SG, the corporate and investment banking division of Société Générale, has recruited Florus Plantegna to its newly-established financial sponsor coverage group in France as part of its drive to rebuild its European leveraged finance franchise.

Plantegna, who joins the financial sponsors group in Paris as a vice-president, held a similar role at Merrill Lynch in London. He has also worked in the mergers and acquisitions, telecoms and healthcare industry groups at JP Morgan, and started his career in corporate finance at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.