Cappelli Riolo Calderaro Crisostomo Del Din & Partners acts on private equity transactions in the infrastructure, education, financial services, manufacturing, real estate, sport and energy sectors. Roberto Cappelli acts for companies, financial institutions and private equity funds on mergers, spin-offs and acquisitions. Providing key support, Guido Masini specialises in corporate finance and capital markets; Nicola Caielli has extensive financial and energy sector expertise; and Valentina Dragoni is ‘an outstanding professional’.
Testimonials
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‘The team is solid and each member has a sophisticated knowledge of the legal documents usually used in complex PE transactions.’
‘The team has a unique understanding of this subject, resulting from its very broad experience and desire to go the extra mile to find the best possible solution.’
‘The team is not only extremely competent but also capable of maintaining very positive and serene relations with clients.’
‘Roberto Cappelli's team is one of the best in the M&A legal market.’
‘Roberto Cappelli is a unique professional and his contributions are always highly valuable.’
‘Along with Roberto Cappelli, Valentina Dragoni is an outstanding professional with great expertise in the Italian legal market. Roberto and Valentina create a solid duo and offer reliability, trustworthiness and organisational skills to their clients.’
‘Valentina Dragoni is an extremely competent professional, who is capable of solving even the toughest situation, and she is always available to explain to clients legal technicalities that are not clear to people without professional legal backgrounds.’
‘A team of brilliant, hard-working, eager-to-progress associates working under Valentina Dragoni’s supervision.’
Key clients
- 890 Fifth Avenue Partners
- 21 Invest SGR
- Apax Partners
- Apollo Global Management
- Aussafer Due
- Carlyle Investment Management
- CDP Equity
- CDP Venture Capital SGR
- Citadel
- Dea Capital SGR
- Digit’Ed
- Fondo Italiano D’Investimento SGR
- HitecVision
- iCON Infrastructure
- Mandarin Capital (now Mindful Capital Partners)
- Nextalia SGR
- Pillarstone
- Startric
- TD Greystone Infrastructure Fund
- Three Hills Capital Partners
- Värde Partners
Work highlights
- Advised Health Holding Company on the sale to Healthlux of 18.47% of the share capital of Dedalus Healthcare Systems Group.
- Advised TD Greystone Infrastructure Fund on the Italian law aspects of the acquisition of a non-controlling equity stake (together with co-investor Fair Market Value Capital Partners) in PSA Italy.
- Advised Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR (on behalf of Fondo Italiano Agri & Food FIAF) on the acquisition of 55% of the corporate capital of Pasta Berruto from Webcor Investments.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Roberto Cappelli