European Growth Investment Bank Bryan, Garnier & Co unveils ambitious plan for its Consumer and Retail European franchise with key hires
PARIS, LONDON, MUNICH, February 24th, 2017 - Bryan, Garnier & Co strengthens its investment banking capacities in the consumer, brands and distribution sectors with the arrival of Charles Tellier as Managing Director, and Jean Cailliau as Executive Advisor.
Recognized for its leading equity research capacity in the sector with six senior equity analysts covering stocks such as LVMH, Moncler, Luxottica, Pernod Ricard, Nestlé, Inditex as well as YOOX and Zalando, the bank has also developed a significant track-record in the innovation related segments. Ranging from e-commerce, consumer electronics to retail technologies the firm has many historical clients such as Parrot, Inspirational Stores, TagHeuer’s mobile phones licensee Modelabs Manufacture, and Innovative retail chain Lick. In 2016 Bryan Garnier led transactions such as a €100 million private placement for Devialet, the disruptive high-end audio consumer electronics company, a €20 million private placement for e-travel company MisterFly with Ventes Privées and Montefiore, and the acquisition of Look Cycles by Activa Capital.
The massive impact of digitalization in the consumer, brands and distribution sectors is leading to major changes both on the consumer side as well as on the corporate side. The reshuffling of distribution models, the impact of social networks on brand positioning, the contribution of retail and marketing technologies in the performances of the business; all are disruptive for leading global corporations, traditional mid-market companies, as well as emerging players. To better help these companies and their investors to seize the opportunities arising from these changes, Bryan Garnier & Co is enhancing its capacities with the arrival of Charles Tellier as Managing Director, and Jean Cailliau as Executive Advisor.
Charles Tellier joins Bryan, Garnier as Managing Director for the franchise. Prior to joining the firm, Charles worked within Morgan Stanley M&A advisory team and Consumer and Retail coverage team in EMEA between 2005 and 2016. He contributed to the client coverage of large-cap in the Food and Beverage space, in addition to advising emerging and mid-cap Consumer and Retail companies across Europe. His track record includes in particular the acquisition by Suntory Beverage of Lucozade/ Ribena from GSK, the sale of Jimmy Choo by TowerBrook to Labelux, the refinancing of Telepizza and of Campofrio, the IPO of Thule Group and of Imperial Tobacco’s Logista. Charles holds an MBA from INSEAD. He is also a graduate in Politics from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and in Finance from Paris-Dauphine University.
Jean Cailliau joins as an Executive Advisor and brings 25 years of industry expertise and operational knowledge of mid-cap companies in the sector to the Bryan Garnier franchise. Jean has been a partner in charge of Consumer and Distribution within European private equity firms such as Vendis and Nixen after spending 17 years as an Executive within LVMH Group in various operational managing positions, including from 2001 to 2007 where he was Founding Partner of L Capital. Jean has been leading investments and holding board positions in a number of companies including Devialet, Gant, Buffalo Grill, Micromania, Joseph, amongst others. Jean holds an MBA from INSEAD, and an Engineering degree in Agronomics from ENSA.
Greg Revenu, Managing Partner, Bryan Garnier comments: “Charles and Jean bring to Bryan Garnier an extensive network of relationships within the industry and the investment community, and a wealth of transaction experience covering M&A, direct investments, fundraising as well as equity capital markets. Combined with our platform’s unique expertise in corporate finance advisory to fast-growth industries and its strong equity research coverage on the sectors, Bryan Garnier is now ambitiously strengthening its capabilities to serve clients from the increasingly innovative consumer, brands and distribution industries.”
Bryan Garnier confirms its Leadership in Technology and Healthcare
2015 ACHIEVEMENTS
36 M&A AND GROWTH FINANCING TRANSACTIONS LED IN 2015 CONFIRMING OUR LEADERSHIP IN TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTHCARE
- 18 M&A including private and public trade sales and PE-backed transactions in 12 different geographies
- €1.5bn raised for European private and public companies in Europe and in the US
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC M&A
LEADING TECH FRANCHISE
- Leading Technology Media and Telecom franchise in Europe with more than 50 professionals
ACTIVE YEAR FOR STRATEGIC M&A
- 11 Trade sales including one reverse take over
TOPPING THE SOFTWARE LEAGUE TABLES
- 9 Software transactions including 2 of the 3 largest transactions in France
TECHNOLOGY BUY-OUTS STRONG DYNAMICS
- 7 Private Equity backed transactions
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC GROWTH FINANCING
LEADING EUROPEAN FUNDRAISER ACROSS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC STAGES
- 1.5bn raised for European Growth companies, from venture capital to follow-on public offerings
TOPPING THE EUROPEAN HEALTHCARE FUNDRAISING LEAGUE TABLES
- #1 Investment bank for Healthcare fund raising on Euronext and #2 in Europe
TAPPING GROWTH CAPITAL MARKETS, ANYWHERE
- 11 Private and Public offerings on Euronext, AIM and Nasdaq
LEADING EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK ON NASDAQ
- 1 European bank on Nasdaq public offerings, including the largest IPO ever of European Biotech company on Nasdaq (Galapagos – $317m)
For more information please visit http://infos.bryangarnier.fr/
Cartagena Capital merges with Bryan, Garnier & Co
London/Paris/Munich, January 21, 2016 — Today, Bryan, Garnier & Co, a leading pan-European investment bank that provides corporate finance and equity capital markets services to the growth sectors of the economy, announced its merger with Cartagena Capital GmbH, a premier technology advisory boutique headquartered in Munich, Germany. Cartagena Capital will be renamed Bryan, Garnier & Co. GmbH, and the combined entity will feature one of the largest Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) investment banking teams in Europe.
