Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Italiaonline on its sale of Europages to a company controlled by private equity fund Paragon Partners.

Europages is a French leader in online B2B directory management and online marketing solutions for small and medium sized enterprises.

Italiaonline also renewed its commercial partnership with Europages by entering into a concession contract for the exclusive sale in Italy of Europages' products.

The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partners Céline Domenget-Morin (Paris) and Ferigo Foscari (Milan), counsel Clara Hainsdorf (Paris) and associates Jean Paszkudzki, Caroline Lyannaz (Paris), Alessandro Seganfreddo and  Andrea Pretti (both Milan).