Milan, 27 October 2023. 

Bridgelaw, with its Partner Gianluca Benedetti, has advised the founders of the Irrimec Group in the sale of the Italian company Irrimec and its French subsidiaries Otech and Otech 40 to a private equity fund controlled by Carlyle.  Our firm has advised the sellers in the due diligence, the legal and regulatory aspects, the structuring, drafting and negotiation of all transaction contracts.  Carlyle has been advised by Latham & Watkins. 

Target companies operate in the design and construction of advanced irrigation systems for agriculture, including hose reels, hose reels with pump, irrigation booms, pivots, linears, control panels, irrigation accessories.   The acquisition fits with the creation, by Carlyle, of the Farmfront Group, a leading global platform of suppliers of advanced irrigation systems. 

Rome, September 2023. Bridgelaw Partners, with Avv. Gianluca Benedetti, has advised Italy Luxury Hotels in the acquisition of a prestigious property in Rome, Via Veneto, to become an All-Suite hotel.  The investment in the luxury property and part of the Capex for the restructuring and refurbishing works for the luxury suites have been financed by Banca Progetto and secured with the Fondo di Garanzia managed by Mediocredito Centrale.

Ivan Incardona and Valeria Lucia have advised Horizon Holding in its partnership with the Allcore Group for the development of the real estate instant buyer RE Business, operating with the brand “Acquistiamolatuacasa.it”.   

Acquistiamolatuacasa.it specializes in the swift execution of high-yield real estate transactions, including purchases, customized restructuring and resale to a selected clientele.

Allcore, previously known as Soluzione Tasse, leads a consulting group focusing on small-medium size enteprises, listed on Euronext Growth market managed by Borsa Italiana. Allcore was advised by the firm LCA.     

Rodolfo Gherardo La Rosa has advised Banijay Kids & Family in the due diligence process and in all contractual aspects of the acquisition of Movimenti Production group, a production company specialized in animation, feature and short films and animation and animation series for TV, including Strappare lungo i bordi, Zerocalcare and Topo Gigio.

The division of the Banijay Group now operates in France, UK and Italy with six production brands, supported by Zodiak Kids & Family Distribution, the operating arm handling and coordinating di marketing, distribution and licensing activities.

Rome/Paris, July 2022. Bridgelaw, with a team led by its founding partner Gianluca Benedetti, has advised Palomar S.p.A., a leading Italian film and TV series producers, in the structuring of an innovative shareholding plan for the key managers of the company.  Bridgelaw has also advised certain shareholders of Palomar in their investment in the share capital of the international production group Mediawan, participated by KKR and key managers of the same group. 

Milan – Abu Dhabi, 2022.  BridgeLaw, with lead counsel Gianluca Benedetti and his colleague Rodolfo G. La Rosa, and the assistance of a primary firm in the UAE, has acted for one of the main Italian EPC Contractors, listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, in LCIA arbitration proceedings vs. the issuer of a C.A.R. - Construction-All-Risk insurance policy, in the context of a USD 2.5 billion oil pipeline expansion project in the region of Abu Dhabi.

The four-year arbitration proceedings resulted in the LCIA Arbitral Tribunal issuing three separate awards, on liability, quantum and arbitration costs, all favorable to the EPC Contractor advised by our firm. 

Florence, 24 November 2022. BridgeLaw, with attorneys Ivan Incardona and Gianluca Benedetti, has successfully represented Brisa-Bridgestone Sabanci – a Turkish multi-national amongst the leading tyre manufacturers in Europe – in multi-million dispute started by an Italian distributor before the first-degree court of Florence, related to the commercial distribution in Italy of tyres manufactured by the Turkish group.

Catanzaro, 20 July 2021. BridgeLaw, with its counsel Ivan Incardona, has assisted S.A.TE.CA. S.p.a. in the lease of the "Terme Luigiane" Spa  -  the most important, ancient and renown health resort in Calabria - to Terme Sibarite S.p.a., wholly owned by the Calabria Region through the holding Fincalabra.

The contract affords the tenant the right to exercise a call option within the expiration date of the lease, on 31 December 2023, with earn-out mechanics based on the EBITDA achieved in the next years by Terme Luigiane Spa.

  1. BridgeLaw advises Ecosistem in the acquisition of 49% of Eco R.O.E.
  2. Upcoming European Environmental Scenarios in the Maritime Sector and Legal Problems in the Implementation of Future Legislation

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