Mergers & Acquisitions
Brilliant lawyers with an excellent team spirit
Our commercial department has gained a wealth of experience in providing innovative and strategic M&A advice and has represented companies in a broad range of industries such as automotive, biotechnology, chemicals, computer hardware and software, insurance, IT, media, pharmaceutical, retail and telecommunications.
Our team conducts domestic and cross-border transactions including mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, corporate restructuring, joint ventures and strategic alliances of private companies and businesses.
Recent notable cases:
Assisting a multinational pharma company in the acquisition of the entire shares of an Italian company operating in the cosmetic sector
Assisting a pharmaceutical company in the acquisition of the entire shares of an Italian pharmaceutical company, revising the relevant SPA and related deeds of pledge over quotas, bank account and IP assets
Assisting an Italian company leader in the lightning field in a complex operation for restructuring its retail system, we provided assistance in both the termination of the distribution agreement in place with the former exclusive distributor on the Italian territory, and in the purchase of the relevant branch of the business of the former distributor
Assisting a US private equity fund in the acquisition of the patent portfolio of an Italian company
Assisting an English company in the acquisition of the entire shares of an Italian company operating in the high-precision metallurgic sector
Advising a multinational company on the negotiation and drafting of deeds of pledge and other securities concerning the IP assets of the Italian subsidiary as collaterals for intra-group loans