The Goodwin Paris Private Equity team advised LFPI on its majority investment in I-Run, a leading French retailer of running and athletics equipment, as part of a secondary buyout transaction.
Following this transaction, LFPI becomes the majority shareholder alongside the management team. Existing investors Geneo Capital Entrepreneur and Bpifrance have partially reinvested, while Eximium and MACSF have fully exited their holdings.
LFPI Group is an independent international alternative asset manager. With over 20 years of experience, the firm manages more than €27 billion in assets across four diversified investment strategies.
The Goodwin team was led by Thomas Dupont-Sentilles, Benhouda Derradji, Sabine Bensaid, Grégoire Mongis, and Cyriaque Bardoul on the corporate aspects of the transaction. Adrien Paturaud, Alexander Hahn, and Jad Bezzari advised on the financing aspects, and Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint Cyr advised on tax aspects.