HERALD advises the Hôpital Privé de la Manche Group on the acquisition of the William Harvey Clinic

Paris, 10 October 2025

HERALD advised Groupe Hôpital Privé de la Manche on the acquisition of Clinique William Harvey (Saint-Martin d’Aubigny) from the Inicea – Clariane group. This strategic transaction, led by the Groupe Hôpital Privé de la Manche (HPM), marks a new stage in the consolidation of short- and medium-stay healthcare services in the Manche region.

Having already advised Pierre-François Bérard, CEO of HPM, on the takeover of the Clinique de Saint-Lô in 2024 as part of a receivership, Herald confirms its long-term expertise in mergers and acquisitions and balance sheet transactions in private surgical groups and healthcare sectors.

Pierre-François Bérard, the current head of HPM, was born in Saint-Lô and previously held various management positions in private surgical groups in Normandy. He has developed in-depth knowledge of this healthcare region and its various public and private players. 

The William Harvey Clinic, an establishment renowned for its excellence in follow-up care and cardiac rehabilitation, has a high-level technical platform and 90 beds and places. Its integration into the HPM group is part of a strategy of geographical and medical complementarity with the activities already carried out in Saint-Lô, in the service of an ambitious regional project.

The operation has brought together a wide range of public and private stakeholders – practitioners, institutional investors (Bpifrance), regional banks and local authorities – around the project led by Pierre-François Bérard, an experienced manager in the sector. This entrepreneurial drive confirms HPM’s strong regional roots and its ability to offer flexible, high-quality care. This acquisition will enable the HPM Group to pursue its ambition of providing excellent short- and medium-stay care in an underserved region.

Commenting on the transaction, Vincent Siguier said: “I am very pleased to have been able to support Pierre-François Bérard, with whom I have worked for several years, in this transaction, this time in my capacity as a manager. As he demonstrated when he took over the reins at the Clinique de Saint Lo, I have no doubt that, in the context of this new acquisition, he will be able to unite the teams around him and attract new professionals to develop an expanded range of healthcare services for the benefit of the healthcare region where he comes from and which is particularly close to his heart.”

Parties involved

Advisors to the buyers:

The Herald team, led by Vincent Siguier, was composed of:

– Vincent Siguier (partner) and Astrid Chauwin (associate) on corporate matters

– Employment law: Guillaume Roland (partner) and Julie Pleuvret (associate)

– Tax law: Réginald Legenre (partner)

– M&A: La Baume Finance (Gilles Toussaint, Benjamin Robert, Bastien Rey, Thomas Camusard)

– Financial: Talenz Sofidem (Philippe Noury, Thibaut Deniau)