De Pardieu has advised the lenders (Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes, BNPP, Caisse d’Epargne et de Prévoyance de Rhône Alpes, Crédit Lyonnais and Société Générale) on the acquisition of a 20% minority stake by the fund Swen Impact Fund For Transition 3 (SWIFT 3), managed by Swen Capital Partners, in RYAM BioNova, French subsidiary of the RYAM group, a major player in the biofuels and biochemistry sector in France, Canada and the United-States.


SWIFT 3’s investment has been made through a €30M fund-raising transaction, in which RYAM BioNova has received a senior financing from the French banks Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes, BNPP, Caisse d’Epargne et de Prévoyance de Rhône Alpes, Crédit Lyonnais and Société Générale.