Corporate Finance, REYL Intesa Sanpaolo's investment banking business line, acted as sole financial adviser to the SVP Group, backed by the investment fund MML Capital, in connection with structuring a double acquisition in legal information services: Editions Weka and Editions Tissot.

Founded in 1935, SVP is a French group providing operational consultancy and decision-making support in economic and regulatory intelligence for businesses and local authorities. It has been backed since 2016 by the investment fund MML Capital. Editions Tissot has been offering specialist publications in the field of employment law for almost 50 years. Editions Weka, a well established brand in the public sector, is the digital reference for the provision of information and procedures for decision-makers in local authorities and public bodies.

They are both leaving the German group, WEKA Business Solutions GmbH, which is now refocusing its activities on Germany.
 

These two acquisitions will enable the SVP group to strengthen its information services in employment law and public law, which are already core areas of expertise within the group. It will also help to accelerate the digitisation of the Group's offering thanks to the complementary nature of its services.