Cazals Manzo Pichot advised EXL Group with respect to its acquisition by Talan
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Cazals Manzo Pichot advised EXL Group with respect to its acquisition by Talan
EXL Group, specialized in Business Intelligence,CRM and Big Data (€35 million of turnover) has been
acquired by Talan.
Establishedin2008, EXL Group isspecializedinBI(Analytics&BigData), Digital,CRMandERP activities.
The grouphas developedcutting-edgeexpertise andahighlevelteamof dataanalysts inordertosatisfy
the needsfortransformationof its majoraccounts customersin all industries:transport,energy,public
sector,manufacturingand finance.EXLGroup is becomingTalanSolutionsandwill bringitsoperational
insight to Talan’s Business Units.
Furthermore, thisacquisitionwill provide toTalanan access to the networkof BetterTogether,created
byEXL Group andwithmore than2500 expertswhocoverawide range of technicalandfunctionalskills.
This rapprochement is fully in line withthe strategy of development establishedby the “plan ambition
2022” of Talangroup and structured inorderto become the worldwideleader of agile transformation.
EXL Group was advisedbythe lawfirms CheyssonMarchadier (CharlesCasal andMargaux Horstmann)
for the corporate et M&A aspects, and Cazals Manzo Pichot (Thomas Cazals and Maxence Manzo) for
the tax aspects.
Talan was advisedbythe lawfirm Fieldfisher(Pascal SquercioniandNataliaToribio)forthe corporate &
M&A aspects.
Thomas Cazals
tcazals@cazalsmanzo.com
Maxence Manzo
mmanzo@cazalsmanzo.com
Romain Pichot
rpichot@cazalsmanzo.com