Alantra advised LFPI on the minority investment in Umanis

Apr 2018

Buy-side advisory

Alantra acted as an exclusive M&A advisor to LFPI, a French private equity group, on the acquisition of a minority indirect stake in Umanis and the subsequent obtention of a derogation to file a mandatory tender offer to the AMF.

Founded in 1990, Umanis provides IT consulting and engineering services primarily in France. The company offers advice on IT governance, HR management and financial management through business intelligence, customer and relationship management and digital insights.

The company employs ca. 2,700 consultants and generated ca. €191m sales in 2017. The company has a market capitalization of ca. €250m as of June 2018.

LFPI Group is one of the premier independent multi-strategy alternative asset managers in Europe with more than €3bn of AuM.