McDermott Will & Schulte advised Amundi Private Equity on the sale of its stake in The Reefer Group, Europe’s leading manufacturer of temperature-controlled vehicles.

As part of this transaction, a consortium of majority investors formed by Arkéa Capital, the Crédit Agricole group, and Épopée Gestion will now support The Reefer Group (TRG) in its new phase of development.

This new round of financing also brings together eleven other investment funds within a pool of minority shareholders: Alian Industries Dev, Bpifrance Investissement, Caisse d’Épargne Normandie Capital Développement (CEN CD), Entrepreneur Invest, Esfin Participations, NCI, Normandie Participations, Ouest Croissance, Picardie Investissement, Sodero Gestion, and Volney Développement.

The management team, led by Damien Destremau, is reinvesting significantly in this new LBO transaction.

The McDermott team on this transaction included Grégoire Andrieux, Marie-Muriel Barthelet (Partners) and Marcia Sousa Pereira (Associate).

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