Houlihan Lokey Advises Smart4 Engineering

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Smart4 Engineering has reached a major milestone in its development with the establishment of its first syndicated loan of €75 million.

Since its founding in 2019, Smart4 Engineering has gradually established itself as a key player in IT and engineering services, leveraging its distinctive expertise in data, artificial intelligence, critical software, and cybersecurity. Supported from the outset by Dzeta as its lead shareholder, the group has experienced sustained growth, driven by a balanced combination of organic development and targeted acquisitions. These acquisitions were carried out according to complementary strategies—customer-focused, geographic, and technological—enabling the gradual development of a platform that is both cohesive and diversified. This approach has established Smart4 Engineering as a leading partner, capable of accelerating its clients’ performance by combining industry expertise with mastery of key technologies. Building on this positioning, Smart4 Engineering is achieving double-digit growth.

This new financing enables Smart4 Engineering to refinance its existing bilateral debt while strengthening its financial capacity, notably through the establishment of a dedicated acquisition financing line and a revolving credit facility. This transaction was carried out with the support of long-standing banking partners—LCL, BNP Paribas, and Banque Populaire Rives de Paris—joined on this occasion by Crédit Agricole d’Île-de-France, illustrating the renewed and expanded confidence of financial institutions in the group’s project.

Houlihan Lokey served as the financing advisor to Smart4 Engineering.

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