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Focused on non-listed enterprises in France and Europe for over 20 years, our team members have accompanied owners, executives and investors throughout the life cycle of their businesses.
A long-term partner, we invest our energy and expertise to support our clients’ ambitions and needs: from primary fundraisings to LBOs, from growth capital to secondary liquidity, from strategic capital solutions to IPOs.

Our services

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS ADVISORY

We offer you our track-record acquired with financial sponsors and corporate players on operations of all sizes and types, either sell-side or buy-side:

> Fundraising

> Growth capital

> Mergers

> Acquisitions / bolt-on

> LBOs / MBOs / OBOs

> SPAC

At the heart of the private capital ecosystem for entrepreneurs and investors, AMALA Partners offers a privileged access to market participants seeking informed advice and high-touch execution support for their business development and liquidity needs.

DEBT ADVISORY

We assist businesses and sponsors with their financing strategy to optimize their balance sheet structure at the best market conditions:

> Quantum, leverage, costs, maturity, documentary flexibility…

We identify the most suitable lenders and solutions for various situations:

> Bank(s), debt funds…

> Senior funding, PIK, unitranche…

Our projects are carried out independently or in conjunction with M&A advisory services to ensure optimal execution and build a strategic advantage to secure your transactions.

GENERAL PARTNERS SERVICES

We provide advisory and transaction support to private capital General Partners throughout the full life cycle of their fund management activities.

> Strategic advisory

  • First-time-fund
  • Consolidation platform fund
  • Co-invest

> Liquidity solutions

> Business development

  • Business line expansion
  • GP M&A
  • GP Financing (commitment, transmission, growth)
  • Strategic capital (GP stake)

With a thorough understanding of our clients’ ecosystems, we combine financial expertise and sector knowledge to offer a precise, high-quality approach at every stage, from diagnosis to the completion of each transaction.

Our areas of expertise:

  • Tech & Digital
  • Education and Vocational Training
  • Business services
  • Energy and environmental transition
  • Leisure and entertainment
  • Health
  • Speciality industries
  • Retail and Consumer Goods
  • Financial institutions

Our last transactions

Sale ofPoint d’Orgueto Publicis Groupe France

2026

Amala Partners sell-side advisor to the management and shareholders of Point d’Orgue in their combination with Publicis Groupe France.

Carine Fernandez established Point d’Orgue in 2016. The company will continue its development within Publicis Groupe France under her leadership. This agency employs around forty people and ranks as a leading firm in the French Creator Economy. Point d’Orgue handles all aspects of influencer marketing. The team provides talent representation, offers influencer marketing consulting, and designs strategic projects around its creators and artistic talents.

The internal creators division exclusively represents approximately forty top-tier creators of their generation. These professionals successfully support numerous French and international brands.

Press release (FR)

Refinancing of Positive by a banking syndicate

2026

Amala Partners financial advisor to Positive, EMZ Partners and idi in the refinancing of the existing debt through a banking syndicate.

Positive began operations in 2001 to provide benchmark SaaS solutions for the digital marketing sector. The Group offers a complementary suite of solutions that utilize artificial intelligence to support SMEs with their digital marketing strategies. Following a recent bank refinancing round, Positive aims to accelerate its M&A strategy. Management plans to build a comprehensive platform and establish the firm as the premier European provider of sovereign marketing software.

Press Release (FR)

Partnership investment inTheopby 65 Equity Partner

2026

Amala Partners buy-side advisor of 65 Equity Partners in their partnership investment in Theop.

Theop is the leading independent provider of real estate project management consulting services in France, and increasingly across Europe, primarily assisting blue-chip asset owners in the delivery of large and complex development projects, spanning new builds and renovations.

65 Equity Partners will be an active and supportive minority partner to Theop’s founders and management team, drawing on its global network and ecosystem to support the Group’s continued growth.

Press release

Sale ofPhantasm Groupto The Independents

2026

Amala Partners sell-side advisor to the management and shareholders of Phantasm Group in their combination with The Independents.

Phantasm Group is a leading player in advertising and film production, bringing together three complementary brands: PHANTASM, a creative production house recognized for its cinematic approach to storytelling in service of leading luxury and fashion houses; VIXENS, a production company active in development, financing and production with over twenty feature films to its credit, half of which have partnered with luxury houses as creative and financial partners; PHENOMENA, a photography agency representing a selective roster of international photographers, creating distinctive visual narratives for luxury, fashion, beauty and lifestyle.

This combination opens a new chapter for Phantasm Group, with ambitions to expand into the United States, the Middle East and Asia. The Independents brings together an ecosystem of 23 excellence agencies covering strategy, design, live experiences, content production and communications for the world’s leading luxury and lifestyle brands.

Press release

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