Benoit PINCON

Bucéphale Finance
2006
Analyst. Bucéphale Finance provides corporate finance advisory services to large companies and private equity firms for transactions significant in size. Founded in 2004 by 2 partners coming from Crédit Suisse Group. Bucéphale Finance has a partnership agreement with Greenhill
- Valuation analysis (trading comparable companies, precedent comparable transactions, DCF, SOTP, LBO)
- Accretion dilution analysis, synergies valuation
- Preparation of pitchbooks and presentation to clients (equity story, market sentiment)
- Information research (Press release, company and industry researches, market analysis, benchmarking analysis)
Participation in announced transactions
- Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne (CNCE), leading financial institution – Advisor to CNCE in its €25 billion merger with Natexis Banques Populaires (M&A, buy side, pending)
- Marie Brizard, alcoholic beverage company – Advisor to Belvédère in its €400 million public offering on Marie Brizard (M&A, buy side)

Aurige Finance
2005 (4 months)
Analyst. Aurige Finance is an independent corporate finance advisory firm specialized in mid size transactions. Founded in 2004 by 3 partners coming from Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance
- Identification of potential target companies
- Preparation of a dataroom
- Preparation of an information memorandum
Participation in pending transactions
- Advisor to a private equity fund in the €20 million disposal of a cosmetics company (M&A, sellside, pending)
- Advisor to a corporate in the €10 million acquisition of an information systems company (M&A, buyside, pending)

Cap Gemini
2004 (2 months)
Consultant
Participation to a management consultancy team in the preparation and the organization of an international seminar post roll out of an information system for TOTAL “Raffinage Marketing”
- Preparation of the marketing presentation of the seminar in English