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Corporate M&A

A leader in Italy in the corporate M&A sector: experience, expertise and knowledge of the market and its players.

Widely recognised as a benchmark in the Italian market, our Corporate M&A Department brings together over 100 dedicated professionals to provide highly specialised support in major domestic and cross-border transactions. Our services blend responsiveness with strategic clarity, in line with international best practices.

The combination of in-depth industry knowledge, a forward-looking perspective, and a detail-oriented approach, enables us to guide Italian and international clients through their most challenging decisions and complex deals.

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Private M&A

Assistance to leading national and international investors during all the phases of extraordinary transactions – acquisitions, sales, mergers, demergers, transformations, reorganisations, corporate restructurings, and joint ventures: from defining the deal structure, to due diligence, to the drafting and negotiation of contractual and corporate documentation, and during the transaction execution.

Distressed M&A and Generational Transition

Assistance in extraordinary transactions involving distressed scenarios or generational transitions. Our services include deal structuring, due diligence, drafting and negotiation of contractual and corporate documentation, and transaction execution.

Private Equity

Assistance to domestic and international private equity funds throughout the entire lifecycle of the fund – from establishment to structuring and implementation of investments in portfolio companies, in all market segments, through to final divestment.

Assistance to fund portfolio companies with internal reorganisations, add-on or carve-out transactions, also providing specialised advice on corporate and regulatory matters, including the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements across industries.

Public M&A

Assistance in acquisitions, sales, mergers, demergers, public tender and exchange offers, IPOs, capital increases, and other extraordinary transactions involving listed companies.

Corporate Law

Ongoing assistance in corporate law to both listed and unlisted companies, covering corporate governance and compliance matters, development of incentive plans, and the drafting and negotiation of complex commercial agreements across all markets.

Shareholder and Institutional Relations

Assistance in defining and managing shareholder relationships – including in distressed situations or during generational transitions – and in relations with regulatory and supervisory authorities.

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