Legance - Avvocati Associati
Legance - Avvocati Associati is sought out for high-end, cross-border M&A deals, with sector specialisms for the practice including banking, insurance, real estate, Pharma, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, and transport. Among the firm’s several experienced practitioners Filippo Troisi is a renowned deal expert; Bruno Bartocci routinely advises on major cross-border transactions; and Alberto Giampieri acts for corporate clients on significant mergers. The department further features Giovanni Nardulli, Gian Paolo Tagariello, Gabriele Capecchi, Andrea Sacco Ginevri, Andrea Botti and Federica Pomero, along with Giacomo Gitti, Stefano Bandini, Filippo Benintendi and Laura Li Donni.
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‘Incredible team. Hard working, senior leadership throughout the process, incredible network in the Italian market, smart structuring, a go-beyond attitude, and commercial.’
‘A very good M&A practice.’
‘Andrea Botti is the best lawyer around. All-rounder, impressive deal-making capabilities, commercial acumen, smart, incredibly experienced, and a world above counterparts' legal advisors.’
‘High levels of responsiveness and competence.’
‘Great availability, promptness and reliability.’
Key clients
- AC Milan
- Advent International
- Amplifon
- ANIA – Associazione Nazionale fra le Imprese Assicuratrici
- Apax Partners
- Apollo Global Management
- AS Roma
- Bain Capital
- Banca Farmafactoring
- Basler AG
- Bayer
- Blackstone
- Bridgepoint
- Brystol – Myers Squibb
- Bunzl
- Canson Capital Partners
- CapVest
- Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
- Celmacch Group
- Centerbridge
- Coop Alleanza 3.0
- CDP Equity S.p.A.
- Change Capital Partners
- Charme Capital Partners
- CNH Industrial
- Coima Res
- Costa Crociere (Carnival Group)
- Credem Private Equity SGR
- CVC
- DWS Infrastructure Investment fund
- Emerson Electric
- Fondazione Enasarco
- Energean Oil & Gas
- F2i SGR
- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
- Fintecna S.p.A.
- First Reserve
- Fortress Investment Group
- Generali Group
- GIC Private Limited
- H.I.G.
- IGD SiiQ S.p.A.
- Invitalia
- IPI Partners
- IWG plc
- JSW Steel
- Krones Group
- Lanxess AG
- Lone Star
- Macquarie Asset Management
- Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd.
- MBDA
- Mediaset
- Mindful Capital Partners (formerly Mandarin Capital Partners)
- Neuberger Berman
- Nexi
- Oaktree Capital Management
- Percassi Group (Atalanta)
- Permira
- Pirelli
- Reale Mutua
- RedBird Capital Partners Management LLC
- San Quirico S.p.A.
- Schaeffler Group
- Schott AG
- SIMEST S.p.A.
- Sky
- Sonnedix
- STMicroelectronics
- Swisscom
- The Friedkin Group
- Trumpf Group
- U.C. Sampdoria S.p.A.
- Unipol
- VAM Investments
- Varde
Work highlights
- Advised Blackstone on the launch, with Edizione, of a voluntary tender offer for the shares of Atlantia.
- Advised Platinum Equity/Solenis oh the Italian legal aspects of the proposed acquisition of Diversey Holdings (and, specifically, the indirect acquisition of the entire corporate capital of its Italian subsidiaries).
- Assisted Permira with the signing of an agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in Gruppo Florence.
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