Weekly Selection of Distressed M&A Opportunities in France
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:
Sectors covered: Single-family home construction – Pharmacy (retail) – Video
game development – Apparel retail – Fine dining restaurant – Automotive
inspection technologies & automation – Palletized distribution &
logistics – Foundry, machining & metallurgy
CHAMOIS CONSTRUCTEURS
Key information:- Business activity: Construction of single-family homes
- Revenue:
- 2022: €10 million
- 2023: €10 million
- 2024: €9 million
- Workforce: 23 employees (5 executive employees, 6 technical, supervisory and office staff, and 12 blue-collar workers)
- Location: La-Balme-de-Sillingy (74)
- Deadline for submission of acquisition offers: February 13, 2026
GRANDE PHARMACIE LYON SAXE
(search for investors)Key information:
- Business activity: Pharmacy operating under the Boticinal network, occupying 700 sqm premises in Lyon’s 6th district of Lyon (quarterly rent excl. VAT: €73,000)
- Revenue: €6 million (annual)
- Workforce: 19 employees
- Location: 18 Avenue du Maréchal de Saxe - 69006 Lyon
- Deadline for submission of acquisition offers: February 9, 2026
HAWKSWELL STUDIOS
Key information:- Business activity: Video game development studio
- Revenue: Not reported
- Workforce: 10 employees
- Location: Paris (75)
- Deadline for submission of acquisition offers: January 22, 2026
JOTT
Key information:- Business activity: Retail, semi-wholesale and wholesale sale of apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories for men, women and children. 128 stores, including 70 company-owned stores in France and internationally and 58 franchised stores
- Revenue: Approximately €70 million (as of December 31, 2025)
- Workforce: 360 semployees
- Location: Marseille (13005)
- Deadline for submission of acquisition offers: January 30, 2026
MIRAFLORES
Key information:- Business activity: Franco-Peruvian fine dining restaurant awarded one Michelin star
- Revenue: €767,000
- Workforce: 4 employees
- Location: Lyon (69)
- Deadline for submission of acquisition offers: February 6, 2026
COMPANY SPECIALIZED IN AUTOMATED VEHICLE INSPECTION
Key information:- Business activity: Design, development, production (outsourced to a French industrial partner) and marketing of scanners and software for the automation, standardization and reliability of vehicle inspections. Network of stations partly owned outright and partly operated by industry leaders and rental companies. 140 stations installed across 15 countries (including the USA, Turkey and France)
- Revenue:
- €3.185 million as of December 31, 2025
- €6.724 million as of December 31, 2024
- €6.435 million as of December 31, 2023
- Workforce: 24 employees (permanent employment contracts)
- Location: Lyon 2nd district (69002)
- Deadline for submission of acquisition offers: February 16, 2026
SAS PEDRETTI DISTRIBUTION
(strategic partnership, full or partial sale of the South-West activities: Toulouse, Bordeaux, Rennes, Rouen, La Roche-sur-Yon)Key information:
- Business activity: Palletized distribution network (1 to 6 pallets per shipment), with delivery times ranging from 24 to 72 hours thanks to a nationwide network
- Revenue: €9.5 million (5 South-West agencies)
- Workforce: 110 employees
- Location: Chambéry (73)
- Deadline for submission of acquisition offers: February 27, 2026
FONDERIE HACHETTE & DRIOUT
Key information:- Business activity: Industrial and commercial operation, directly or indirectly, of foundry and machining plants, boiler-making and metallurgy activities, and the study and execution of all financial, commercial, industrial, movable or immovable transactions relating to the metal foundry industry
- Revenue: > €10 million
- Workforce: > 250 employees
- Location: Saint-Dizier (52)
- Deadline for submission of acquisition offers: January 29, 2026