Advisory services
We are an Italian leader in corporate finance advisory services, with a growing position at European level. Our approach is focused on our relationships with our clients, who are offered our indepth knowledge of financial issues and proven track record in completing complex deals.
- Company or asset valuations
- Mergers, acquisitions (M&A) or disposals of companies or assets
- Corporate and debt restructuring operations
- Searches for investors, joint ventures and partnerships
- Energy transition advice
- Financial and benchmark analysis
- Shareholders’ agreements
- Relations with institutional bodies.
The non-Italian branch offices we have opened have strengthened our footprint at European level and our ability to assist our clients in their international as well as their domestic operations. We now have offices in Paris, Madrid, London and Frankfurt, as well as our historical office in Milan. Through our strategic partnership with Messier et Associés, we have also strengthened our position in M&A advisory business in France, while the acquisition of Arma Partners has enabled us to strengthen our presence in offering advisory services for the digital economy throughout Europe.
- Branded goods
- Digital/Tech (through Arma Partners)
- Industrials
- Energy
- Financial institutions (FIG)
- Infrastructure
- Healthcare pharma
- Real estate
- Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT).
Our corporate finance teams look to establish long-term relationships with a small number of select companies, offering them high-quality, innovative and focused services on an ongoing basis. We are set up and structured in order to meet the needs of medium-sized enterprises effectively, offering them a combination of services unsurpassed in Italy in terms of geographical coverage, international reach, and global servicing capacity.
The activities which the Corporate Finance teams provide to their customers include:
- Definition of strategic objectives and identification of which corporate finance deals would meet these goals
- Corporate finance deals: mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and partnerships, disposals and spinoffs
- Debt restructuring: analysis of the company’s earnings and financial data, compiling financial stability scenarios, negotiating with key creditors
- Corporate restructuring (LBOs, MBOs, spinoffs, tax- and/or succession-related issues) and shareholder agreements (negotiations with other shareholders, drafting of agreements, identification of potential new investors)
- Company valuations, both on a standalone basis and in order to determine share exchange ratios
- Relations with institutional bodies: assistance in relations with market and regulatory authorities, such as Consob and Borsa Italiana