French investment bank Wingate has been mandated to negotiate the purchase of Olympique de Marseille by Franco-Tunisian businessman Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi, AFP learned on Tuesday from the prospective buyers. The known investment bank, a first offer could be made to the owner of OM, Frank McCourt. The American man and the current management of OM remind that they are absolutely not sellers.
The deadline within which this first offer from the Ajroudi team will be made, carried by Saudi and Emirati funds, remains secret. "Now the acquisition process will be silent," said one of the buyers, after the media noise born of the statement by Mourad Boudjellal, ex-president of the Toulon Rugby Club and president chosen to lead OM in the event of a takeover. . “Talking too early points the opposing party, and that's normal. We now need a lot more confidentiality, ”explains a person familiar with the matter.
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- 20 Minutes (@ 20Minutes) July 1, 2020Founded in 2011 by Stéphane Cohen and Daniel Ramakichenane, co-founding partners, Wingate specializes in supporting SMEs and SMIs in complex situations, and corporate mergers / acquisitions and sales. For example, she recently accompanied the ready-to-wear company Naf-Naf to find a buyer.
It takes its name from a general of the British colonial army, Charles Wingate, who notably managed the territories in Sudan, Palestine or the Indies. A major international investment bank is also working on this project to acquire OM.
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