Advised by Walter Billet Avocats on corporate matters, Latour Capital has finalized its entry into the capital of the VISCO Group, a recognized player in very high precision machining and mechanical grinding, intended for cutting-edge industries in France.
Created in 1908, the VISCO Group, located near Montargis (45) and in Saint-Etienne (42), is recognized for its expertise in the development and manufacturing of complex mechanical subassemblies for the defense and security sectors, aeronautics, space, energy and luxury watchmaking. The Group stands out for its unique know-how in very high precision machining and mechanical grinding of hard and exotic metals, surface treatment and assembly.
Having reached a new stage of its development, after the structured phase with Tikehau Capital and Crédit Agricole Régions Investissement, VISCO now benefits from the contribution of Latour Capital.
The ambition of management and Latour Capital is to continue the growth trajectory initiated in recent years, in particular thanks to a dynamic external growth policy. The Group will continue to invest to maintain cutting-edge industrial facilities. Quality, customer satisfaction and employee well-being will remain the pillars of the Group’s development.
Fabrice Doizon, as well as the Group’s managers, reinvested alongside Latour Capital. Fabrice Doizon retains his position as manager, with the active support of the new majority shareholder.
Latour Capital’s legal advisers on this deal:
Walter Billet Avocats – Fabien Billet, partner, Christophe Cussaguet, counsel, and Amr Akram Abed – advised Latour Capital on corporate matters.
The investor was also advised by:
- BDGS Associés on tax matters: Guillaume Jolly, partner, and Pierre Proux;
- Goodwin in financing: Adrien Paturaud, partner, Marie Mognolle and Vincent Alexia;
- NFALaw on regulatory concerns: Raimbaut Lacoeuilhe, partner.