Finance Monthly Deal Maker Awards 2017 Edition

www.finance-monthly.com 30 FINANCE MONTHLY DEAL MAKER AWARDS 2017 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS CÉSAR GARCÍA Founder and Partner at Montalbán FIRM PROFILE Based in Madrid, Montalbán is a corporate finance advisory firm with 17 years of presence in the Spanish market. Our international team provides tailored independent M&A and Debt Advice to a wide range of clients, from family-owned businesses to big corporations and investment funds. We are renowned for our ability to execute complex transactions. Combining transactional expertise with a creative approach, we aim to secure the best possible outcome for our clients. We are part of the DC Advisory international network, a firm with 500 professionals in 20 countries, covering Europe, Asia and the USA. We operate as international sector-focused teams in order to ensure that we are experts in our chosen fields. We understand the market dynamics and competitive forces of each, and as part of a wider international team, we have local access on a global scale. TRANSACTION REPORT Montalbán was engaged by the French private equity Eurazeo as strategic and financial advisor to conduct the acquisition of Iberchem, which was completed for an Enterprise Value of €405m. Headquartered in Murcia (Spain) and selling in more than 100 countries, Iberchem has a unique and particularly fast-to-customer business model, with strong local sales & development teams and 11 manufacturing facilities across the world including in Spain, China, Indonesia, Colombia and Tunisia. Iberchem serves the Hygiene and Personal Care (“HPC”) industry through its fragrances division and the Food and Beverages (“F&B”) industry through its flavors division, Scentium. Thanks to a very diversified customer base of more than 3,400 customers, mainly leading local and regional consumer brands, Iberchem benefits from the growth of the world’s population as well as the rise of the middle class in emerging market countries to drive its superior organic growth. Since its creation in 1985 by Ramón Fernández, its current CEO, Iberchem has enjoyed a solid and uninterrupted double-digit organic growth. From 2012 to 2016, sales grew by 18% per annum to reach c.€100m. With a diversified portfolio of approximately €6 billion in assets under management, of which €1 billion is from third parties, Eurazeo is one of the leading listed investment companies in Europe. The Iberchem process attracted many potential buyers and was characterised by strong competition. Montalbán provided strategic, financial and debt advisory to Eurazeo over a demanding timetable of less than 3 months from kicking-off to completion. This is the third transaction for Montalbán in relation to Iberchem, having advised the company on a dividend recapitalisation in 2015 and on its sale in 2007. Awarded for his involvement in the following transactions: Eurazeo Acquires Iberchem ABOUT CÉSAR GARCÍA César García is founder and Partner at Montalbán. He leads the Private Equity Coverage practice in Madrid and covers the Industrial sector. He has an experience of over 17 years advising companies and investment funds in mergers and acquisitions and restructurings. Prior to Montalbán, César was Managing Director at DC Advisory, worked in the London office of Close Brothers, in the Corporate Finance Division of PwC and at PAI Partners in Paris. Over his career, he has advised international groups such as Hitachi, Agrial, NEC, Nisshin OilliO or Eiffage, and investment funds such as Eurazeo, Alchemy, 3i or Cinven. He holds a degree in Business Administration from HEC Paris, a degree in Mining Engineering from Madrid Polytechnic University and an Executive Corporate Finance Programme from the London Business School. CONTACT MONTALBÁN 9 Montalbán, 28014 Madrid, SPAIN Email: cgarcia@montalbanatlas.com Tel: +34 91 524 11 23 Web: www.montalbanatlas.com