The Cartagena Capital team, comprised of 28 professionals and senior industry advisors, will be fully integrated with Bryan, Garnier & Co’s investment banking team of 120 professionals. Falk Müller-Veerse, founder and Managing Partner of Cartagena Capital, will join Bryan, Garnier & Co as Partner and Member of the Corporate Finance Executive Committee. He will assume the position of Head of Bryan, Garnier & Co for Germany and the Nordic countries.
Greg Revenu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Bryan, Garnier & Co, comments: “Falk and his team have created great expertise and track record in the Software, Mobile Technologies, Digital Media and Smart Industries arenas. This merger accelerates our objective to build the premier European investment bank that provides knowledge-driven solutions to growth-oriented clients. Cartagena deepens our technology footprint and expands our existing coverage to better meet the needs of our clients.”
“We are very excited to bring Cartagena’s profound expertise in technology and long-time relationships with the venture capital community into the Bryan, Garnier & Co organisation. We will be able to provide enhanced capabilities to our clients such as growth capital private placements, technology buyouts, IPOs, public M&A, equity underwriting and research – this will be tremendously beneficial to our clients,” explains Falk Müller-Veerse, Founder and Managing Partner of Cartagena Capital.
Olivier Garnier, Founder and Managing Partner of Bryan, Garnier & Co added: “Bryan, Garnier & Co is an independent partnership which combines the anima of highly experienced, entrepreneur-minded investment banking professionals having an exceptional level of attention to clients, with the range of services and the expertise of a full-fledged, top-tier investment bank. Cartagena’s team culture of excellence and ambition to expand, will be a strong driver for an accelerated development of Bryan, Garnier & Co in the region.”
In January 2016, Bryan, Garnier & Co announced the merger with premier technology advisory boutique Cartagena Capital GmbH. Over the past 24 months, Bryan, Garnier & Co and Cartagena Capital have led more than 60 transactions, including:
- 16 growth capital private placements and PIPEs representing an aggregated amount raised of more than $550mm, for companies such as Intersec ($23mm), Innov8 ($26mm), Jahia ($28mm), Nicox ($30mm), Tado ($30mm) or Merieux Nutriscences ($110mm)
- More than 20 IPOs and public offerings on Euronext, the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq for an aggregated amount of more than $2 billion, including 9 deals led or co-led on Nasdaq, making Bryan, Garnier & Co the leading manager of European technology offerings in the US. Recent transactions include McPhy Energy ($28mm, Euronext), Voltalia ($110mm, Euronext), Celyad ($100mm, Nasdaq), DBV Technologies ($133mm, Nasdaq) and Galapagos ($317mm, Nasdaq)
- More than 30 international public and private M&A deals in the technology sector representing an aggregate value of over $4.4 billion, many of which involved tier one private equity investors. Recent deals include the sale of Trasys to NRB Group, the sale of Talentia Software to Argos Soditic, the sale of Pixid to Keensight, the acquisition of Metrologic from Carlyle by Astorg, the sale of Synertrade to Digital Dimension and many more
Global corporations recently involved in transactions led by Bryan, Garnier & Co include WPP, NRB, Siemens, Synopsis, Microsoft, Dow Corning, Konica Minolta, Ubisoft, Gemalto, Motorola, Swisscom, EuroMedia Group, Webedia, Axway, Hoist, TATA, Dentsu, A+E Networks, Canal+, Pinewood Studios, Publicis, Idox, Blackberry and Cisco, amongst others.
Bryan, Garnier & Co supports the 2nd GreenUnivers & EnterNext Cleantech Conference in Paris.
Paris, October 13th 2014 - Bryan, Garnier & Co, the pan-European investment bank for growth companies, will be sponsoring the GreenUnivers & EnterNext Cleantech Conference that will be held in Paris on October 14th 2014.
The 2nd edition of GreenUnivers & EnterNext annual Conference will present a large panorama of investments and IPOs for Cleantech companies. This major event will bring together around 100 participants, including Cleantech executives, VCs, Institutional Investors, investment banks and financial advisors. A panel of experts will discuss the sunstaibility of stock market fundings for Cleantech companies.
Bryan, Garnier & Co, which tops the European investment banking league tables, joins the sponsorship committee as a partner of GreenUnivers, along with EnterNext. In 2014, raising a total of €140M capital through two Cleantech IPOs (McPhy Energy, Voltalia) and secondary placement for McPhy, Bryan, Garnier & Co is one of the Leading European Brokers in the sector.
