King & Wood Mallesons advised Equistone Partners Europe on its investment in MECAPLAST Group (through its Fund V), alongside Thierry Manni, a current major shareholder of the Group and Chairman of the Board; Bpifrance (via the FAA) and MECAPLAST Group’s Management team. The transaction is subject to approval by the European, Chinese, Serbian and Turkish competition authorities.

MECAPLAST was founded in 1955 in Monaco by Charles Manni. The group designs, develops and manufactures plastic parts and complete systems for car parts. It has reported revenues of over €700 million and employs more than 6,000 people in 18 countries.

Equistone Partners Europe is one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity managers.

The KWM team was composed of Corporate partner Maxence Bloch with associates Simon Servan-Schreiber and Aurélien Diday ; and of Tax partner Raphaël Béra with associate Thomas Guillier.

The firm regularly advises Equistone Partners Europe, including on the sale of Sogetrel to Quilvest Private Equity and Bpifrance in January 2016, on its investment in the Sicame Group in December 2015, and on the sale of its stake in the Stella Group to ICG.