Nexoris and LeGratin announce their strategic alliance
Nexoris and LeGratin, two recognized players in brokering professional services, are announcing a strategic alliance built on complementary sector and technology strengths.
This alliance broadens our scope and enriches the services we offer to our clients, our freelancer community and our IT Services Company and Consulting firm partners.
About the companies
Nexoris, founded in 2010, supports Key Accounts in placing independent consultants - whether business experts or project leaders - and in providing Payroll Management Services for freelance consultants, IT Services Companies and Consulting firms. For nearly ten years, Nexoris has also offered Third Parties Umbrella Services.
LeGratin, founded in 2020, is a platform that brings together a large freelancer community in the Tech and Digital fields. It quickly established itself with start-ups, mid-market companies and Key Accounts.
Combining our know-how is a major step in our growth, with the goal of strengthening our position in the freelancing market, breaking into the Top 5 brokering firms in France in the medium term and supporting our expansion across Europe.
The benefits of the alliance
1. Business complementarity
- For Nexoris and its clients: access to LeGratin's Tech talent community and to its leading Talent Acquisition team.
- For LeGratin and its clients: tap into Nexoris's long-standing expertise in business domains (Finance, Operations, Procurement, Regulatory and more) and project roles (Program & Project Managers, PMO, Business Analysts and more). Leverage Nexoris's brand, client references and the support of its experienced sales team to accelerate the opening and development of new accounts.
2. Technology complementarity
- Timothee Malard, talented CTO and founder of LeGratin, joins the group to accelerate the development of our platform and put technology at the heart of the strategy driving the Group's growth and performance.
3. Financial strength
- Nexoris brings a solid, independent and debt-free financial structure to support LeGratin's growth and turn it into a leading player in brokering Tech & Digital freelance services.
Added value for our clients
- Business expertise: Finance, risk, compliance, internal control, regulation, procurement, supply chain and more.
- Tech and digital expertise: IT, architecture, infrastructure, data, AI, cybersecurity, ERP/CRM, web and application development, product management, agile, quality assurance and more.
- Project expertise: Program/Project Managers, PMO, Business Analysts, organization consultants and Lean management specialists.
The group will keep its high standard of excellence when selecting independent experts or those from specialist IT Services Companies and Consulting firms.
Beyond expertise, Nexoris and LeGratin have built their growth on a service culture grounded in closeness, responsiveness and ease of doing business. These values, widely recognized and appreciated by our clients and partners, will continue to guide everything we do.
All our clients will have access to the Payroll Management Services, Talent Sourcing and Third Parties Umbrella Services offered by the Group.
Benefits for our freelancer community
- Merging our platforms so every assignment opportunity is available to the entire community.
- More opportunities thanks to new client accounts and the expansion of our IT Services Company and Consulting firm partner network.
Advantages for IT Services Company and Consulting firm partners
- Payroll Management Services: access to more Key Account clients.
- Assisted sourcing: identifying freelance experts that match their own clients' needs.
- Platform: post assignment opportunities, search for freelance experts or offer bench resources.
- Third Parties Umbrella Services: quickly start assignments with independent consultants who don't have a legal entity.
Governance and transformation
Olivier Le Coquil and Emmanuel Mahe are leading the Group's transformation around three strategic pillars:
- Commercial performance: adjusting the organization and resources to grow LeGratin's client base and expand Nexoris's Tech & Digital offering.
- Operational performance: streamlining processes, IT systems and external services procurement to drive productivity gains.
- Product and service performance: improving time-to-market while making the most of client feedback and user experience.
Today we are one, and it is with determination that we are taking the Group into its next stages of growth, guided by our vision of the professional services market.
Credits:
Throughout the process, Nexoris was advised by Guy Barbier (Acting), acting as the exclusive M&A financial advisor on the LeGratin acquisition, from initial identification through to closing, contributing expertise on strategic and financial analysis, negotiation, due diligence, and the structuring and execution of the deal.
Nexoris was also advised by Grant Thornton Societes d'Avocats Akilys, with Arnaud Bogeat (partner) and Severine Garnier (associate) covering the corporate / M&A aspects of the deal, and Daphne Delbury-Bosset covering tax.
