Aramis assisted the Ducros family, through its family office Eucelia, in the sale of Monaco Marine to the American group Safe Harbor Marinas, controlled by the Blackstone Infrastructure fund.
Founded in 1995 by Michel Ducros, Monaco Marine is a renowned network of shipyards specializing in the maintenance of superyachts and megayachts. Located around the Mediterranean, Monaco Marine now operates at nine sites.
This transaction, which has been approved by the Competition Authority, will enable Safe Harbor Marinas, which operates 139 marinas in the US, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean, to gain a foothold in Europe and develop its activities there.
The Ducros family, through its family office Eucelia, was assisted in this transaction by Aramis, whose team led by Raphaël Mellerio, partner, included Aliénor Harel, Gaëtan Le Page, and Héloïse Gravel in corporate matters and Frédéric Milcamps in labor law; tax aspects were handled by Isabelle Savin (Evertax) and real estate aspects by Franklin (Philippe Riglet and Justine le Calvez).