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Giovanni Bandera, equity partner at Pedersoli Studio Legale, interviewed by We Wealth in the context of a conference aiming at presenting the results of a study produced by the Family Office Observatory of Politecnico di Milano.

SCM Group S.p.A. – a world leader in technologies for processing a wide range of materials, including wood, plastic, glass, stone and metal, and composite materials – carried out a complex corporate reorganisation involving its historical shareholders with the exit of the companies owned by the shareholders Linda and Marco Gemmani. The new corporate structure of SCM Group is managed, through the holding Ageco S.r.l., by the branch of Gemmani family headed by Giovanni and Anastasia Gemmani, and the two branches of Aureli family headed by Alfredo Aureli and Adriano Aureli (Non-executive Chairman of SCM Group).

In the transaction, Poggi & Associati advised Giovanni and Anastasia Gemmani with a team coordinated by name partner Luca Poggi and composed, as to legal aspects, of Emanuele Gnugnoli (partner) and Massimo Castiglioni (senior associate), as well as, for tax aspects, Monica Zafferani (partner), alongside the Rimini-based accountant Pier Maria Albini.

Family branch of Alfredo Aureli was advised, as to legal aspects, by Pedersoli Studio Legale, with a team composed of Giulio Sandrelli, Federica Cadorin and Federica Monteleone, as well as, for tax aspects, by Mario Piantanida, of counsel at Paroli Bruno Fossa.

Family branch of Adriano Aureli was advised, as to legal aspects, by Giovanardi Studio Legale, in the persons of Marco Marinoni (partner) and Alessandro Barbuti (associate), as well as, for finance, technical and tax aspects, by Farneti & Associati with a team composed of Francesco Farneti (name partner) and Andrea Angelini (associate).

Fineurop Soditic advised Linda and Marco Gemmani as financial advisor, with a team composed of the head of M&A department Germano Palumbo (senior partner) and Marco Morfino (senior advisor); Linda and Marco Gemmani were also advised, as to legal aspects, by Chiomenti, in the persons of Giulia Battaglia and Filippo Corsini, as well as, for finance, technical and tax aspects, by Chiara Mancini with the support from Federico Fonzi, respectively name partner and of counsel at Studio Mancini.

WIIT S.p.A., one of the main European players in the market of cloud computing services for business, focused on providing continuous hybrid cloud and hosted private cloud services for critical applications, a company listed on the Euronext STAR Milan segment of the Euronext Milan market, organised and managed by the Italian Stock Exchange, entered into an agreement for the acquisition of 100% corporate capital of ERPTech S.p.A., a leading provider of IT outsourcing services for SAP systems, formerly member of BT Group.

The consummation of the transaction is subject to the non-exercise by the Italian government of its powers under the so-called Golden Power legislation.

Pedersoli Studio Legale advised WIIT with a team led by Marcello Magro (equity partner), including Fabrizio Grasso (counsel) and Federico Gatti (associate).

Intesa Sanpaolo, advised by Pedersoli Studio Legale, appointed Thought Machine, a core banking technology company based in the United Kingdom, as partner to implement its new digital banking platform. What makes the partnership even more relevant is the £40 million investment that Intesa Sanpaolo has decided to provide, thus participating in the company’s growth path.

Isybank, the new digital banking platform of Intesa Sanpaolo, a qualifying project of the recently presented 2022-2025 Business Plan, shall make use of Vault, the core banking engine of Thought Machine.

Pedersoli team was led by Giovanni Pedersoli (equity partner) and included Giuseppe De Cola (senior associate).

FSI, CDP Equity and the Marcucci family entered into a binding agreement for the sale of their respective interests in Kedrion to Permira funds.

As a result of this transaction, Permira and its co-investor Abu Dhabi Investment Authority shall hold a controlling interest in Kedrion, which at the same time shall acquire BPL. Upon sale of the interest currently held, FSI and the Marcucci family shall reinvest in a minority interest in Kedrion-BPL.

The merger between the two companies shall result in a group of over €1.1 billion and shall count approximately 4,000 employees all over the world. The new company shall become one of the leading five global players in a sector with a long-term growth trend and significant valuable opportunities.

Kedrion’s shareholders have been advised by Carnelutti and Pedersoli, while Permira has been assisted by Latham & Watkins, Giliberti Triscornia and Maisto e Associati.

Carnelutti team comprised Carlo Pappalettera, Filippo Grillo and Alessandro Asti (partners), Cecilia Cagnoni Luoni and Nicola Cassinelli (counsel).

The Pedersoli team was led by Alessandro Marena (equity partner) and included Andrea Faoro (partner) and Leo Belloni (associate).

Latham & Watkins acted with a cross border team led by Tom Evans (partner).

The Giliberti Triscornia team comprised Riccardo Coda (partner) and Camilla Peri (counsel).

The Maisto e Associati team comprised Marco Valdonio and Stefano Tellarini (partners).

Lazard acted as financial advisor of the selling shareholders.