{"id":50502,"date":"2025-07-24T08:49:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=50502"},"modified":"2025-07-24T08:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:49:34","slug":"baker-mckenzie-advises-rentokil-initial-on-the-signing-of-a-purchase-agreement-with-h-i-g-capital-for-the-sale-of-its-france-workwear-business","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/baker-mckenzie-advises-rentokil-initial-on-the-signing-of-a-purchase-agreement-with-h-i-g-capital-for-the-sale-of-its-france-workwear-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Baker McKenzie Advises Rentokil Initial on the Signing of a Purchase Agreement with H.I.G. Capital for the sale of its France Workwear business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paris 6 June 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baker McKenzie advised Rentokil Initial on the negotiation and signing of a purchase agreement with H.I.G. Capital for the sale of its Workwear business in France, for a gross enterprise value of approximately EUR 410 million. This sale is part of Rentokil Initial&#8217;s ongoing strategy to focus on its core activities in pest control and hygiene.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>H.I.G. Capital is a private equity management firm specializing in midsized companies.<\/p>\n<p>The Baker McKenzie team was led by Marie-Fran\u00e7oise Br\u00e9chignac (partner, M&amp;A\/Corporate, Paris) and Paul Nury (counsel, M&amp;A), and included the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>M&amp;A<\/strong>: Philippe Frieden (associate), Guillaume Ferrandon (associate)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Competition<\/strong>: Olivia Chriqui-Guiot (counsel), C\u00e9line Mouraud (associate)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Labor Law<\/strong>: J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Paubel (partner), Roland S\u00e8be (associate)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public &amp; Environmental Law<\/strong>: Arnaud Cabanes (partner), Valentine Petitjean (associate)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finance<\/strong>: Gonzague Basso (partner), Ioana Severin (associate)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tax<\/strong>: Charles Baudoin (partner), Robin Gaulier (counsel), Samuel Lewin (associate)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real Estate<\/strong>: Fabrice Varandas (counsel), Rapha\u00eblle Cayla (senior associate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-50502","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/50502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}