Overview
Elisa De Carolis focuses her practice on complex corporate transactional mandates for private equity sponsors, venture capital funds and other private capital investors and corporates.
She has a wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, joint ventures, shareholder relations, reorganizations, investment agreements, leveraged buyouts and private equity transactions.
She regularly advises clients in the technology, fashion & retail and healthcare industries, including startup companies, venture capital firms and PE houses.
Results
- Advised Palamon Capital Partners on their disposal of global leather accessories brand “Il Bisonte” to Tokyo stock exchange-listed distribution specialist, Look Holdings.
- Advised Eight Roads, a global proprietary investment firm backed by Fidelity, on the sale of the Optegra Group, leaders in critical eye-care services including eye surgeries and AMD, to H2 Equity Partners.
- Advised Umbra Capital Partners on setting up their investment vehicle and their portfolio investments, including securing a facility of up to £200 million for Hastee Pay, a company providing advances to employees on accrued salary, to continue providing its advance services.
- Advised BlueGem Capital Partners, a European mid-market private equity firm on their add-on acquisitions to The Private Clinic, one of the largest clinics specializing in cosmetic treatments and procedures in the UK, and related acquisition finance matters;
- Advised BlueGem Capital Partners, a European mid-market private equity firm on their acquisition of Pool Service, a leading Italian professional hair care group (owner of the Medavita brand), and related acquisition finance matters;
- Advised BlueGem Capital Partners, a European mid-market private equity firm on the debt and equity restructuring of Jack Wills, well-known British lifestyle and fashion brand and the subsequent sale to Sports Direct;
- Advised BlueGem Capital Partners, a European mid-market private equity firm on general corporate and financing matters for their portfolio companies, including: Dr. Vranjes Firenze, leading manufacturer of home fragrances, Enotria & Coe, premium wine wholesaler and make-up brand Iconic London.
- Advised MasterCard on their minority investment into Masabi, a UK tech company that develops and markets mobile ticketing services for public transport companies.
- Advised a private investment vehicle on their investment into Nexford University, a next-generation, online university based in Washington DC, in relation to their $10.8M pre-Series A round.
- Advised I.Q. Endoscope, a leading company manufacturing fully disposable endoscopes for general medical use, on their Series A Round, led by the Development Bank of Wales and Creo Medical.
- Advised Indian public company Bharat Forge Limited on its strategic investment in UK electrical vehicle manufacturer Tevva Motors (Jersey) Limited *
- Advised the shareholders of OTAS Technologies Limited, a market-leading analytics platform, on the sale of the company to Liquidnet, a global institutional trading network *
- Advised the shareholders of Kelerbay Limited (Doree Bonner International) on the sale of the company to private equity company A2E Industries Limited *
- Advised on worldwide projects in relation to international luxury brands*
- Acted for a multinational energy company in negotiating an equity investment programme with a syndicate of investors*
- Advised the sellers on the €30 million sale of Jobrapido to the Daily Mail Group*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
