H.I.G. Europe enters in Berardi Bullonerie: the advisors Milan, 3 February, 2022 – H.I.G. Europe, led in Italy by Raffaele Legnani and with a team composed by Giovanni Guglielmi, Gian Matteo Franzoia and Giovanni Cabassi, executed the acquisition from the Berardi family, through a buy out transaction, of a controlling stake in the group referring to Berardi Bullonerie S.r.l., which is a leading operator in the Italian market of the distribution of fixing elements and of the supply of integrated logistic services. Since its establishment in 1919 the Berardi Group is the go-to partner for Italian industrial companies…
Pavia e Ansaldo with Project Informatica in the acquisition of Converge Milan, 30 November, 2021 – Project Informatica, the portfolio company controlled by H.I.G. Europe – European branch of the international investment fund H.I.G. Capital, continues its growth route through external businesses. The company has in fact signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of 100 per cent of the corporate capital of Converge S.p.A., a company located in Rome leading system integrator specializing in the supply of infrastructural solutions, hardware and software, mainly devoted to clients belonging to the public sector. The company counts on a consolidated know-how in…
Dea Capital enters OMB Saleri: the firms Milan, 31 July, 2021 – Law firm Pavia e Ansaldo, with a team coordinated by partners Alberto Bianco and Giuseppe Alessandro Galeano, furnished legal and tax assistance in favour of the fund Sviluppo Sostenibile, managed by Dea Capital Alternative Funds, in the transaction for the acquisition, mainly through a capital increase, of a minority shareholding in OMB Saleri S.p.A., a company in Brescia owned by the Saleri Family producing and marketing security valves for domestic use of gas and high pressure valves. With approximately 45 millions euro turnover in 2020, mainly abroad,…
The advisors in Permobil’s acquisition of Rehateam and Progeo Milan, 27 April, 2021 – Permobil AB of Timrå, Sweden, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the shares in Rehateam S.r.l. and Progeo S.r.l. of Treviso, Italy with these companies’ shareholders. Permobil, which is held by Investor AB, is a global leader in advanced medical technology focusing on wheelchairs and mobility solutions. Rehateam and Progeo are developing, producing and distributing manual wheelchairs worldwide. The transaction is expected to close in June, subject to regulatory approvals.The parties have chosen not to disclose the terms of the transaction. Permobil was…
Pavia e Ansaldo with Skytanking Holding GmbH in the sale of the Italian controlled company Skytanking S.r.l. Rome, 6 August 2020 – Law firm Pavia e Ansaldo assisted Skytanking Holding GmbH, world leader in fuel assistance services, in the sale to Carboil S.r.l. of the Italian controlled company Skytanking S.r.l.. Skytanking is a leader in the market and operates in Italy in the airports of Rome Fiumicino, Naples, Venice and Palermo. Pavia e Ansaldo managed all legal aspects of the beauty contest and the following negotiation with a team coordinated by the responsible partner Filippo Fioretti and, for the corporate M&A…
HIG Capital enters Project Informatica Group: the law firms Milan, 8 July, 2020 – Law firm Pavia e Ansaldo, with a multidisciplinary team coordinated by Partner Alberto Bianco and made up of Erica Lepore, Nicoletta Botta and Giulio Nobile, for corporate, M&A and banking aspects, and by Partner Filippo Fioretti, with the support of Maria Rosaria Raspanti, for antitrust matters, assisted H.I.G. Europe, European branch of the international investment fund H.I.G. Capital, in the acquisition of a majority shareholding in the Group belonging to Project Informatica S.r.l., main operator of the Italian information technology market, with offices in Stezzavno (Bergamo)…
Airport fees: Pavia e Ansaldo wins with Shell versus Alitalia and Volare Rome, 31 March, 2020 – Pavia e Ansaldo successfully assisted the oil company Shell in a lawsuit with specific antitrust profiles, started by airlines Alitalia and Volare in front of the Court of Milan in relation to airport fees paid for the supply of aviation fuel in airport areas. The Court of Milan rejected in whole the requests of Volare and – in the lawsuit initiated by Alitalia, significantly reducing the summoning party’s claims – totally granted Shell’s defensive line, thus condemning the airport managers interested in the…
Pavia e Ansaldo and Spada Partners with IDeA Agro in the entry in Tarulli Milan, 12 December 2019 – Law Firm Pavia e Ansaldo assisted fund “IDeA Agro”, a fund dedicated to investments in companies of the agricultural supply chain, managed by DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR, with the support on business matters of Giuseppe Liso and Angelo Donato Berloco di Ettore Fieramosca, advisory company of the Fund. The transaction regarded the acquisition of a qualified minority shareholding in “Azienda Agricola Antonio Tarulli S.r.l.”, a company based in Puglia, leader in the cultivation and marketing of organic and biodynamic grapes….
Pavia e Ansaldo with Dea Capital Alternative Fund SGR for antitrust aspects of the entry of the fund Idea Taste of Italy in Abaco S.p.A. Milan, 11 June 2019 – Pavia e Ansaldo, with a team coordinated by partner Filippo Fioretti, head of the Antitrust department at Pavia e Ansaldo, and associate Maria Rosaria Raspanti, assisted Dea Capital Alternative Fund SGR on the antitrust aspects related to the entry of the fund Idea Taste of Italy in the shareholders’ structure of Abaco S.p.A., a company active in the supply of IT services specialized in the management of public funds for the agricultural…
Pavia e Ansaldo wins at the Tar Lazio against AGCM in the My Taxi matter Milan, 29 April 2019 – Law firm Pavia e Ansaldo successfully assisted the two major Milan taxi cooperatives, TaxiBlu 4040 and Autoradiotassì 8585 in the proceeding initiated by the Italian Competition Authority AGCM on the use of applications such as My Taxi for booking taxi rides. Pavia e Ansaldo acted with a team made up of partners Marco Giustiniani, Filippo Fioretti, Nico Moravia and associates Maria Rosaria Raspanti and Tommaso Filippo Massari. The matter is based on the proceeding initiated by the Authority in January 2017 on the basis of a tip-off from…