Serge Palleau

Managing Director

Paris Capital Advisory | Debt Advisory spalleau@lincolninternational.com +33 (0) 6 27 52 68 84

Evolutions in the financing market require me to stay tuned in and continually refresh my understanding to repeatedly bring positive outcomes for clients.

Who We Are / Our People / Serge Palleau

Serge is responsible for Lincoln’s cross-border debt advisory activities in France. He has extensive experience in the raising of financing, including arranging corporate debt, mezzanine debt, unitranche financing and equity financing, in the context of leveraged transactions. He participates in the negotiation of debt restructuring, debt equity swap and reset of covenants for clients.

Serge has been involved in buy- and sell-side advisory roles with private equity clients and private owners and has raised capital financing in small and mid-sized transactions. He helps clients in the mid-market find new funding sources, such as private debt, which brings additional liquidity to the market and provides borrowers with different financing solutions.

Prior to joining Lincoln, Serge was Co-head of the mezzanine fund, ActoMezz, supporting financial sponsors in France. Previously, he managed a portfolio of private equity investments for Royal Bank of Scotland and was an investment director at PAI Partners.

Serge earned a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business and a degree in civil engineering from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.

Recent Transactions

Lincoln International advised Aldebaran Capital Partners on the acquisition of PAM Building from Compagnie de Saint-Gobain with acquisition financing provided by Crédit Agricole Lorraine, Crédit Agricole Champagne Bourgogne and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa

Industrials

Lincoln International advised TKH Group on the sale of a majority stake in CAE Groupe to Argos Wityu

Business Services

Lincoln International advised Management, Siparex and private shareholders on the sale of a minority stake of Texelis to Ouest Croissance, Bpifrance, IRDI Capital Investissement and Caisse d'Epargne

Aerospace & Defense

Leitmotiv Private Equity Limited Groupe Elan Kresk Developpement 2023

Lincoln International advised Leitmotiv Private Equity on its sale of Groupe Elan to Kresk Developpement and Unigrains

Consumer

Legal2Digital Andera Partners Banque Populaire Rives De Paris Banque Populaire Rives De Paris, LCL S.A. 2023

Lincoln International has advised Legal2Digital on raising capital from Andera Partners, Société Générale, Banque Populaire and LCL

Business Services

Lincoln International advised Apera Asset Management on the refinancing of Objectware with new unitranche and acquisition facilities

Technology

Lincoln International advised Aldebaran Capital Partners on the acquisition of Numworks, with senior debt and mezzanine acquisition financing provided by Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France, Banque Populaire Rives de Paris, BNP Paribas and Access Capital Partners

Technology

NextStageAM Matignon Glass Partners IXO Arkea Capital Crédit Agricole Pyrénées Gascogne 2022

Lincoln International advised Glass Partners Solutions on its sale of a minority stake to iXO Private Equity, Arkéa Capital and Crédit Agricole Pyrénées Gascogne

Business Services

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