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Provided by Molinari
Structuring and executing complex extraordinary transactions, such as acquisitions and divestitures of businesses and shareholdings (both majority and minority interests), mergers, transformations, break-ups and reorganizations for a large range of clientele (from large domestic listed issuers and multinational corporations, to financial institutions and private equity funds) is one of the areas where our leadership is widely recognized.
Recent work from 2022 includes:
Banco Desio on the sale of its merchant acquiring business for €100 million to Worldline Merchant Services Italia, a subsidiary of the French group Worldline.
Coima SGR on the sale of the entire corporate capital of a company owning certain real estate assets including Hotel Excelsior located in Venice.
Compass Banca on the acquisition of 19.5% of the Swiss company HeidiPay and 100% of the Italian company Soisy, both companies specialised in the development of digital platforms to support BNPL in e-commerce.
DeA Capital Alternative Funds on the partnership agreement with Costa Edutainment Group for the acquisition by IDeA CCR of a 10% stake in Costa Edutainment Group.
Itaca Equity Holding on the acquisition of a qualified minority stake in the newly incorporated company which will control Landi Renzo, listed in the STAR segment of the Italian electronic share market (MTA).
Provided by Chambers
Molinari is a renowned Italian boutique that advises on public and private M&A. The team assists a diverse range of companies, spanning from banks and leading insurance groups to vehicles controlled by private equity firms. The law firm frequently deals with acquisitions, divestments and mergers.
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Molinari assisted Mipharm with the merger with Doppel, valued at EUR200 million.
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The team can meet compelling deadlines whilst delivering high-quality work and always showing technical strength and commercial awareness.
Molinari is very helpful, proactive and responsive to requests and changes in scenario.
The Molinari team always reacts really fast with very valuable feedback and thoughts.
Molinari is able to offer corporate tax legal skills.
Provided by Chambers
Ugo Molinari is an eminent lawyer who assists a diverse range of clients spanning from banks to private equity firms with acquisition and sale operations, as well as investment opportunities. He is notably well-versed in corporate restructuring.
Ugo has an amazing capacity of offering clever and premeditated advice to his clients.
Ugo Molinari has an excellent ability to choose collaborators to achieve the desired quality of service, even in the presence of situations of commercial complexity.
Ugo is an incredibly good lawyer and understands the law and the system. He is very thoughtful, patient and a really great resource for us.
He is extremely detailed and accurate.
Ciro Di Palma is an increasingly well-regarded member of Molinari's corporate team. He is well equipped to advise corporates in various sectors and private equity houses on M&A and share deals.
Ciro is very available and a great person to work with. He is very punctual.
Ciro Di Palma brings calm, security and solutions even in the most complicated moments.
Head of Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
Provided by Molinari
Ugo Molinari
Head of Department
Nicolo' Juvara
Margherita Santoiemma
Head of Department
Ciro Di Palma
Marco Laviano
Maria Milano
Beatrice Neri
Andrea Taurozzi
Alessandro de Botton
Ugo Molinari
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