Dentons advises Alpha Private Equity on the sale of the ready-to-wear brand Cyrillus to MGA Paris and Alandia Industries

Dentons has advised Alpha Private Equity on the sale of the French ready-to-wear brand Cyrillus to MGA Paris and the turnaround fund Alandia Industries.

Alpha Private Equity is an independent pan-European private equity firm with offices in France, the Benelux, Germany and Italy. Alpha invests in buy-outs across continental Europe.

MGA Paris is a holding company, owner of the textile brands Harry Wilson and Des Petits Hauts and the jewellery brand Feeka.

Alandia Industries is a French turnaround fund, specialised in underperforming or distressed companies.

Guillaume Kessler, M&A/Private Equity partner in the Paris office, led the multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary team, which comprised:

Paris office:

• M&A/Private Equity: Caroline Pucel, Emeline Beria-Mapote, Alice Sevestre, associates, Coralie Léger, jurist
• Employment law: Katell Deniel-Allioux, partner, Nathaly Blin, of Counsel
• Real estate law: Maxime Simonnet, partner, Quentin Rousseau, Charlotte Rossi, associates
• Competition and contract: Emmanuelle van den Broucke, partner, Margaux Serra, associate
• Intellectual property/IT: Sophie Mandel, Chen Gu, associates

Brussels office:

• Corporate Law: Yolande Meyvis, partner, Nathan Van Wymeersch, Domien Kriger, associates