Registration and information: anna@bryangarnier.com
About GreenUnivers (www.greenunivers.com)
Founded in July 2008, GreenUnivers, is the first French independent green business media company providing cleantech financial markets information in French. GreenUnivers has developed a database of over 7,000 articles on business and cleantech markets, and a multi-criteria search engine, with more than 8,500 subscribers to two weekly newsletters. GreenUnivers holds quarterly conferences at NYSE Euronext, and publishes annual cleantech reviews in France and outlooks of cleantech startups.
About EnterNext (www.enternext.biz)
Launched in May 2013, EnterNext is the subsidiary of the Euronext Group designed to develop and promote its stock markets specifically for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). Drawing on its pan-European presence, EnterNext brings together all Euronext Group initiatives for companies with market capitalisations under €1 billion, including companies listed in the B and C compartments of its regulated European markets and on Alternext, the market tailored to the needs of SMEs. EnterNext plays an active role in facilitating SMEs' access to financial markets, helping them generate the funds they need to grow at regional, national and pan-European level.
About Grant Thornton (www.gti.org)
Grant Thornton is one of the world's leading organisations of independent assurance, tax and advisory firms. These firms help dynamic organisations unlock their potential for growth by providing meaningful, actionable advice through a broad range of services. Proactive teams, led by approachable partners in these firms, use insights, experience and instinct to solve complex issues for privately owned, publicly listed and public sector clients. Over 38,500 Grant Thornton people, in over 120 countries, are focused on making a difference to clients, colleagues and the communities in which we live and work.
About Bryan, Garnier & Co (bryangarnier.com)
Bryan, Garnier & Co is an international growth focused independent investment bank with operations in London, Paris, Geneva, New York and New Delhi. Since 1996, Bryan, Garnier & Co has dealt with over 300 corporate clients. The firm employs 120 people and provides equity research, sales & trading, private and public capital raising and M&A services to growth companies and their investors, with a focus on the TMT, Healthcare, Renewable Energies & Environment, Specialty Retail and Business Services industry sectors. In 2013, Bryan, Garnier & Co received the Most Productive European Broker Award by Financial Times / Starmine.
Bryan, Garnier & Co is a fully registered broker dealer authorized by the FCA in Europe and by the FINRA in the USA, and is a member of the London Stock Exchange, a member of NYSE Euronext and a listing sponsor on Alternext.
Bryan, Garnier & Co and Westhouse Securities announce a Collaboration Agreement
Paris, April 2nd, 2014 - Bryan, Garnier & Co Limited and Westhouse Securities Limited are pleased to announce that they have entered into a partnership agreement for the close collaboration of their respective investment banking activities. The partnership will enable institutional and corporate clients of both firms to benefit from the combined resources of the two firms.
This collaboration will bring together the two group’s offices in London, Paris, New York, Glasgow, Geneva and New Delhi and will provide a broad spectrum of European and UK research to institutional investors whilst also providing access to capital markets across Western Europe and North America for corporate clients. The collaboration provides corporate and financial investors with sector leading ECM and M&A advisory services across these jurisdictions. Both firms follow a sector specialist model and combined will have a significant presence in the Technology, Media, Life Sciences, Renewables, Investment Funds, Insurance, Support Services, Consumer and Capital Goods, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors amongst others.
Olivier Garnier, Chairman of Bryan Garnier commented: ‘This collaboration is an important step in strengthening our ability to bring high quality, independent research and full capital markets access (Nasdaq, LSE and Euronext) to our corporate and institutional clients. We continue to reinforce our position as a leading independent investment bank serving growth companies in the UK, Europe and internationally. We look forward to working with our partners at Westhouse for the benefit of all our clients.’
Christopher Getley, Chief Executive of Westhouse, said: ‘This agreement enables both Westhouse and Bryan Garnier to serve their corporate and institutional clients better through the availability of wider skills, distribution and resources. As Westhouse continues to grow its franchise in the UK market it is also important that the firm is in a strong position to continue to add value to the majority of its clients who have substantial overseas interests. The two firms share many values and have complementary business lines; all at Westhouse look forward to working together to develop this important relationship.’
For more information, please contact:
Olivier Garnier - Managing Partner / ogarnier@bryangarnier.com
Robert Pfeiffer - Managing Director / rpfeiffer@bryangarnier.com
Christopher Getley - Chief Executive / christopher.getley@westhousesecurities.com
About Westhouse Securities (www.westhousesecurities.com)
Westhouse is the corporate and institutional stockbroking subsidiary of Somers Limited, an investment holding company specialising in the financial services sector. At 31 December 2013 Somers had shareholder’s equity of $180.9m. Westhouse employs approximately 55 people in London and Glasgow, has over 70 retained corporate clients and strong relationships with institutions throughout the United Kingdom. Westhouse Securities is authorised and regulated by the FCA, is a member of the London Stock Exchange, a NOMAD for AIM companies and a Sponsor for Official List companies.