International Media Invest a.s. (« IMI »), a 100% subsidiary of Czech Media Invest (« CMI »), the group co-founded by Daniel Křetínský, acquired 100% of Editis from Vivendi. August Debouzy advised IMI

August Debouzy advised IMI, a CMI subsidiary, on its planned acquisition of 100% of Editis, a leading French publishing firm, from Vivendi.

Julien Aucomte, Partner

The Czech Republic’s largest media company, CMI, publishes four daily, many periodicals, a major internet presence, and radio stations in the Czech Republic and Romania. France’s second-largest magazine publisher is CMI France.

The acquisition of Editis, which is subject to employee representative body engagement and regulatory clearance, will strengthen CMI’s content industry expansion strategy while complying with the cultural exception relevant to these activities.

David Neuwirth, Senior Associate

August Debouzy’s corporate team included Julien Aucomte (partner), David Neuwirth (senior associate), François Richard (associate), Albane Shehabi (associate), and Renaud Christol (partner) and Marc-Antoine Picquier (associate).

Francois Richard, Associate

On due diligence, the team included Alexandra Berg-Moussa (partner), Paul Vialard (associate) in commercial law, Florence Chafiol (partner), Amélie Tripet (counsel), Pierre Pérot (senior associate), Inès Bouzayen and Ariane Sayed-Movaghar on intellectual property and data protection, Olivier Attias and Alexandre Mennucci in compliance and litigation, Virginie Devos and Boris Léone-Robin (counsel).

For detailed information, as well as the picture copyright, please see the law firm’s original article here: August Debouzy advised International Media Invest a.s. (« IMI »), 100% subsidiary of Czech Media Invest (« CMI »), the group co-founded by Daniel Křetínský, for the acquisition of 100% of Editis from Vivendi.