{"id":4146,"date":"2023-10-20T16:19:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/bpm-group-mercedes-benz-1\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:19:50","slug":"bpm-group-mercedes-benz-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/bpm-group-mercedes-benz-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornet Vincent S\u00e9gurel obtains authorisation from the French Competition Authority for the acquisition of 4 Mercedes Benz dealerships in New Aquitaine by BPM Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section__body\">\n<div class=\"block-strong-text\">\n<p><p><strong>A major player in the distribution of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, lorries, agricultural vehicles and motorbikes in France, Monaco and Switzerland, BPM Group has obtained the go-ahead from the French Competition Authority to acquire 4 new Mercedes-Benz dealerships in the Bordeaux region (33). <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article class=\"article-normal\">\n<div class=\"article__entry\">\n<p>Founded in 2004 and headed by Patrick Bornhauser, BPM Group distributes 30 vehicle brands in France and abroad through 113 outlets. The group has more than 2,000 employees and annual sales of &euro;1.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The group was looking to continue its growth and strengthen its presence in the Aquitaine region by acquiring 4 Mercedes-Benz dealerships in B&egrave;gles, La Teste-de-Buch and M&eacute;rignac, which together generate sales of &euro;96 million. BPM Group therefore sought authorisation from the Autorit&eacute; de la Concurrence to carry out this transaction.<\/p>\n<p>In a decision dated 3 October 2023, the Autorit&eacute; de la Concurrence (French competition authority) authorised the acquisition of sole control of Mercedes Benz Bordeaux by BPM Group.<\/p>\n<p>BPM Group, which has been a Mercedes-Benz partner since the company was founded, has thus strengthened its representation of the German brand, which was already present in 34 of its dealerships.<\/p>\n<p>A team from the law firm Cornet Vincent S&eacute;gurel, comprising partner Am&eacute;lie Poulain and associate Caroline Bellone-Closset, assisted BPM Group in notifying the French Competition Authority and obtaining authorisation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Participants:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BPM Group: Patrick Bornhauser<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz Bordeaux: Marc Franck<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Advisors :<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>BPM Group attorneys: Cornet Vincent S&eacute;gurel (Am&eacute;lie Poulain, Caroline Bellone-Closset)<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys Mercedes Benz: Baker McKenzie (Peter Wand)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major player in the distribution of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, lorries, agricultural vehicles and motorbikes in France, Monaco and Switzerland, BPM Group has obtained the go-ahead from the French Competition Authority to acquire 4 new Mercedes-Benz dealerships in the Bordeaux region (33). Founded in 2004 and headed by Patrick Bornhauser, BPM Group distributes 30 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communique-en","category-publications-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146","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=4146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvs-avocats.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}