De Berti Jacchia announces the arrival of Luca Magrini, Rocco Pugliese and Pasquale Mosella, who join the Firm as Partners, together with their respective teams, further expanding its expertise in private equity, finance, restructuring and M&A.

The arrival of the three professionals, whose complementary experience has been gained at leading firms, marks a significant step in the Firm’s growth strategy and supports the development of its new Capital Solutions practice, strengthening its position in the private capital market and its ability to advise private equity and private credit funds, asset managers, banks, financial institutions, sponsors, companies and Italian and international investors on complex and bespoke transactions.

The new Capital Solutions practice brings together complementary expertise in M&A, private equity, banking & finance, restructuring and special situations, enabling the Firm to support clients throughout the entire lifecycle of investments and equity and debt transactions, from acquisitions and disposals to financing and refinancing transactions, as well as restructuring, special situations and distressed investments.

Luca Magrini specialises in Private Equity, M&A and corporate law. He advises Italian and international private equity funds and corporate clients on domestic and cross-border transactions, with particular experience in the food & beverage, pharmaceutical and life sciences, industrial products and equipment, and services sectors. He has also developed extensive experience in restructuring and special situations, advising special opportunities funds, hedge funds and lenders on financial and corporate restructurings, distressed M&A and debt trading.

Rocco Pugliese specialises in complex financing transactions, with a particular focus on private capital and capital solutions. He advises private equity and private credit funds, banks, financial institutions, investors and Italian and international corporate groups on debt transactions, with particular experience in leveraged and acquisition finance, real assets finance, preferred equity and structured finance, as well as restructuring transactions.

Pasquale Mosella has extensive experience in Banking & Finance, with a particular focus on complex and innovative financing transactions requiring integrated expertise across lending, structured finance, NPLs/UTPs and restructuring. He advises Italian and international banks, investment funds, servicers and borrowers on real estate finance, leveraged finance, project finance and corporate lending transactions, as well as in turnaround and special situations contexts.

The three Partners will be joined at De Berti Jacchia by their respective teams, comprising Anna Ferrari, Managing Associate, Andrea Di Gregorio and Federica Di Ridolfi, Senior Associates, and Beatrice Carminati, Associate.

“The arrival of Luca, Rocco and Pasquale and their respective teams represents an important step in De Berti Jacchia’s growth and confirms our ability to attract professionals of the highest calibre. The strengthening of our Corporate/M&A and Banking & Finance practices, combined with the expertise that the new Partners bring in Private Equity, Restructuring and Special Situations, further enhances our ability to advise clients on the most complex transactions. This is a significant investment in the Firm’s development and in building an increasingly integrated organisation, combining complementary expertise with a strong international outlook,” comments Claudio Corba Colombo, Co-Managing Partner of De Berti Jacchia.

Having celebrated its first fifty years, De Berti Jacchia is renewing its governance and entering a new phase in its development. The partners have appointed Massimiliano Gazzo and Claudio Corba Colombo as Co-Managing Partners, with founding partner Roberto Angelo Jacchia continuing to provide strategic advice, entrusting them with the leadership of the Firm. The new structure will support the growth of a firm that today comprises more than 75 professionals, with the ambition to expand further while strengthening its organisational model and its ability to address the challenges of an ever-evolving legal market.

The new governance structure builds on a position of strength and formalises a fully completed generational transition. It introduces a more structured model, with clearly defined bodies, functions and responsibilities, distinguishing strategic direction from operational management and strengthening decision-making processes, people development and risk management.

For De Berti Jacchia, governance is the framework through which to pursue development based on integration across practices and shared responsibility, strengthening areas of excellence and developing new capabilities in response to market evolution. This path reaffirms the values on which the Firm has built its identity: independence, professional excellence, an international outlook and a strong focus on client relationships.

The new organisation also strengthens the functions dedicated to the Firm’s development, with Partner Michelangelo Cicogna taking responsibility for Business Development and Partner Chiara Caliandro for Communications. These two strategic functions are integrated into the governance structure to support consistent, structured and long-term growth. The Firm has also established a dedicated focus on artificial intelligence, both as an area in which to advise clients on AI-related legal issues and as a driver of innovation in its internal processes. This development reflects an awareness of how technology is reshaping the legal profession and further strengthens the Firm’s ability to provide clients with continuity, reliability and an increasingly integrated approach.

In a market increasingly moving towards consolidation, De Berti Jacchia confirms its independence as a strategic choice, firmly believing that autonomy, specialisation and cultural consistency are essential to providing multidisciplinary advice with a long-term perspective. This vision goes hand in hand with the Firm’s longstanding international outlook, which has always underpinned its work for Italian and international clients on cross-border matters through an integrated approach and an established network of relationships.

