{"id":50594,"date":"2022-01-31T11:56:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T10:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advisory.capitalmind.com\/success-story-sopral\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:30:18","slug":"success-story-sopral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/nl\/success-story-sopral\/","title":{"rendered":"Success story : Feedback on the sale of Sopral by Avril group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-case-study\">Case study<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">The Investec teams pay particular attention to the preparation of transactions, devoting time to the necessary education of stakeholders, as <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Yannick Gueho, CEO of Sopral, a subsidiary of the Avril group specialising in the formulation, production and marketing of pet food, reminds us when he joined forces with an investment fund.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/nl\/deals\/verkoop-pet-food-bedrijf-sopral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investec assisted Avril Group throughout the sell-side process<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>pre-sounding appetite for the asset in the market,<\/li>\n<li>monitoring of the financial VDD,<\/li>\n<li>approach of interested acquirers,<\/li>\n<li>creation of the marketing documentation,<\/li>\n<li>identification of carve out issues,<\/li>\n<li>management of the due diligence, and<\/li>\n<li>assistance in negotiating the deal and the legal documentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This sale is the 14th transaction advised by Investec for the Avril Group.<\/p>\n<p>We are very proud to have been by their side since 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find the interview of Yannick Gueho, CEO of Sopral, on his experience with Investec during the sale of Sopral:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Capitalmind Investec | Case Study - Sopral\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1RmuJNyR1w?start=105&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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