Part of its corporate finance practice, Legance - Avvocati Associati's 'incredible' private equity team acts for private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, corporations and financial conglomerates on major transactions. Filippo Troisi heads up the corporate finance department; Bruno Bartocci is a cross-border transaction expert; and Alberto Giampieri focuses on mergers, spin offs, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures. Other key figures are Giovanni Nardulli, who is particularly active in international deals; Piero Venturini, a regular adviser to private equity firms on transactions; and Andrea Fedi, who maintains a robust M&A practice.
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Key clients
- Advent International
- Apax Partners
- Apollo Global Management
- Ares Life Sciences
- Armònia SGR
- Bain Capital
- Blackstone
- Bridgepoint
- Cabot Square Capital
- CDP Equity S.p.A
- Cale Street Partners
- Canson Capital Partners
- Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
- Centerbridge
- Change Capital Partners
- Charme Capital Partners SGR
- Clessidra
- Credem Private Equity SGR
- CVC Capital Partners
- DWS
- Entangled Capital SGR
- European Investment Bank
- European Investment Fund
- F2i SGR
- First Reserve
- Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR
- Fortress Investment Group
- GIC Private Limited
- Green Arrow Capital SGR
- H.I.G.
- Invitalia
- IPI Partners
- Lone Star
- Made in Italy Fund (Quadrivio & Pambianco)
- Mandarin Capital Partners
- Neuberger Berman
- Oaktree Capital
- Óskare Capital Fund
- Partners Group
- Permira
- ProA Capital
- Progressio SGR
- RedBird Capital Partners Management LLC
- Tikehau Investment Management
- Varde
- York Capital Management
Work highlights
- Advised Blackstone on the launch, with Edizione, of a voluntary tender offer for the shares of Atlantia.
- Advised Platinum Equity/Solenis on the Italian legal aspects of the proposed acquisition of Diversey Holdings and the indirect acquisition of the entire corporate capital of its Italian subsidiaries.|
- Advised Permira on the signing of an agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in Gruppo Florence.
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