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9 July 2025

Dolce & Gabbana secures €100 mln to fuel business growth

Dolce & Gabbana has secured a new medium-to-long-term credit facility of €100 million, aimed at financing new investments for the fashion division and further expanding the beauty and home business sectors. The new credit line is backed 50% by a Sace guarantee.

Our firm advised the pool of lenders with a team led by partner Andrea Taurozzi and composed of associate Francesco Senesi and trainee Elia Cossu Lunesu.

8 July 2025

Furla signs an agreement with creditors to restructure its debt and overcome the crisis

Furla S.p.A. has signed the restructuring agreement pursuant to Article 56 of the Italian Crisis Code with its financial creditors, a crucial milestone in the brand’s restructuring and relaunch process and a key element for the successful conclusion of the procedure initiated in July 2024.

Our firm advised the financial creditors with a team led by partner Ugo Molinari and composed of partners Marinella Ciaccio and Giacomo Colombo, associates Francesca De Stasio and Ada Gabriela Lubinu, and trainee Elisabetta Taras.

7 July 2025

Burgo secures a sustainability linked loan worth EUR 230 million

Burgo, a leading European industrial group operating in the production and distribution of specialty papers, has secured a sustainability-linked loan worth €230 million from a banking consortium led by Banco BPM. This includes a €40 million capex line backed by a SACE guarantee and is aimed at refinancing existing financial lines nearing maturity and supporting the Group’s ambitious growth plan.

Our firm assisted the company with a multidisciplinary team led by partner Andrea Taurozzi, including associate Francesco Senesi and trainee Elia Cossu Lunesu, handling all finance aspects of the transaction, as well as partner Paolo Ruggiero and associate Filippo Maria Mariani - under the supervision of partner Ottavia Alfano - for the tax matters.

2 July 2025

Ardonagh Group's growth continues with the acquisition of Benelli Broker

Benelli Broker S.r.l., a newly established company of Benelli Assicurazioni S.r.l., an insurance broker specialized in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, has joined the Ardonagh Group. This transaction represents a strategic step aimed at strengthening Ardonagh Italy’s position as a key reference point in the insurance consulting sector for businesses across the country.

Our firm advised Ardonagh Italy with partner Nicolo’ Juvara and associate Margherita Del Deo.

1 July 2025

Microport wins at the Umbria Regional Administrative Court

Our firm, together with partner Lorenzo Caruccio and associate Davide D’Occhio, successfully represented Microport CRM, supported by the technical team led by in-house counsel Alice Flacco, in proceedings before the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) of Umbria. The case concerned the annulment of the award of the Punto Zero tender procedure (the regional purchasing center for healthcare sector acquisitions) for the selection, through a framework agreement, of suppliers to regional hospital companies of active implantable devices (pacemakers and defibrillators).

With rulings no. 548/2025, 561/2025, and 562/2025, the TAR upheld the appeals and ordered the reinstatement of Microport among the awarded suppliers for Lots 1 (single-chamber pacemakers SSIR), 7 (dual-chamber ICDs), and 8 (biventricular ICDs). The total value of the supplies associated with the framework agreements for the contested Lots exceeds 7 million euros.

27 June 2025

Ardonagh acquires Italian-based broker Camerani & Cornacchia

Camerani & Cornacchia Group S.r.l., a brokerage company specialized in insurance solutions for agricultural risks, has joined Ardonagh Group.

This transaction marks a key strategic step that enhances Ardonagh Group’s service offering in Italy, in a crucial and rapidly evolving sector such as the management of risks arising from natural disasters related to agriculture, enabling effective fulfillment of clients’ insurance needs and requirements.

Our firm advised Ardonagh Italia S.p.A. with a team led by partner Nicolò Juvara.

 

17 June 2025

Coima and Eagle Hills relaunch the Hotel des Bains in Venice

A consortium led by the Coima ESG City Impact Fund, part of the real estate development company Coima SGR, and Eagle Hills, a company based in Abu Dhabi, has reached an agreement with banks to acquire 100% of the historical debt of the company that owned Hotel Des Bains, amounting to €54 million, which will be converted into equity shares. This agreement will enable a total investment of approximately €200 million for the complete restoration and modernisation of the hotel on the Venice Lido, with a projected completion timeline of about 3 years.

Our firm advised Coima with a team led by partner Ugo Molinari, including partner Beatrice Neri, senior associate Michela Maresca and associate Gianluca Diena, as well as partner Lorenzo Caruccio and senior associate Fausto Indelicato for administrative law matters.

13 May 2025

J.C. Flowers acquires Wefox's Italian units

J.C. Flowers & Co., a private investment firm specializing in the financial services sector, has acquired 100% of the two insurance companies through which the German group Wefox operates in Italy.

The transaction, which follows the acquisition of a controlling stake in the brokerage company Consulbrokers last autumn, is part of the fund's European growth plan in the insurance sector.

Our firm advised J.C. Flowers with a multidisciplinary team coordinated by partner Ugo Molinari and composed of partner Ciro Di Palma, managing counsel Francesca Battistutta and associates Giulia Mescolini and Beatrice Mattioni, for M&A aspects; partner Nicolò Juvara, associate Sara Nicole Cancedda and Elisa Berna, for regulatory aspects; as well as partner Lorenzo Caruccio for administrative law aspects.

29 April 2025

Strategic Partnership between Banco Desio and Italiana Assicurazioni

Banco di Desio e della Brianza S.p.A. has announced the signing of a 10 year partnership agreement with Italiana Assicurazioni S.p.A., an insurance company belonging to Reale Group, following a structured competitive selection process.

The agreement provides for a preferential commercial collaboration aimed at integrating and completing Banco Desio's current insurance product offering through the distribution of IBIPs products, including Class I, Class III, Class V, and Multi-class products.

Banco Desio was advised by Molinari with partners Nicolò Juvara and Daniela Runggaldier and associate Sara Cancedda.

18 April 2025

EcorNaturaSì secures financing for €45 million to support new investment plan

EcorNaturaSì, a company specializing in organic and biodynamic products, has secured financing for a total of Euro 45 million. The transaction, involving Banca Finint as advisor, and BNL BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo and Unicredit as Global Coordinators and financiers, is intended to support the new investment plan of the group.

Our firm advised EcorNaturaSì with a team composed of partner Andrea Taurozzi, associate Francesco Senesi and trainee Elia Cossu Lunesu, as well as partners Ottavia Alfano and Paolo Ruggiero for tax aspects.

10 April 2025

Vam Investments acquires Fidelitycar

Vam Investments Group, a private equity firm specializing in buyout operations and strategic consolidations led by Marco Piana, has acquired, Fidelitycar, a company specialized in managing Conventional Warranties and Legal Conformity Guarantees on behalf of professional used vehicle dealers, through its subsidiary ConformGest, a group active in the same market segment and also participated in by the Pinzano family.

Our firm advised Vam Investments on tax aspects with partner Ottavia Alfano, senior associate Andrea Cristiani and trainee Marco Marinelli.

7 April 2025

D-Orbit acquires Planetek Italia

D-Orbit, a global leader in space logistics and orbital transport, has completed the acquisition of the entire share capital of Planetek Italia S.r.l., a leader in satellite data processing and in the design and development of software and infrastructure for space data. As part of the transaction, Planetek's shareholders have joined D-Orbit's shareholding structure.

Our firm advised Planetek with a team composed of partner Margherita Santoiemma, senior associate Stefano Cova and associate Beatrice Mattioni for the M&A and corporate aspects of the transaction, as well as partner Lorenzo Caruccio for matters related to the golden power procedure.