Lawyer Monthly - December 2021 Edition

Acted as Advisers on the transaction Lawyer Monthly Transaction Reports - Mergers & Acquisitions 89 WWW.LAWYER-MONTHLY.COM DEC 2021 ABOUT THE DEAL October 2021 The MediaSchool Group’s Acquisition of the IFC Group The MediaSchool Group, support- ed by the Florac investment fund, has acquired the IFC Group, one of the main private higher education groups in the south-east of France. MediaSchool is a France-based in- ternational leader in private higher education in communications and digital and media professions, spanning 45 schools. This new ac- quisition expands the MediaSchool Group’s presence to six new cities – Saint-Etienne, Valence, Avignon, Nîmes, Alès and Perpignan – and strengthens their existing pres- ence in Marseille and Montpellier. It also allows the Group to achieve its goal of reaching 10,000 stu- dents, a target originally set for 2024. IFC is a French group of special- ised higher education institutions which has succeeded in develop- ing from BTS to Bac + 5 since its founding in Avignon in 1990. Today it oversees more than 2,500 stu- dents across eight regional cities. Eric Dupressoire, Chairman of the Group, was advised on the deal by Elias Abou Jaoudé and Stéphane Castelain, partners at Cobalt Avocats (following the merger be- tween notably Haussmann-Paradis and Sextant Avocats). The MediaSchool Group was ad- vised by De Pardieu Brocas Maffei and Volt Associés. Also involved in the deal were iXO Private Equity (majority shareholder of the IFC Group) and OBSA holders, advised by BLM Avocats and Nabarro Bé- raud Avocats respectively.