Legance - Avvocati Associati's Milan-based ECM team acts for issuers, underwriters and investors on IPOs, right issues, listings and offerings, including accelerated book buildings and private placements. The group, which also assists with public tender offers and employee stock offerings, is jointly headed by Alberta Figari, a well-known specialist in takeovers, IPOs and right issues; and Giorgio Vanzanelli, whose practice covers IPOs, share capital increases and secondary equity offerings. Senior counsels Marzio Ciani and Stefano Bandini are capital markets experts to note.
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‘The Legance team is well structured and always available for clients.'
'Expertise is shared and broad, and the supervision of partners facilitates the team's efficiency.'
‘Legance's team is very competent, always available and able to understand the clients' commercial needs.'
Key clients
- Amplifon
- Banca Farmafactoring
- BPER
- BPM
- Caleffi
- CNHI
- CTI BioPharma Corp
- doValue
- ENI
- Eurotech
- Ferrari
- Gabetti
- J.P. Morgan
- Kolinpharma
- Mare Group
- Snam
- Tatatu
- Tecma Solutions
- Vantea Smart
Work highlights
- Assisted Blackstone with the launch, alongside Edizione, of a voluntary tender offer for the shares of Atlantia.
- Assisted Tatatu with the process for admission of its shares to negotiations for the Euronext Growth Paris private placement segment.
- Assisted selling shareholder Tikehau Capital in connection with an IPO on Euronext Milan of Eurogroup Laminations.
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Practice head
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Alberta Figari, Giorgio Vanzanelli