SCOTTO & ASSOCIÉS assists the management of B&B Hotels during its acquisition by PAI Partners

Press release 07 Dec 2015

Firm Contact

Nicolas Menard-Durand

+33 (0) 1 83 92 38 38

nmenard@scottopartners.com

www.scottopartners.com

Press Contact

Anne Bassi

+ 33 (0) 1 40 46 07 27

a.bassi@sachinka.com

www.sachinka.com

Paris, 17 December 2015

Scotto & Associés has assisted the B&B Hotels management team during a quaternary LBO orchestrated by PAI Partners, which has succeeded Carlyle and Montefiore as the group's majority shareholder.

With a 2014 turnover of €320 million, the Brittany-based group owns over 340 establishments, mainly in France and Europe, and is planning significant international growth with a target of 500 hotels in Europe by 2020.

The firm's team was formed of Lionel Scotto le Massese and Nicolas Menard-Durand, partners, and Tessa Parodi de Schonen and Vincenzo Feldmann.

 Other advisers on the transaction:

Weil, Gotshal & Manges assisted the sellers