Partner Beatrice Neri and associate Michela Maresca assisted Fondo Efesto, managed by Finanziaria Internazionale Investments sgr, acting as creditor of CMSA Società Cooperativa, on the rescheduling of the latter's financial indebteness through the granting of new loans backed by SACE and Mediocredito pursuant to Law Decree no. 23/2020, the so-called "Liquidity Decree".
Partner Marco Leonardi and associates Giorgia Gentilini and Cristina Cupolo advised a pool of banks, including Intesa (acting also as SACE agent), UniCredit, Banco BPM, Crédit Agricole Italia, Deutsche Bank and Mediocredito Centrale Banca del Mezzogiorno, on the 110 million financing, backed by SACE, to IMR-Industries.
Partner Marco Leonardi and associate Alessandro Pallavicini advised RiverRock Italian Hybrid Capital Fund in the context of a financing granted by Illimity to DigitalPlatforms and aimed, among other things, at the acquisition of Selta and the refinancing of part of DigitalPlatforms’ debt towards the fund.
Partner Marco Leonardi and associate Giorgia Gentilini advised BNL Gruppo BNP Paribas, UniCredit and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti on the €35 million financing, backed by SACE, to Gruppo Vicenzi, a historic company based in Veneto specializing in the production and marketing of high quality industrial confectionery products.
Partners Riccardo Agostinelli and Daniele Migliarucci and associates Alessandro Pallavicini and Cristina Cupolo advised the investment fund King Street on the debt refinancing of the Danieli Hotel in Venice. The deal was carried out through the issue of separate non-convertible bonds listed on the third market of the Vienna Stock Exchange. The corporate and real estate aspects were handled by partner Marco Laviano, senior associate Francesca Battistutta and trainee Gianluca Diena, with managing counsel Lorenzo Caruccio and associate Davide D'Occhio taking care of administrative law matters.
Partners Ugo Molinari, Alessandro Fontana, Mara Milano and associates Livia De Rosa and Francesco Manghisi advised the companies of Valvitalia Group on the implementation of the financial manoeuvre, entailing the rescheduling of the Valvitalia Group's financial indebtedness, the redefinition of the relations within the parent company Valvitalia Finanziaria’s shareholding structure and the access to the support measures made available by the Italian State through the so-called “Patrimonio Rilancio” (the ad hoc fund set up by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A).
Partners Alessandro de Botton and Marco Laviano with the support of associate Federico Trabucco advised GVA Redilco & Sigest (now Dils) on the acquisition by H14 of a minority stake in the share capital. The investment was carried out through the investment vehicle company Redeal and involved a number of other important private investors as well as Italian and international entrepreneurs.
Partner Riccardo Agostinelli acted as deal’s relationship partner.
Partners Riccardo Agostinelli and Andrea Taurozzi, with the support of associates Giorgia Gentilini and Alessio Sini and trainee Francesca Berni, advised Banco BPM S.p.A. on the medium-long term cash and bank guarantee loans granted to Vision Group S.p.A. for the acquisition of the VistaSì chain, which includes the brand and all 99 stores, as well as 75 GrandVision stores in Italy.
Partner Marinella Ciaccio with senior associate Claudio Zanda and associate Giuliano Decorato advised the shareholders of Cultraro Automazione Engineering S.r.l., a company active in the planning, design, development, production, assembly and testing of linear and rotational damping systems, on the sale to Stabilus Motion Controls GmbH of a stake representing 32% of its share capital. Partner Riccardo Agostinelli acted as deal’s relationship partner.
Our firm, with senior associate Lorenzo Caruccio and the support of Prof. Marcello Clarich, successfully assisted Microport CRM in the proceedings before the Consiglio di Stato (Supreme Administrative Court) concerning the award of the tender ARIA (Lombardy Central Purchasing Body) for the supply of high-end pacemakers for cardiac function, worth over € 8 mln.
Partner Marco Leonardi, supported by associates Giorgia Gentilini and Alessandro Pallavicini advised Isoclima S.p.A., an Italian company controlled by the private equity fund Stirling Square Capital Partners, in the unitranche financing granted by Barings through the subscription of EUR and USD senior secured notes admitted to trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange, aimed at supporting business acquisitions in the United States and future investments and acquistions. The team of Molinari Agostinelli assisted Isoclima and other group companies also in the super senior bank financing granted in the same context to support working capital and general corporate purposes of the Group.
We are pleased to announce that Ottavia Alfano will lead, as equity partner, the firm’s new tax practice. She will be joining along with Antonio Cuoco, as salary partner, associates Matteo Mairone, Luca Bocchetti and Luca Ruggieri and trainee Filippo Maria Mariani.