Eight Advisory performed the vendor due diligence for Scalian Group on behalf of Copeba and the management team

Investment firm Wendel announced Monday, April 17, 2023, that it has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Scalian, a French company that specialises in digital transformation consulting and is two-thirds owned by Copeba. The investment company expects to close the transaction in the second half of 2023.

Founded in 1989, Scalian Group employed 5,000 consultants in 2022, spread across nine countries, with revenues of €500 million. Scalian is among the top 10 engineering consultancies in France and is also active internationally” in various fields (industrial project management, embedded digital systems development, etc.).

Since 2015, Scalian has seen average annual revenue growth of around 30%.

“We are very proud to have accompanied the teams of COPEBA in this important transaction for the industry,” said Stéphane Vanbergue, Partner.

Eight Advisory’s involvement in this transaction

• Stéphane Vanbergue, Partner Transaction Services
• Tristan Glomot Boghossian, Manager Transaction Services