Houlihan Lokey Advises Elyan Partners

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Elyan Partners has acquired a majority stake in STORDATA, a data architect and data security expert. The transaction closed on 12 March 2024. 

Elyan Partners is a financial investment advisor and partner of Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity. It is the exclusive advisor to the ERES funds and EdRPEO FCPR. Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies IV SLP (ERES IV) invests in medium-sized companies in Europe and North America.

Founded in 1988, STORDATA is a leading data infrastructure management and protection services provider, providing critical services in the architecture and maintenance of data management and security systems. Based in Versailles, the company has demonstrated solid growth in recent years, approaching €100 million in revenue. With the support of Elyan Partners, the company aims to accelerate organic growth thanks to the strengthening of its cybersecurity and cloud expertise as well as external growth across Europe.

Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity is an independent firm, part of Edmond de Rothschild, with more than €3.6 billion in assets under management. Founded in 1953, Edmond de Rothschild had over €160 billion in assets under management at the end of December 2022, 2,500 employees, and 30 locations worldwide.

Houlihan Lokey was mandated for its strong track record and expertise in the IT services space. The firm served as the exclusive financial advisor to Elyan Partners and assisted it throughout the transaction on both M&A and financing aspects.