A ‘professional’ outfit, Ashurst advises clients on leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, asset deals and joint ventures. The firm has seen activity in minority investments, co-investments and consortium deals. Annamaria Pinzuti leads the team and advises on regulated market transactions. Andrea Di Rosa assists clients in the life sciences, energy, automotive and leisure sectors.
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Accolades

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Andrea Di Rosa's deep technical knowledge and practical, solutions-oriented approach makes the whole process very smooth and manageable.’
  • ‘Available, professional and trustworthy.’

Key clients

  • DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR S.p.A.
  • Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR S.p.A.
  • I Squared Capital
  • BNP Paribas BNL Equity Investments
  • Xenon Private Equity
  • GRR Garbe Italy and Intermediate Capital Group

Work highlights

Advised, as deal counsel, Innovo Renewables in a new investment round seeing Aviva Investors increase its stake in Innovo Group to 45 per cent.
Advised Xenon Private Equity, the selling shareholders and the re-investing managers in the sale competitive process of A.I. Gen.
Advised Astorg, an international private equity fund investing especially in the software, healthcare, and business services and technology-based industrial companies, in the acquisition of certain asset businesses from Cook Group, a global player involved in manufacturing of medical devices.
Practice head

Annamaria Pinzuti

Other key lawyers

Andrea Di Rosa