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Sergio is a partner in the corporate team in Milan.
He is a lawyer with over 30 years of experience, specialized in extraordinary transactions, corporate restructuring, and venture capital.
Sergio provides strategic legal advice to Italian and international companies, guiding them through complex processes with a pragmatic, negotiation-oriented approach, marked by discretion and precision.
In the restructuring field, he is particularly active in the acquisition of single-name credits backed by trophy assets, overseeing the entire process: creditor identification, structuring of securitization vehicles, repossession, and asset enhancement.
Recent successful transactions include:
- The closure of a negotiated procedure involving the restructuring of a significant debt secured by a trophy hotel asset in Milan;
- The renegotiation of bank debt for a large shopping center in the Milan metropolitan area, converting the debt into equity.
In the venture capital and growth equity space, he advises funds and startups on the negotiation of innovative instruments such as SAFE, convertible notes, and incentive plans (work for equity, stock option plans).
Recent transactions include:
- Advising UK venture capital investors on a €10 million seed round in a cloud storage company;
- Supporting a biotech startup through multiple investment rounds, totaling €15 million in funding;
- Assisting investment funds in the food and technology sectors from pre-seed to Series A.
Recent recognition
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Track record
Chatsim Srl sale of the company's shares to Wireless Logic Ltd.
Assisted the shareholders of Things Mobile Srl/Chatsim Srl, a global provider of IoT connectivity services (Internet of Things), in relation to the sale of 100% of the shares of the company to Wireless Logic Ltd, an English company. The shareholders are based both in Italy and Luxembourg. Our assistance included the drafting of the Share Purchase Agreement and the ancillary documentation (manager agreements, etc).
Italian holding company partial sale to technology sector player
Assisted the sole shareholder and director of an Italian holding company, in the partial sale of the company to an industrial player active in the technology sector. After completion, the seller will maintain its operational role as manager of the group.
Medtech
Assisted Recornea, a medtech company active in the field of ophthalmology who have developed new implantable medical devices, in its latest investment round, managing the entrance of the VC Entrepreneur First, one of the world's leading talent investors.
Officine Mak
Assisted Officine Mak in the purchase the ex- Idalium area of Vimodrone from Prelios. The total investment for the purchase of the area, the project, the redevelopment activity and the building works amounted to EUR 50 M approximately.
Three Italian companies
Assisted three Italian companies which owned veterinary clinics in the sale of 100% of their shares to VetPartners, an English private equity fund, which recently took over 380 veterinary clinics in the UK. He negotiated the management agreements between the target companies and each of the former owners who became the medical directors of the clinics.
StartupBootcamp
Works on a regular basis in partnership with StartupBootcamp to promote their acceleration program in Italy focused on fashion tech start-ups. He assisted StartupBootcamp in setting up the company which will produce and run the accelerator program in Italy, setting up the holding company that will hold stakes in over 20 fashion startups and drafting all the agreements necessary to finalise and implement their corporate structure.
Major Indian Bank
Advised a major Indian Bank in negotiating an EUR 150 M loan agreement and security package for an Italian company owned by an Indian Group that produces and maintains railway equipment and trains.
Officine Mak
Advised Officine Mak on the purchase of a green and brown field located in Cassina dè Pecchi of over 140,000 sq.meters from the former owner, Nokia. After which he carried out the negotiations with several major retail operators (Iperal, Prologis Italy Management) who subsequently purchased portions of the area.
Talks
Sergio often takes part in seminars and round tables on corporate finance issues. Recently, he has been actively involved in seminars and events on start-ups, business accelerators and angel investors and organizes special events and networking meetings with major players in the sector.
'Rapporto Banca-Impresa: Il Ruolo Del Professionista Specializzato In Banking & Rating Advisory' , webinar organized by Fondazione dei Dottori Commercialisti di Milano - July 2020
'Famiglia e Fiscalità' (Business, Family and Taxes), seminar at Banca Mediolanum - July 2014
Insight
Admissions
Italy, 1988
Education
Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, Master
Palermo University, Law
Languages
- English
- Italian
Key dates
- Year joined: 2013
- Year became partner: 2013