Astris Finance congratulates its clients, the shareholders of LANGA, for successfully completing the sale of LANGA to French energy leader ENGIE Green France.
Founded in 2008 in Brittany, the LANGA group is one of the most active French independent producers of renewable energy. LANGA is present in solar, wind, biogas and biomass. LANGA is involved in the entire value chain of its projects, from development to construction and operation. Its portfolio of assets in operation is expected to reach 215 MW by the end of 2018, of which 165 MW in solar energy and 39 MW in wind energy. LANGA is also developing 1.3 GW of projects due to be completed by 2022. It demonstrated its competitiveness during the most recent CRE2 solar calls for tender, where it came in third with ENGIE taking first place.
Astris Finance served as exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders of Langa on this landmark transaction. The competitive process, was concluded in 6 months from start to finish. It benefited from a thorough vendor due diligence exercise which encompassing over 600 solar and wind assets in development or operation.
Gilles Lebreux, founder and CEO of the LANGA group, stated: “The clarity and determination shown throughout the acquisition proposal as well as the business proposal put forward by ENGIE were key factors in the decision of our shareholder group to project LANGA into the future. The management team has gradually been able to position itself as a major actor in the development of renewable energy in France and in particular in 2017, by winning many calls for tender launched by the CRE. The partnership with Terre et Lac and the support from Astris Finance, as financial advisor, have been major factors in the development of the LANGA group as well as in the timeliness of this alliance.”
Arnaud Germain, a Director in the Paris office of Astris and the Transaction team leader added: “The French renewable energy sector has now entered a consolidation phase, which is reflected by a number of recent, large-scale transactions. The profile of the historical players is naturally leading the sector towards consolidation to create more sizable and better capitalized entities, attracting larger investors. The sector is currently witnessing the execution of several consolidation operations in a variety of forms -- assets sale, acquisition of independent power producers, financial and/or strategic partnerships, where Astris Finance is ideally positioned to play a key role thanks to both its extensive track record in the global renewable space and its intimate knowledge of the French renewable industry.”