King & Wood Mallesons advised the sellers on the secondary LBO of Exclusive Networks. Owned by Omnes Capital for nearly five years, the French group renews with Cobepa Belgian capital funds.

Exclusive Networks is the leading independent European value-added distributor (VAD) specialising in the marketing of security, storage and networking solutions for businesses.

The multi-jurisdictional KWM team was composed of:

    In Paris : Jerome Jouhanneaud (partner), Isabelle Meyrier (counsel), Lionel Cazajus and Aurélien Diday (associates)
    In Munich : Christoph Brenner (partner), Stefan Sebastiani (counsel) and Bernhard Schmaderer (associate)
    In London : James Darbyshire (counsel) and Gareth Williams-Davies (associate)
    In Dubai : Hamish Walton (partner), Sandeep Dhama and Lamia Abdelmoniem (associates)
    In Brussels : Janine De Keersmaecker and Olivier Armand (associates)
    In Madrid : Pablo Diaz (partner) and Victoria Ruenes (associate)

The firm regularly advises Exclusive Networks, including on the acquisitions of WhiteGold Solutions and Terach in 2014 and of Secureway in 2013.