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Magellan Partners welcomes ICG as its new partner to support its European expansion and the execution of its 2030 Strategic Plan

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Magellan Partners today announced the arrival of ICG as a strategic financial partner to support the Group’s continued development. Magellan Partners’ co-founders and management teams retain a majority stake, thus ensuring continuity of vision, stable governance and full involvement in the Group’s long-term strategy.

ICG replaces CAPZA, which has successfully supported Magellan Partners since 2021 in its strategic development plan and has played a key role in achieving the Group’s targeted external growth.

 

Since its creation in 2008, Magellan Partners has combined a dual expertise that is its strength: organizational and management consulting for the Banking, Insurance, Public Sector, Healthcare, Luxury and Retail, Industry & Services and Energy & Utilities sectors, as well as cutting-edge technological expertise on the major solutions on the market (Microsoft,  Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP, AWS, Google, Pega, and Cybersecurity).

 

The arrival of ICG fully responds to the growth momentum of Magellan Partners, which aims to become the leading Group in Augmented Transformation Consulting and Technologies in France and Europe.  

 

ICG’s European Corporate team will support Magellan Partners’ 2030 strategic plan around Augmented Transformation, which aims to assist organizations in this new era of disruption where strong revolutions converge: generative AI, the digital verticalization of industries, the emergence of intelligent platforms, and the growing integration of sustainability issues into business models.

 

At the heart of the Group’s strategic plan: international development with strong roots in Europe. The European outreach strategy will be based on a combination of ambitious external growth and organic development within the Group’s geographical locations. 

 

As a new strategic partner of the Group, ICG will also finance the ongoing transaction with Worldline for the acquisition of its Mobility & e-Transactional Services (MeTS) business and part of its Financial Services (Digital Banking) business.

 

MeTS is a French and European sovereign player specializing in the design, development, deployment and 24/7 operational management of high-impact digital applications, at the heart of the critical activities of companies and public institutions and in highly secure ecosystems. These apps are used by millions of citizens and consumers.

 

The transaction remains subject to conditions precedent and the approval of the relevant regulatory authorities and is expected to close in the first half of 2026. 

 

Following the acquisition of MeTS, Magellan Partners would double in size with more than 6,700 employees, €900 million in revenue and a presence in 8 European countries as well as internationally.

 

The Group is thus preparing to become a unique player in Europe to offer its clients, private companies and public sector players a rare hybrid approach combining strategic, organizational and IS consulting capabilities, integration of major market-leading technological platforms and creation of sovereign and tailor-made secure solutions.

Today, we are opening a new chapter in the history of Magellan Partners, a French and tomorrow European mid-sized company.

To support our ambition for 2030 and accelerate our development on a European scale, we have chosen to join forces with ICG, a leading global asset manager, recognized for its ability to support entrepreneurs in their strategic development, in particular with structuring and sustainable growth projects. By keeping the majority of the capital in the hands of the founders and management teams of Magellan Partners, we are reaffirming our desire to build an independent, sustainable model focused on creating value for our clients and employees.

Didier Zeitoun

Chairman and co-founder of Magellan Partners Group

Photo Didier Zeitoun

Magellan Partners is one of the most attractive Consulting & Technologies companies,

boasting a compelling competitive edge, a tenured team of leading industry figures, and a track record of impressive organic and inorganic growth in a sector supported by strong market tailwinds. This transaction reflects our admiration for all that the Group has achieved to date – and our firm conviction in its potential for further expansion. We look forward to working with Didier and his exceptional team in the Group’s next phase of development.

Thierry Beliard

Managing Director ICG

Participants

  • Investors: ICG (Thierry Béliard, Simon Perez, Gautame Kittery,)
  • M&A advisor to sellers: Edmond de Rothschild (Arnaud Petit, Aude-Amel Cheraitia, Tristan Gonnord, Flora Potier, Charles d’Arras, Anatole Borde, Paul Assaël, Arthur De Latour)
  • M&A advisor on the transaction: Lazard (Jean-Philippe Bescond)
  • Legal advice to sellers, legal and social VDD: SEGIF (Patrice Frovo, Adrien Frovo)
  • Tax structuring advice for sellers, VDD fiscal: Mayer Brown (Laurent Borey, Nicolas Danan, Sara Rahmoun, Miryam Lazrak), Pragma Partners (Yann Auregan)
  • Management Corporate & Tax advisor: Sekri Valentin Zerrouk (Franck Sekri / Brian Martin)
  • Seller financing advisor: Ollyns (Stanislas Curien, Guillaume, Duprat),
  • Financial VDD: Oderis Consulting (Aurélien Vion, Nicolas Boucher)
  • Strategic VDD: Indefi (Julien Berger, Yannick Hamida)
  • Investor counsel: Willkie Farr Gallagher (Eduardo Fernandez, Paul Dumas, Faustine Mazza, Paul Lombard, Ralph Unger)