Franklin has once again collaborated with the Italian law firm Gianni & Origoni to support Mech-I-Tronic, a leading Italian company in the European mechatronics industry, in its expansion in France. Following its acquisition of the Neyret Group last summer, Mech-I-Tronic has continued to develop in France by acquiring the French groups Ermo and SMP. These companies are leaders in the design and production of high-precision injection moulds, particularly for the pharmaceutical and beauty sectors.
Mech-I-Tronic is jointly advised by:
- Gianni & Origoni, with a team composed of Emanuele Grippo and Gerardo Carbonelli, partners, and Francesco Mirizzi and Ludovica Bini, associates, for corporate/M&A aspects, Marco Barbi and Gaia Pisani, associates, for reinvestment aspects, and Marco Gatta, Andrea Zorzi and Chiara Ercoli, associates, for financing aspects.
- Franklin with a team led by Lionel Lesur (Partner, Corporate/M&A), assisted by Josselin Nony-Davadie (Of Counsel) and Louis Santelli (Associate) on the acquisition of the Ermo group and by Antoine Fouassier (Of Counsel) and Marie Levamis (Associate) on the acquisition of SMP.
Additional support was provided by:
- Jacques Mestoudjian (Partner) and Rudy Marouani (Of Counsel) on tax matters;
- Stéphan Alamowitch (Partner) and Mathilde Monot (Of Counsel) on financing matters;
- Hind Jalal (Associate) on employment law;
- Sandra Strittmatter (Partner) and Nina Thiery (Associate) on intellectual property;
- François Verdot (Partner), Vincent Martinet (Of Counsel) and Agathe Lancelot (Associate) on real estate matters;
- Jérôme Michel (Partner) and Nitusha Raveendran (Associate) on public law;
- Yann Colin (Partner) on litigation;
- Victoria Eppendahl (Associate) on commercial contracts.
The Ermo group and SMP shareholders were advised by Société Juridique du Maine and Dulatier & Associés, respectively.
