Frequently instructed on cross-border transactions, ADVANT Nctm supports a wide range of multinational and domestic clients with joint venture agreements and M&A transactions concerning both majority and minority stakes. The firm has particular expertise in the TMT, infrastructure, energy, and manufacturing sectors, and is led by Matteo Trapani, a specialist in M&A transactions with recent experience in the gaming and cybersecurity industries. Alberto Toffoletto advises on transactions in distressed contexts, Paolo Montironi is an expert in leveraged buyouts, regularly advising Italian and foreign private equity funds, and Lorenzo Freddi, who joined the firm in November 2024 from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, focuses on the technology and infrastructure sectors.
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Key clients
- Vodafone Group
- Chequers Capital
- Hypertherm Inc.
- Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.a.
- Clessidra SGR
- Auctus Capital Partners
- Vision Group
- Infracapital Greenfield Partners I LP
- Investcorp
- Edenred Group
Work highlights
Assisted the independent administrators of Banca Popolare di Sondrio with the Public Exchange Offer of BPER S.p.A. in order to acquire at least 50% of Popolare di Sondrio’s share capital, with the intention of maintaining the two banks as autonomous and complementary entities.
Assisted International Game Technology with the negotiation and signing of a collaboration and joint venture agreement (and a put and call option agreement) regulating that the current shareholders of Lottotalia S.r.l. will maintain their partnership for the next tender for Lotto license.
Assisted Terlos LLP with the acquisition, together with a group of investors, of 100% of Casa Optima, a leading global player in the artisanal gelato and pastry ingredients market, from Charterhouse Capital Partners.
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Practice head
Matteo Trapani
Other key lawyers
Paolo Montironi; Alberto Toffoletto; Pietro Zanoni; Lucia Corradi; Eleonora Sofia Parrocchetti; Alessia Trevisan; Natali Prodan Milič; Lorenzo Freddi