Acquisition of Boomex by Blondeau

Sector(s)
Consumer / Industrials
Deal type
Buy a business
Date
April 2016
Countries involved
France / Germany

Client

Blondeau Group (Ardéa, Pyrofeu, Forever) is a family-owned business specializing in homecare and fire lighting products

Deal

Blondeau Group acquired Boomex, a German market supplier that specializes in the manufacturing of firelighters mainly sold to the largest grocery and home improvement retailers

Parties

Lead team

  • Nicolas Balon

    Nicolas Balon

    Partner France
  • Ferdinand Robert Schulhauser

    Ferdinand Robert Schulhauser

    Senior Advisor Germany

What we did

  • Detailed market review of the German market to identify the best targets to enter the German market
  • Actively supported the Blondeau Group all along the acquisition process: contact of potential targets, preliminary negotiations, valuation and structuring guidance, execution support up to closing, selection, briefing and management of DD providers and negotiation of the final legal documentation