Global law firm Freshfields has represented leading international investors on a private placement tap issuance by Séché Environnement S.A. (“Séché Environnement”) of €70 million additional green bonds due 2030 which will become fungible with its existing €400 million green bonds due 2030 issued on March 25, 2025.  The additional green bond issuance priced on July 30, 2025 and closed on August 6, 2025. Freshfields also advised Societe Generale, as placement agent, on the issuance. Séché Environnement will use the net proceeds from the issuance (i) for general corporate purposes, which may include investments in certain “Eligible Projects” in accordance with Séché Environnement’s sustainability framework, as well as to finance its continued growth, including certain acquisitions, and (ii) to pay the costs and expenses related to the placement of the additional bonds.

Séché Environnement is a leading player in waste management, including the most complex and hazardous types, and environmental services, particularly in the event of environmental emergencies. Thanks to its expertise in creating circular economy loops, decarbonization, and hazard control, and its cutting-edge technologies developed by its R&D department, Séché Environnement has been contributing for nearly 40 years to the ecological transition of industries and territories, as well as to the protection of life. A French family-owned industrial group, Séché Environnement supports its customers through its subsidiaries in nine strategic countries and more than 120 locations worldwide, including around 50 industrial sites in France. With around 7,300 employees, including approximately 3,000 in France, Séché Environnement generated revenue of €1,110.4 million in 2024, of which approximately 32% was generated internationally. Séché Environnement has been listed on the Euronext Eurolist (compartment B) since November 27, 1997. The stock is included in the CAC Mid&Small, EnterNext Tech 40 and EnterNext PEA-PME 150 indices. ISIN: FR 0000039139 – Bloomberg: SCHP.FP – Reuters: CCHE.PA

The Freshfields team was led by leveraged finance and capital markets partners Haden Henderson and Simone Bono alongside senior associate, Elio Gaarthuis, and associates Ahmed Yacout Saleh, Enzo Paganetti and Benedict Choi. French law matters were led by Fabrice Grillo, alongside senior associate Samvel Der Arsenian and associate Marwan Hammache.