The equity capital markets team at Legance - Avvocati Associati advises issuers, underwriters and investors on IPOs, right issues, listings, and offerings, including accelerated book buildings and private placements. The team also covers public tender offers and employee stock offerings. Giorgio Vanzanelli advises on IPOs, share capital increases, equity secondary offerings, convertible bonds issues, public tender offers, and corporate finance transactions; Marco Sagliocca‘s practice includes equity capital markets deals; and Alberta Figari is a specialist in takeovers, IPOs and rights issues. Also highly regarded is Stefano Bandini.

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  • ‘The Legance team is really competent and able to match the legal interests with the commercial needs of a client.’
  • ‘The lawyers are always supportive and helpful. Clients can reach them at any time.’
  • ‘Very competent, precise and reactive.’

Key clients

  • Amplifon
  • Banca Farmafactoring
  • BPER
  • BPM
  • Caleffi
  • CNHI
  • CTI BioPharma Corp
  • doValue
  • ENI (Euronext Milan)
  • Eurotech
  • Ferrari
  • Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani
  • Gabetti
  • JP Morgan
  • Kolinpharma
  • Landi Renzo
  • Mare Group
  • Snam
  • Tatatu
  • Tecma Solutions
  • Unipol Gruppo
  • Vantea Smart
  • Zignago Vetro

Work highlights

  • Advised UnipolSai Assicurazioni on its plan to reorganise the shareholding structure of the Unipol Group.
  • Advised Fincantieri's board of directors on the resolution of the proposed capital increase for a maximum amount of €400m.
  • Advised Mare Engineering Group and Illimity Bank (as Euronext Growth Advisor and global coordinator) on the procedure for admission to trading of ordinary shares on Euronext Growth Milan.

Lawyers

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Practice head

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Giorgio Vanzanelli, Alberta Figari

Other key lawyers

Marco Sagliocca, Stefano Bandini