FA: Financial Advisor LA: Legal Advisor
ITALY TOP 10 M&A DEALS
July 2015 - June 2016
DATE DEAL VALUE
USD
(MILLIONS)
TARGET
COMPANY
DEAL
DOMINANT
INDUSTRY
BIDDER BIDDER
ADVISORS
SELLER SELLER
ADVISORS
06/08/2015 11 855 Wind Telecomunica-
zioni; 3 Italia
Telecommu-
nications:
Carriers
Hutchison 3G Italy
Investments
N/A
VimpelCom;
CK Hutchison
Holdings
FA: Goldman Sachs; HSBC;
Morgan Stanley
LA: Allen & Overy; Freshfields
Bruckhaus Deringer
28/07/2015 6 680 Italcementi Construction Heidelberg
Cement
FA: Deutsche Bank; Morgan
Stanley
LA: Gleiss Lutz; Hengeler
Mueller; Jones Day; Linklaters;
Studio legale Sabelli
Italmobiliare
FA: Mediobanca
LA: Gattai Minoli Agostinelli
& Partners; Herbert Smith
Freehills
29/09/2015 5 000
Natural American
Spirit (ex-US
business)
Consumer Japan Tobacco
LA: Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer; PwC legal
Reynolds Ame-
rican
FA: Citi; J.P. Morgan; Lazard
LA: Jones Day
23/03/2016 4 170 Banca Popolare di
Milano Scarl
Financial
Services
Banco Popolare
Societa Coope-
rativa
FA: Bank of America Merrill
Lynch; Colombo & Associati;
Mediobanca
LA: Gatti Pavesi Bianchi
Banca Popolare di
Milano Scarl
FA: Citi; Lazard
LA: Gianni, Origoni, Grippo,
Cappelli & Partners; Studio Le-
gale Lombardi Molinari Segni;
Studio Marchetti
18/11/2015 3 363 Enel Green Power
(30.83% stake)
Energy Enel
FA: Credit Suisse; JPMorgan;
KPMG
LA: Chiomenti Studio Legale
Enel Green Power
FA: Barclays; Enrico Laghi;
Lazard; Mediobanca
LA: Gianni, Origoni, Grippo,
Cappelli & Partners
11/11/2015 2 951
Pioneer Investment
Management
Financial
Services
Santander Asset
Management
SGIIC.
FA: Santander Global Banking
and Markets
LA: Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton; Davis Polk & Ward-
well; Gianni, Origoni, Grippo,
Cappelli & Partners; KPMG
Abogados; Slaughter and May;
Uria Menendez
Pioneer Invest-
ment Manage-
ment
FA: UniCredit Group
LA: Linklaters
19/04/2016 2 891
Royal Grolsch
(Grolsche
Bierbrouwerij
Nederland); Birra
Peroni; Meantime
Brewing Company
Consumer
Asahi Group
Holdings
FA: Rothschild
LA: Allen & Overy SABMiller
FA: Deutsche Bank; Lazard
LA: Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer; Hogan Lovells
International
18/04/2016 1 692
Banca Popolare di
Vicenza (99.33%
stake)
Financial
Services
Quaestio Capital
Management
FA: Bank of America Merrill
Lynch
LA: Gatti Pavesi Bianchi
Banca Popolare di
Vicenza
FA: BNP Paribas; Deutsche
Bank; J.P. Morgan; Medioban-
ca; UniCredit Group; Vitale
& Co.
10/05/2016 1 372 A4 Holding (51.4%
stake)
Construction Abertis Infraes-
tructuras
FA: Leonardo & Co.; Medio-
banca
LA: BonelliErede; Cuatrecasas,
Goncalves Pereira
Intesa Sanpaolo;
Astaldi; Equiter
N/A
12/04/2016 1 368 Artsana (60% stake) Consumer InvestIndustrial
FA: UniCredit Group
LA: Baer & Karrer; Kirkland &
Ellis; Studio Legale Lombardi
Molinari Segni
The Catelli family
FA: Lazard
LA: Chiomenti Studio Legale