Weekly Selection of Distressed M&A Opportunities in France

Published on Aug 7, 2026

Soulier Bunch regularly assists French and international buyers, turnaround funds, and investors in the acquisition of companies or assets under court supervision, providing support with file review, site visits, data room access requests, due diligence, coordination with the court-appointed officers, preparation and structuring of acquisition offers.
 
We also carry out targeted monitoring to identify opportunities aligned with our clients’ strategic objectives, based on predefined criteria (industry, size, revenue, geographical area, etc.).
 
Weekly selection:   Defense and security electronics – IT equipment retail – In vitro diagnostics and biotechnology – Photo albums and wall décor – Sales outsourcing – Solar energy and photovoltaics – Packaging and plastic packaging – Professional media publishing
 
 

SEARCH FOR PROSPECTIVE BUYERS FOR A CHANGE OF CONTROL OF A SOLVENT COMPANY OR A PRE-PACK SALE IN THE DEFENSE AND SECURITY ELECTRONICS SECTOR

Key features:

Business activity: Company specializing in defense and security electronics

Revenue:Between €60 million and €100 million

Workforce:Between 450 and 750 FTEs

Deadline for submission of offers: Letter of intent to be submitted by September 15, 2026, and offers to be submitted by October 15, 2026

 

PRE-PACK SALE IN THE IT EQUIPMENT RETAIL SECTOR

Key features:

Business activity: Retail of IT equipment (computers, telephones and software) to B2C customers through a network of 26 stores, and to B2B customers

Revenue:€101 million

Workforce:214 employees

Deadline for submission of offers: August 31, 2026

 

COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS PREDICTING RADIOTHERAPY TOXICITY

Key features:

Business activity: Design of in vitro diagnostic tests predicting radiotherapy toxicity for certain cancers. Development and marketing of patented tests capable of predicting, before treatment, the risk of late radiotherapy toxicity in breast and prostate cancer patients

Revenue:€376,000

Workforce:3 employees

Location:Castelnau-le-Lez (34)

Deadline for submission of offers: September 30, 2026

 

CEANOTHE

Key features:

Business activity: French manufacture and distribution of a wide range of standard and custom-made photo albums, frames and wall decoration products

Revenue:€10.5 million

Workforce:68 employees

Location:Production site: Beuvron (42)

Deadline for submission of offers: September 21, 2026

 

COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN SALES OUTSOURCING

Key features:

Business activity: Tailor-made sales outsourcing solutions based on the deployment of outsourced sales teams (45%), merchandising (40%), sales activation (10%) and remote sales (5%). Portfolio of more than 55 clients, primarily in the high-tech and fast-moving consumer goods sectors

Revenue:€17 million

Workforce:1,862 employees

Location:Nationwide coverage

Deadline for submission of offers: September 14, 2026

 

SFECO

Key features:

Business activity: Construction of large-scale photovoltaic power plants. Subsidiary of the AURALIANCE group

Revenue:€10.3 million

Workforce:43 employees

Location:Headquarters: Dardilly; main establishment: Avignon

Deadline for submission of offers: September 15, 2026

 

LA B.C. CAPSULERIE J. RÉMY AND DISTRIPAC

Key features:

Business activity: LA B.C. CAPSULERIE J. RÉMY: manufacture and sale of closure and overcapping products, including caps; DISTRIPAC: specialized manufacture of plastic packaging products

Revenue:LA B.C. CAPSULERIE J. RÉMY: €13.9 million; DISTRIPAC: €2.1 million

Workforce:LA B.C. CAPSULERIE J. RÉMY: 100 employees; DISTRIPAC: 16 employees

Location:Somain (59)

Deadline for submission of offers: September 11, 2026

 

COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN PROFESSIONAL MEDIA PUBLISHING

Key features:

Business activity: Professional media publisher specializing in the finance, legal and insurance sectors

Revenue:€4.7 million

Workforce:24 employees

Deadline for submission of offers:September 4, 2026


For further information, please do not hesitate to contact the Head of our Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Mohamed Bouzenada.