“Governance is not only about internal structures, but about how a firm chooses to prepare for the future. This journey stems from the belief that growth means organisation, shared responsibility and the ability to evolve without losing one’s identity,” says Massimiliano Gazzo.

“Having celebrated our first fifty years, we now look ahead to the next fifty with the strength of a firm that has successfully renewed itself without turning its back on its roots, and with confidence in a new generation of professionals who will be called upon to shape its future. Governance is the concrete expression of this vision: not a destination, but the starting point of a new chapter,” adds Claudio Corba Colombo.

With the renewal of its governance, De Berti Jacchia consolidates an organisational model designed to support its growth and strengthen its positioning as an independent, international firm focused on creating long-term value.

Mordiglia Law Firm and De Berti Jacchia advised Gaston-Schul International BV, a company specialized in customs services, trade compliance, and international trade solutions with a well-established European presence, in its acquisition of Parodi Forwarding Srl, a historic Genoa-based company operating in the customs services and international freight forwarding sector.

The transaction enables Gaston-Schul to strengthen its presence in the Italian market by integrating the know-how and expertise of a long-established company active in customs and international forwarding services. The acquisition forms part of the group’s broader European growth strategy, aimed at expanding its customs and trade compliance service offering and consolidating its presence in key international logistics hubs.

Through this transaction, Gaston-Schul further reinforces its position as an independent operator in the customs services and international trade sector, while also enhancing the expertise and entrepreneurial heritage of the Genoese business community.

Gaston-Schul was advised by Mordiglia Law Firm, with Marco Lenti and Nicola Nardi handling all transport law, customs law, and employment law matters, and by De Berti Jacchia, with Claudio Corba Colombo, Benedetta Mazzotti, and Vittoria Vezzoli advising on the corporate M&A aspects of the transaction.

This deal represents yet another success in the long-standing “best friendship” between Mordiglia Law Firm and De Berti Jacchia. By combining their respective areas of specialization and excellence, the two firms have established themselves as leading players in M&A transactions within the strategically important transport and logistics sector.

Japanese group Nabtesco Corporation, a company specializing in motion control systems, has sold Oclap S.r.l., an Italian company active in the production of doors and opening systems for the railway sector, to Lenbach Equity Opportunities III KG, a fund managed by DUBAG Investment Advisory.

ABS – Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, through its subsidiary Rott-Ferr, has acquired 100% of the share capital of R. Casini, a company active for over forty years in the collection, processing, and commercialization of ferrous and metallic materials, based in Feletto Umberto (UD).

The transaction is part of ABS’s strategy to strengthen its scrap supply chain, initiated in 2023, and enables the creation of the largest regional hub for scrap management, with a total capacity of approximately 200,000 tons per year. The deal aligns with the group’s vertical integration strategy and reflects the growing importance of ferrous scrap for the European steel industry, in a context shaped by evolving Italian and European regulations concerning exports and the control of secondary raw materials.

The sellers were assisted by Studio De Berti Jacchia, with a team led by partner Claudio Corba Colombo, together with managing associate Benedetta Mazzotti on corporate M&A matters, and Ferruccio di Lenardo on financial aspects.

De Berti Jacchia has advised Olyos Group, an international player and a leading company in the natural health sector, as well as the fifth-largest operator in the French market for food supplements distributed in pharmacies and para-pharmacies, on the acquisition of Somatoline, a historic dermocosmetics brand in Italy, previously owned by Manetti & Roberts, a company controlled by the Bolton Group.

Through this transaction, Olyos strengthens its presence in the dermocosmetics sector and, leveraging strategic commercial and operational synergies, aims to accelerate its expansion in the Italian and European markets.

De Berti Jacchia assisted Olyos Group on all legal and tax aspects of the transaction with a multidisciplinary team led by partner Claudio Corba Colombo, supported by senior associate Benedetta Mazzotti for corporate M&A matters. Partners Antonella Terranova and Pietro Meda handled administrative law and pharmaceutical regulatory aspects, respectively.

Partner Andrea Terragni advised on intellectual property matters, while tax and employment aspects were handled by partners Tiziana Zona and Gaspare Roma, respectively.

De Berti Jacchia advised Trench Group, an international group active in the development of components and technologies for high-voltage power transmission infrastructure, in the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Enerlux Power S.r.l., an Italian company specialized in the production of power capacitors and power factor correction systems for medium- and high-voltage applications.

The transaction represents a further step in Trench Group’s growth strategy. The group currently employs more than 2,900 people and operates 10 production plants and 4 regional hubs, thereby strengthening its portfolio of technologies dedicated to the reliability and quality of power grids.

The De Berti Jacchia team, which assisted Trench Group on all legal aspects of the transaction, was led by partners Chiara Caliandro and Claudio Corba Colombo, supported by senior associate Benedetta Mazzotti. Partners Antonella Terranova and Gaspare Roma advised respectively on administrative law and employment law matters.