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15 Mar 2026

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier Advises Banijay Group on Strategic Partnership with All3Media and RedBird IMI

"Banijay Group N.V. and RedBird IMI have agreed a strategic partnership to combine Banijay Entertainment with All3Media into a new jointly owned entity (50/50), with Banijay continuing to consolidate the new company’s results. The merger creates a global leader in independent TV and entertainment production with complementary content catalogs and strengthened capabilities to develop, produce and distribute premium content for streamers and broadcasters worldwide. French firm Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advised Banijay (team led by Christophe Vinsonneau and Cécile de Narp), supported by VGG & Associés, Deloitte Société d’Avocats, BDGS Associés, Kirkland & Ellis (financing), Macfarlanes (English law) and Stibbe (Dutch law); RedBird IMI was advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher."

Law firms and the parties they advised: - Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advised Banijay Group N.V. - VGG & Associés and Deloitte Société d’Avocats advised Banijay Group N.V. on tax and structuring aspects. - BDGS Associés advised Banijay Group N.V. on competition law. - Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Banijay Group N.V. on financing. - Macfarlanes LLP advised Banijay Group N.V. on English law aspects. - Stibbe advised Banijay Group N.V. on Dutch law aspects. - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher advised RedBird IMI. Transaction summary: Banijay Group N.V. and RedBird IMI entered a strategic partnership to combine the activities of Banijay Entertainment and All3Media into a new jointly owned entity (each of Banijay Group N.V. and RedBird IMI to hold 50% of the capital). Banijay will continue to consolidate the results of the new company. The combined group will bring together complementary content catalogs and format portfolios and is intended to strengthen the combined entity’s ability to develop, produce and distribute premium audiovisual content globally for major streaming platforms and broadcasters. Named lawyers who participated (as stated in the press release): - Christophe Vinsonneau — associé (partner) — team lead (Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier) - Cécile de Narp — associé (partner) — team lead (Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier) - Maxime Wach — counsel — corporate and M&A (Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier) - Alexis de Mailly Nesle — corporate and M&A (Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier) [seniority not specified in the release] - Guillaume Aubron — associé (partner) (Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier) [practice area not specified in the release] - Flore Bastien — competition law (Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier) [seniority not specified] - Mathieu Duvacher — competition law (Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier) [seniority not specified] - Guillaume Griffart — counsel — public and regulatory law (Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier) - Karel Lehoucq — public and regulatory law (Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier) [seniority not specified] Note: The press release did not disclose individual lawyer names for VGG & Associés, Deloitte Société d’Avocats, BDGS Associés, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Macfarlanes LLP, Stibbe or Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; only the firms and, in some cases, the areas they covered were specified.
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