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December 26, 2025
Simpson Thacher Represents Blackstone in Investment in Alliance Automotive Group S.A.S. and Related Financing

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- Simpson Thacher advised Blackstone investment funds in acquiring a majority stake in Alliance Automotive Group S.A.S
- (AAG), a major supplier of auto spare parts in France and the UK, with the transaction closing on December 1, 2014
- The firm also assisted Blackstone with related financing, including a revolving credit facility, bridge credit facilities, and its first European high yield bond offering in the past decade
- The legal team comprised specialists in M&A, capital markets, credit, and tax.
Simpson Thacher represented certain Blackstone investment funds (“Blackstone”) in connection with the acquisition of a majority stake in Alliance Automotive Group S.A.S. (“AAG”), which closed on December 1, 2014. AAG is a leading supplier of auto spare parts and related technical knowhow in France and the United Kingdom, operating under the brands Groupauto, Partners Gef'Auto, Précisium and TPA. Simpson Thacher also represented Blackstone in connection with the revolving credit facility, bridge credit facilities and its first European high yield bond offering in the last decade related to the acquisition.
The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction included Michael Wolfson, Sinjini Saha and Ying Yi Soh (M&A); Gil J. Strauss, Federico Fruhbeck and Nicolas Wehrli (Capital Markets); Antti Pesonen, Linn N. Mayhew and Antti Leppanen (Credit); and Meredith Jones and Jacqueline Barbera (Tax).
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