinary team from Cornet Vincent S&eacute;gurel advised the Japanese SoftBank Group on its proposed takeover bid for 100% of the capital of Balyo, a specialist in the robotisation of forklift trucks.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article class=\"article-normal\">\n<div class=\"article__entry\">\n<p>The two companies have entered into an agreement setting out the terms and conditions of the proposed acquisition of the shares of Balyo by SoftBank, by way of an all cash offer at a price of &euro;0.85 per share. This offer represents a premium of approximately 54.3% to the volume-weighted average share price over the 30 trading days prior to the offer, on a valuation basis of &euro;28.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2005, French company Balyo has offices in the Americas and Asia, has deployed more than 1,000 robots worldwide and went public in 2017 (Euronext, Paris). Balyo complements SoftBank&#039;s existing investments in the transport and logistics sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition will also give Balyo access to SoftBank&#039;s global network of more than 470 technology companies to develop new business relationships for the benefit of both parties.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"article-normal\">\n<div class=\"article__head\">\n<h2 class=\"article__title\">\n                    Participants<br \/>\n                <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__entry\">\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;text-align:justify\"><strong>Balyo&nbsp;: <\/strong>Thomas DUVAL (founder)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;text-align:justify\"><strong>Shareholders (sellers) : <\/strong>Bpifrance Investissement, Linde Material Handling, Hyster Yale<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;text-align:justify\"><strong>SoftBank Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;text-align:justify\"><strong>Listing Sponsor \/ Lead Partner&nbsp;: <\/strong>Alantra (Olivier GUIGNON, Kevin DEBRABANT, Alexandre TOUX, Axel NIOCHE)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;text-align:justify\"><strong><u>Advisors<\/u><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;text-align:justify\"><strong>Due Dilligence Purchaser (SoftBank) : <\/strong>Cornet Vincent S&eacute;gurel<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corporate Law (and coordination) : Alexis MARCHAND (associate) et Alexandra THIL<\/li>\n<li>Commercial agreements : Pauline DUCOIN et Jacqueline BRUNELET<\/li>\n<li>Employment : Antoine FAUCHER, Laurine OLIVEIRA et Hugo MARQUIS<\/li>\n<li>IP : Fran&ccedil;ois HERPE (associ&eacute;) et Marie RAMBAULT<\/li>\n<li>IT : Antoine BERDEAUX<\/li>\n<li>Financing : Charles-Henri PRIOUL et Lou IRIE<\/li>\n<li>Real estate : C&eacute;cile ROUQUETTE-TEROUANNE (associ&eacute;) et Agathe DE CHAZAL<\/li>\n<li>Regulatory : Christophe PICHON (associ&eacute;) et David PILORGE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;text-align:justify\"><strong>Purchasers&#039; attorneys (SoftBank) : <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;text-align:justify\">Bredin Prat<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corporate Law : Kate ROMAIN and&nbsp;Jean-Beno&icirc;t DEMARET (associate),&nbsp;Karine ANGEL, Charles SAHEL and Aude PIANET<\/li>\n<li>Capital market : Olivier SABA (associate) and Douceline CHABORD<\/li>\n<li>Employment law : Emilie GATINEAU and Fanny PEZET<\/li>\n<li>Financing : Karine SULTAN (associ&eacute;e) et Benjamin CARTIER<\/li>\n<li>Public law: Guillaume LEONARD and&nbsp;Wallis HEBERT<\/li>\n<li>Fiscal : Jean-Florent MANDELBAUM (associate) and&nbsp;Paul CAUCHIN<\/li>\n<li>Morrison Foerster&nbsp;: Gary BROWN (associate) and&nbsp;Luke ROWLAND<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm\"><strong>M&amp;A Advisory Purchaser : <\/strong>The Raine Group<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm\"><strong>Seller&#039;s&nbsp;Attorneys&nbsp;<\/strong>: Ashurst<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corporate and&nbsp;Securities law : Fran&ccedil;ois HELLOT (Practice Head Corporate CEMEA), Agathe BOURDILLON and Jordan OHAYON at Paris ; Matthias VON OPPEN (associate) and&nbsp;Valentin PFISTERER at&nbsp;Francfort (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>Employment law : Muriel PARIENTE (associate) and&nbsp;Jordan COHEN,<\/li>\n<li>Antitrust and foreign investment control : Christophe LEMAIRE (associate) and Guillaume VATIN<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A multi-disciplinary team from Cornet Vincent S&eacute;gurel advised the Japanese SoftBank Group on its proposed takeover bid for 100% of the capital of Balyo, a specialist in the robotisation of forklift trucks. 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