MONTEFIORE INVESTMENT invests in AUDIT CPA
Context
Montefiore took a minority stake in Audit CPA, the Paris-based accounting and audit platform, in the firm’s first LBO, a transaction valuing the company at an enterprise value of €200m, an EV/EBITDA multiple of . Audit CPA generated revenue of and an EBITDA of , an EBITDA margin of . Founding managers Antony Goichon and Philippe de Reviers de Mauny kept control of the platform and stayed at its head. The deal was signed over the summer and due to complete in November. The transaction came with a refinancing of Audit CPA’s senior debt through a unitranche facility arranged with BlackRock. It followed a period of expansion through acquisitions, during which the platform took over the in-house accounting arm of the fintech Pennylane and integrated six competing practices from 2025 onwards. Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance ran the process, advising Audit CPA on the financial side.
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Target
Founded in Paris in 2005 by Antony Goichon and Philippe de Reviers de Mauny, Audit CPA provides accounting and audit services to companies, keeping their books, preparing their annual accounts and tax filings and advising them on the financial management of their business. The firm is organised as a platform of accounting practices that keep their own teams and client relationships while sharing central functions and tools. Its clients are businesses, served from its Paris base and the offices of the practices within the group.
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Valuation range: EV €100–350M
Revenue range: €50–100M
EBITDA range: €5–25M
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Target: audit cpa
Acquirer: montefiore investment