Dechert Advises Cathay Capital on its Investment in Cenexi Group

Dechert LLP advised Cathay Capital Private Equity, a leading private equity firm dedicated to cross-border investment in Europe, China, and North America, on its investment in Cenexi Group, a European industrial organization specialized in pharmaceutical development and the manufacture of high value-added sterile products.

Capitalizing on its platform and its vast international experience, Cathay Capital will support Cenexi’s management team in an effort to grow the Group’s international presence in terms of future commercial projects, local deployment, and acquisitions. The management team’s mission, shared by Cathay Capital, is to transition the company from a European marketplace to a global positioning. This shift would include continuing a policy of selective acquisitions of expertise and capabilities within therapeutic areas in Europe and the USA matching the group’s current business lines.

"This complex transaction highlights Dechert’s ability to coordinate a cross-border and cross-practice team that completes transactions for its clients in a very short period of time," affirmed Dechert corporate/M&A partner Anne-Charlotte Rivière-Wilson.

The Dechert team advising Cathay Capital was led by Alain Decombe and includes partner Anne-Charlotte Rivière-Wilson and associates Xavier Leroux and Amira Mnafer on M&A and private equity aspects; partner Bruno Leroy and associates Antoine Le Touzé and Alexandra Chevalier on tax structuring aspects; partner Philippe Thomas and associate Melissa Dogan on labor and employment aspects; and, partner Isabel Rahman and associate Michael Okkonen on antitrust aspects.

Read the press release in French (PDF): "Dechert conseille Cathay Capital dans le cadre de sa prise de participation majoritaire du groupe Cenexi."

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