BCLP advises McWin Capital Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in the Big Mamma Group

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has advised McWin Capital Partners, a London-based investment fund specializing in the food ecosystem, on its acquisition of a majority stake in the Big Mamma group, a French chain of Italian restaurants.

Tigrane Seydoux and Victor Lugger, the two founders, will continue to run the company as co-CEOs and will remain minority shareholders following this buy-out. A dozen physical investors who participated in the previous rounds are selling their stakes.

This investment should enable Big Mamma to pursue its expansion worldwide. Already present in 5 countries, with 23 restaurants, the group intends to pursue its development in Europe, while preparing for future operations in the Middle East and the United States.

For this transaction, McWin Capital Partners was advised by a BCLP team led by Roland Montfort in Paris. Till Buschmann (partner) in Germany, the client's long-standing advisor, also supported the transaction. The BCLP Paris team also included Frédéric Jungels (partner), Alexandre Gelblat (counsel) and Armelle Royer (senior associate) on M&A aspects; Julie Catala-Marty (partner), Rémi Beydon (counsel) and Paul Blin (associate) on competition law aspects; Marion Brière-Ségala (partner) and Sophie Finel (associate) on employment law aspects; and Pierre Popesco (partner), Chloé Strasser (counsel) and Camille Zell (associate) on real estate aspects.