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Orange completed the acquisition of Lexsi, the French leader in cybersecurity, from Argos Soditic, a European reference player in Private Equity. Bryan, Garnier & Co acted as sole advisor to Argos Soditic on this transaction.
Lexsi defends its customers’ vital cyber-assets in Europe through deep technology-based and intelligence-driven software and services. With 15 years of frontline experience against cybercrime and a team of 170 cybersecurity experts, Lexsi offers a unique range of premium enterprise-grade security solutions, from audit to consulting through SOC, leveraging its considerable threat intelligence database. Lexsi’s customers base includes many leading blue chip French and international corporations, including 40% of Euro Stoxx 50® companies.
Thibaut De Smedt, Partner in charge of the Software sector at Bryan, Garnier & Co stated: “This transaction shows the strong focus of Bryan Garnier in the European technology sector. It constitutes the beginning of a long list of consolidation transactions or fundraisings in such a dynamic sector that is cybersecurity”.
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Sell-Side Advisors
M&A Advisor: Bryan, Garnier & Co (Thibaut De Smedt, Alexandre Boukhari, Amina Sagou)
Legal Advisor: Paul Hastings (Olivier Deren, Edith Boucaya)
Financial Advisor: Eight Advisory (Eric Demuyt, Kevin Aubert)
Tax Advisor: Arsene Taxand (Franck Chaminade, Olivier Janoray)
Data Law Advisor: Feral Schuhl / Sainte Marie (Bruno Grégoire Sainte Marie, Richard Willemant)
