Case study

Italy & France: Nexia Assists Audensiel in Cross-Border Acquisition of Italian IT Group Gruppo FOS

Nexia Audirevi (Italy) and Nexia S&A (France) helped the client, Audensiel SA, a French technology consulting group backed by two private equity firms (Sagard and Capza), to check the financial and tax health of an Italian company, Gruppo FOS SpA, before buying it.

Audensiel is an international group operating in digital transformation, business consulting and technological consulting with presence across several European countries as well as in Mexico and Canada.

The client challenge:
Expand presence into Italy, recognised as one on the most dynamic and attractive IT markets in Europe.

The solution:
Acquire and subsequently delist the well-known publicly listed Gruppo FOS, which specialises in IT solutions for multiple industries across Italy.

The Nexia value:
Nexia supported Audensiel with a multidisciplinary and cross-border team providing financial and tax due diligence. Nexia Audirevi (Italy) and Nexia S&A (France) worked together as a single team.