Sophie Zanella

Director Asociado

Sophie is an associate director at Oaklins France. With seven years’ experience in M&A, she has worked on more than 15 transactions as a sector generalist, but particularly in aerospace & defense and business support services. Recently, she has been involved in the merger of Ipside, Santarelli and Brevalex, the sale of Gillis Aero to the German group Böllhoff, the sale of Mapaero to the Dutch group AkzoNobel and the sale of Agiliteam to the Thai group Jinpao Precision Industry Co. Ltd, as well as various LBO transactions for clients such as Oxy Signalétique, Insitu and JV Group.

Prior to joining the firm in 2015, Sophie worked at the French bank CIC as a junior analyst in the corporate department. She graduated from the Toulouse School of Management (TSM), majoring in corporate finance.