Bacciardi Partners has assisted LEPORE MARE SPA – a leading Italian company in the production and wholesale marketing of fresh, frozen and packaged seafood products – in the acquisition of 100% of the ownership of the Milan-based company DETON ITALIA SRL, held by the French company DETON SPA.
The transaction is part of LEPORE MARE’s broader project of growth by external lines, through which LEPORE MARE intends to strengthen and increase its production and commercial chain through multiple corporate acquisitions.
The completed transaction will enable LEPORE MARE to increase its presence in the Central-Northern Italy market with particularly valuable products in the fresh food chain.
Bacciardi Partners acted with a multidisciplinary team coordinated by partner Renato Capanna and managing partner Lorenzo Bacciardi, LL.M. and composed:
- by senior advisor Manuela Santini of the Corporate Finance Department, for M&A advisory and accounting aspects, assisted by Dr. Maurizio Morganti for tax aspects; as well as
- by partner Pier Federico Orciari and junior associate Irene Cappelli of the Transnational Corporate Law Department, for legal and contractual aspects.
For LEPORE MARE, CEO Gianni Lepore and CFO Nicola Camarda intervened.
Baker Tilly assisted the French seller DETON SPA through its Bologna office with a team coordinated by partner Letizia Guidi and composed of associates Carmen Dinnella and Giovanni Querzani. The financial and M&A strategy profiles of the transaction, on the other hand, were handled by the team headed by partner Federico Forchielli.
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