Mario Santa Maria
Greenberg Traurig Santa MariaGreenberg Traurig Santa Maria’s multidisciplinary commercial, corporate and M&A practice covers a range of corporate services, including public and private M&A, private equity transactions, and corporate governance. Co-heading the team, Luigi Santa Maria routinely acts for industrial groups, financial institutions and private equity investors; and Mario Santa Maria has significant experience in cross-border transactions, including M&A and joint venture work. Other key names are Pietro Caliceti and Carlo Scaglioni.
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‘The team offers competence and preparation, broad-spectrum solutions, and answers that are as complete as possible and not limited to legal aspects alone.’
‘The team has a multi-perspective and interdisciplinary approach that is capable of offering an overall vision. Solid knowledge of its clients, which it utilises in a good way so as to optimise the timing and costs allocated to projects.’
‘The availability of the professionals involved is very high and beyond expectation.’
‘The strength of the team is its ability to provide tailored advice to clients, with great expertise in the financial sector and a cost-conscious approach (exceptional value for the work done).’
‘Mario Santa Maria has the ability to understand problems immediately and find solutions.’
‘Alessandra Boffa deserves specific mention. She is an extremely competent lawyer, who is very reliable and has a proactive, solutions-oriented approach. She moves very quickly when needed, with the ability to think of different solutions for legal and business problems.’
‘Juljan Puna has a serious and responsible approach. He listens to the client carefully, and addresses problems in depth with the right emotional detachment and desire to solve it in the best possible way.’
‘Juljan Puna is characterised by a strong aptitude for clarity in both his spoken and written language. Always pays particular attention to how to communicate with management and interacts professionally.’
Key clients
- Stellex Capital Holdings Luxembourg Sarl
- Frafin Srl
- Sind Srl
- Davidson Kempner European Partners
- Neva Sgr (Banca Intesa)
- Villa D’Este
- Fontana Group
- SPA Società Prodotti Antibiotici
- Klaris SA
- Affide S.p.A.
- Dorotheum
- ICAM S.p.A.
- Bracco Group
- Andritz Group
- Trico Italy S.r.l.
- First Brands Corporation
- Eni S.p.A.
Work highlights
- Assisted Affide with the acquisition of the business unit associated with the pawnbroking activities of Banca Carige and Banca del Monte di Lucca.
- Assisted Neva SGR, the venture capital arm of the Intesa SanPaolo group, with the acquisition (on behalf of the Neva First Fund) of an equity investment in Classiq, an Israeli company with a US subsidiary.
- Advised an ad hoc group of creditors, comprising Carlyle Global Credit Investment Management, Man GLG and Stellex Capital Holdings Luxembourg on a share deal concerning the ongoing refinancing of the existing indebtedness of Officine Maccaferri.
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Luigi Santa Maria, Mario Santa Maria