Comparative Guide
Cartels
Italy
Alice Setari
Headed up by acquisition and leveraged finance practitioner Alessandro Gennarino, the practice at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton focuses on acquisition finance and refinancing arrangements. Carlo De Vito Piscicelli left in September 2025.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Accolades
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Key clients
- Vivendi
- F2i SGR S.p.A.
- Ardian
- Retelit
- Sofidel
- Asterion Industrial Partners
Work highlights
Advised Asterion Industrial Partners on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a 49% stake held by Ardian and Crédit Agricole Assurances in 2i Aeroporti.
Advised F2i Ligantia, its parent company F2i SGR and Geasar in connection with the refinancing of the senior secured debt of the group that controls the Olbia-Costa Smeralda and Alghero airports.
Acted for Retelit, a company controlled by the Asterion fund, in connection with the financing aspects related to the binding offer for the €700 million acquisition of Sparkle.
Practice head
Alessandro Gennarino