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Leader in M&A advisory services for growth companies with nearly 30 transactions completed in 2025, Largillière Finance, an independent investment bank specializing in mid-cap transactions, continues its growth momentum and announces the arrival of Josselin Bert as Senior Director of M&A.

With 18 years of M&A experience, Josselin joins a team of more than 45 professionals and will support executives, shareholders and investors in their mergers and acquisitions transactions, both in France and internationally.

Josselin Bert began his career in financial auditing and transaction services at EY and then KPMG, where he developed solid expertise in financial analysis and due diligence. In 2007, he joined the investment bank Hottinguer Corporate Finance in Paris as an M&A manager, before joining Société Générale in 2015 in the Mid Cap Investment Banking department in La Défense, where he managed small and mid cap transactions in France and internationally. In 2022, Josselin Bert became Director of Strategy and Corporate M&A for the Inter Invest Group in Paris, where he contributed to the group's development through strategic acquisitions before joining Largillière Finance.

Over the course of his career, Josselin has been involved in more than 50 transactions across a wide range of sectors and has, in recent years, developed particular expertise in financial services and fintech.

Josselin Bert is a graduate of HEC Paris (Advanced Master in Audit & Finance), holds the DCG qualification and is an ICAM engineering graduate. He is also AMF-certified, a reserve officer in the French Navy, and a young auditor of the Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defense (IHEDN).

Paul Bougnoux, Chairman and Founder of Largillière Finance, said: "We are delighted to welcome Josselin. With his M&A background within leading institutions and his strong expertise in mid-cap transactions, his arrival reinforces Largillière Finance’s ambitions. Josselin will actively contribute to supporting companies and their corporate or financial shareholders with rigor, high standards and commitment."

Josselin Bert, Senior M&A Director at Largillière Finance, added: "Largillière Finance is an independent investment bank recognized for its quality of execution and its close relationships with executives and their shareholders, as well as for its entrepreneurial culture and particularly agile approach, including internationally. I am very pleased to join Paul and the entire team and to leverage my mid-cap experience in support of the executives, shareholders and investment funds we advise."

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