The Spark Avocats private equity practice operates comfortably across a broad spectrum of cross-border and multi-jurisdictional LBO transactions. The practice is co-led by Ariane Olive, who advises entrepreneurs and investors on LBOs, restructurings and equity transactions, alongside Mathieu Ducceschi and Florian Mayor, who bring strong negotiation skills and project management expertise to complex transactions.
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Accolades
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Testimonials
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- ‘A team of exceptional professionalism and responsiveness. Communication is fluid and constructive. I can confirm the excellent quality of service.’
- ‘The team is truly dedicated to its projects. The partners and associates are highly competent. There's a lot of communication.'
- ‘Friendly, personable and professional team. Good level of responsiveness.’
- ‘Arianne Olive has a 360-degree view of the challenges facing leaders.’
- ‘Clearly Florian Mayor and Ariane Olive are an exceptional duo.’
Key clients
- CAPITAL CROISSANCE DEVELOPPEMENT
- CONFLUENCE
- OPALINE
- METRON
- BUYCO
Work highlights
Advised Capital Croissance Développement on the completion of the refinancing of its senior and junior loans.
Advised the shareholders of Diafora on the sale of 100% of the share capital to Humans Matter.
Advised Buyco on the completion of its capital increase.
Practice head
Ariane Olive; Mathieu Ducceschi; Florian Mayor