This acquisition will allow Ares MMA to develop and flourish in new locations, how does the acquisition give them the strength to do this and what could be their next step? Trail’s SLAM fund is endowed with 200 million euros, and adopts a novel approach that combines TRAIL’s investment experience with the know-how Can you give examples of advisory methods your team used for Trail to ensure they had the most accurate and beneficial method possible for this acquisition? This acquisition followed a classic pattern, i.e. the setting up of a data room, enabling a due diligence report to be drawn up, followed by an investment protocol with signing and closing. To ensure that Trail had all the information it needed to make its decision, regular general meetings (at least 2 per week, throughout the acquisition) were initiated by our firm. Then each member individually, for the documentation he was specifically responsible for drafting, had to regularly draft and send a progress report (at least 1 per week) to the client, informing him in real time of the latest changes affecting him. It was through the implementation of such a process that the team was able to keep to the schedule agreed between the client and the target. of international athletes, such as Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly, and leading sports experts and entrepreneurs. For this acquisition, SLAM has teamed up with fighter Ciryl Gane and aims to expand internationally, notably by creating a European combat sports championship. Does your team at CPC & Associés have any plans in place to support Trail through their next stage as they develop their acquires assets and take Ares MMA to new heights? The CPC & Associés team supports Trail in the development of Ares MMA. In particular, the team is assisting Trail with the legal structuring of Ares MMA from both a corporate and employment law perspective. The team also advises on contractual and sports law, and reviews all fighter, sponsorship and event organization contracts (most recently ARES 22). In addition to this short-term support, Trail and the CPC law firm are looking further ahead and starting to work on the structure’s international development. TRANSACTION INTERVIEW 39 We are very excited to have been retained and selected by Trail Private Equity to provide legal transactional services with the newly formed SLAM Fund, the 1st ever PE fund dedicated to sports in France. Legal Advisor to Trail:
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