Overview
Piero Carbone focuses on cross-border corporate transactions, particularly in the area of private equity. He advises private equity firms on a variety of transactions, including venture investments, buy-and-build transactions, mid-market and large leveraged buyouts and public-to-privates. Piero also advises fund managers on multi-jurisdictional fund raisings. He helps clients with both private and public M&A work, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures and share issuances. His clients include US and European private equity firms and fund managers from a variety of industries, including financial services, real estate, technology, hospitality and fashion.
Piero speaks and writes about private equity and corporate law around the world. He currently lectures at the International University of Monaco and the School of Management at the Politecnico di Milano and has also taught comparative law at the University of Naples “Federico II.” Piero has authored and co-authored several industry publications including “Introduction to the Main Aspects of Private Equity Transactions,” “Introduction to the Study of English Law” as well as “UK Finance Act 2015 — Royal Assent Received” and “UK Finance Bill – Key Points.”
Results
- Represented BlueGem Capital Partners in their acquisition of Pool Service, the leading Italian professional hair care group and owner of the iconic Medavita brand
- Represented Blue Gem Capital Partners, a European mid-market private equity firm, in the debt and equity restructuring of Jack Wills, well-known British lifestyle and fashion brand
- Advised HIG on the financing of a real estate investment in Italy
- Represented Intermediate Capital Group Plc, a British asset manager with over €27 billion in assets under management, in connection with the acquisition of Nadella, one of Europe’s leading producers of linear guides and rollers for industrial motion applications
- Represented the QMS Group and its shareholder BlueGem Capital Partners in connection with the refinancing by Bremen Kreditbank Aktiengesellschaft of the acquisition of the QMS Group by BlueGem Capital Partners. QMS is a leading premium skin care brand, founded in 1986 by the renowned German former facial surgeon Dr. med Erich Schulte
- Represented Blue Gem Capital Partners LLP, a London-based private equity fund, in connection with the acquisition of 70% of the share capital of Dr. Vranjes Firenze S.r.l., a leading Italian manufacturer and distributor of diffusers, home fragrances and other interior fragrance products
- Represented Blue Gem Capital Partners, a European mid-market private equity firm, in the refinancing of the capital structure of one of its portfolio companies, Enotria Wine Group. Enotria Wine Group Limited is the UK’s leading wholesale trade wine specialist
- Represented the Italian subsidiary of an Australian group on the issuance and listing of a euro denominated bond
- Represented Metric Capital Partners on the investment by funds it advises in Gruppo Bancario Mediterraneo, an Italian regional bank
- Represented The Private Clinic, a portfolio company of BlueGem Capital Partners, in a add on acquisition in the UK
- Represented Pricoa Capital Group in connection with their debt and equity investment in AMA SpA, which engineers, manufactures and distributes components and accessories primarily for agricultural machinery and off-highway vehicles as well as for gardening equipment
- Represented Metric Capital Partners in completing its fundraising for its second pan-European special situation fund in the amount of 465 million
- Represented Pricoa Capital Group in connection with their provision of acquisition financing to ArcaTech Systems, LLC and its group, a global leader in cash automation devices
- Represented Metric Capital Partners in connection with its debt investment in Genebre Group S.L, one of the leading global players in the fluid controls industry
- Represented Metric Capital Partners in connection with their debt and equity investment in Augusta Securities Limited, a UK litigation funding business
- Represented Est4te Four Capital in its US fund structuring and subsequent co-investments
- Represented a portfolio company of Triton Partners in its global restructuring and expansion in the US and in Asia
- Represented a German portfolio company of JZ International in its expansion in the US and UK
- Represented Bain Capital in the sale of software Teamsystem SpA to HG Capital for about US$575 million
- Represented Bain Capital in the acquisition of the Styron Division of the Dow Chemical Corporation for US$1.6 billion
- Represented Institutional Financial Markets Inc. in a sale of US$75 million of subordinated securities to a US bank
Recognitions
- The Legal 500 UK 2016, 2017, 2020 recommended in Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity: mid cap
- IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate 2020, rated as Notable Practitioner
- Association for Corporate Growth (ACGP) 2015, Meritorious Service Award
Community
- Member of Law Society of England and Wales
- Member of the Order of Lawyers of Milan
