RivierAzul Advisors

RivierAzul Advisors is a private investment banking firm providing mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance advisory services. We assist and provide counseling to small and medium sized companies in their development. We also invest alongside founders and professional investors. We have a presence in Paris and Lisbon with a qualified (multi-sectoral) and experienced team that can help to find the best solution to all financing and fundraising issues. Jérôme Frank, Managing Partner at RivierAzul Advisors, was Managing Director at Merrill Lynch (1981-1992), Bear Stearns (1993-1994) and BNP Paribas (1995). He was also the co-founder of the investment company Aurel, now Aurel BGC, which he managed as a member of the management board until 2003 and then as Chairman until 2011. Then, Jérôme was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nextstage A.M. Bernard Sagon, Managing Partner at RivierAzul Advisors, has advised many companies and groups in their commercial and international development, including Dessange Group, of which he was CEO for several years. He also managed the American subsidiary Dessange Inc. Bernard has en entrepreneurial and managerial backgrounds for several medium-sized companies, to which he has contributed his expertise in brand development. Then, he has managed the international network of Paris Corporate Finance and advised many groups in their international development or fundraising. Bernard has also given several conferences and training courses on brand and company development strategy.