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Leonardo Pinta

Of Counsel

Rome

Leonardo Pinta is of Counsel and member of the M&A and Private Equity group.

Leonardo practices in the areas of M&A, corporate and commercial law, corporate governance, and more in general, in structuring and negotiating extraordinary transactions such as share deals, assets deals, mergers, demergers and spin offs, with specific focus on the private equity sector. Clients represented are PE funds, multinational players, listed and private companies, entrepreneurs and managers. He gained solid expertise assisting purchasers and sellers in the context of one-to-one sales and competitive auctions as well as in the management of the relevant negotiation procedures.

He received a PhD in Business Law from Luiss Guido Carli in Rome and a Master’s Degree (LLM) in Corporate Law from New York University in New York and is admitted to practice in Italy.

  • Relevant experience includes representation of:

    • Tecnocap in the acquisition of Eticpress / Tecnocap nell’acquisizione di Eticpress
    • Giovanni Fassi and Gestioni on the sale of Fassi group to Investindustrial.
    • Esso Italiana and Exxon Mobil on the sale to VTTI of the Adriatic LNG offshore regassification operations (pending).
    • Esso Italiana and Exxon Mobil on the sale of Esso’s Italian fuel business including the Trecate Refinery to IP- API Group.
    • Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation on the JV with Mr Franco Iorio and subsequent acquisition of CPC S.r.l. a leading carbon fiber player.
    • McCormick Corporation, a US listed company, in its approx Euro 120m acquisition of Giotti S.p.A.
    • Dover Corporation, a US listed company, in its approx Euro 300m acquisition of the JK Group from Wise and Alcedo, two Italian PE funds
    • Oaktree Capital Management on the minority investment in MBE Worldwide S.p.A. (the known Mailboxes etc.).
    • Montefiore Investments on the acquisition of EXA from Alcedo Capital
    • ORIENTA CAPITAL PARTNERS in the sale of Passione Unghie to TRILANTIC.
    • Orienta Capital Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Trendcolor.
    • CVC Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of the Pasubio group, a specialized provider of premium leather for the automotive industry.
    • The Cherubini family on the sale to Apheon of, and minority reinvestment in, the Salpa group.
    • The Cherubini family on the sale to the private equity fund Equinox of 63 percent of the Salpa group.
    • The sole shareholder of Project Informatica S.r.l. on the sale of the entire share capital of such entity to an Italian subsidiary of HIG Capital.
    • Mr. Mario Angeloni in the sale of ANGELONI, IMPREGNATEX AND ITT to ORCA, a leading carbon fiber player controlled by IDI, a French listed PE Fund
    • Atlantia and Abertis on their $1.4 billion JV with GIC to acquire Red de Carreteras de Occidente motorway in Mexico.
    • Pometon in its industrial automotive joint venture with the Seojincam-Seco Group in Korea
    • Medivis on the sale of the Cortivis business unit to Doc Generici.
    • DigiTouch Group, Cloud Marketing Company listed on the AIM Italia market, in a binding agreement aimed at the acquisition of the innovative start-up Ondeal.
    • DigiTouch Group, an AIM listed entity, leader on the digital advertising market, in the acquisition of a majority stake in Nextmove S.r.l. and in the merger between its subsidiary E3 S.r.l. with C&A Aladino S.r.l.
    • General Electric on the carve-out of Nuovo Pignone-GE’s Oil and Gas business and its combination with Baker Hughes to create a leading equipment, technology and services provider in the oil and gas industry.