BIGNON LEBRAY advises on the sale of BISAM Technologies to FactSet

BIGNON LEBRAY has co-advised BI-SAM Technologies S.A., a leader in performance measurement and risk management, on its sale to FactSet (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS) for $205.2 million.

With more than 160 employees around the world, BISAM is a leading provider of portfolio performance, portfolio attribution, multi-asset risk management, GIPS composite management and reporting. The software marketed by BISAM is used by many global asset managers to assess and improve their investment strategies and better serve their clients. FactSet (NYSE: FDS) is one of the world’s leading providers of integrated financial information, analytics applications and industry-leading services.

A team from BIGNON LEBRAY law firm, headed by Neil ROBERTSON (Partner – M&A), accompanied by Jérémie BOUBLIL (Partner – Labor law), Romain CHASSAING (Associate – M&A) and Stéphanie ZURAWSKI (Associate – Labor law) advised on the corporate and labor law aspects of the matter.
BISAM Technologies S.A. and its main shareholder, the investment fund Aquiline Capital Partners, were also advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Jeffrey Poss, Grégory de Saxcé, Philippe Grude, Gil Kiener and Virginie Sayag).