Sebastiano Cassani
Sebastiano Cassani focuses his activity on M&A and private equity transactions. In the course of time, he advised numerous domestic and international companies and private equity funds active in various fields and, particularly, in the food, energy and shipping fields. Sebastiano was partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf and associate at Simmons & Simmons and Sciumé Zaccheo e Associati. In 2007, he worked in the New York office of Dewey Ballantine LLP. Sebastiano cooperates with the law publication "Le Società". He was praised for being 'outstanding in M&A negotiations, company law and commercial matters' by “The Legal 500”.
He graduated in law at the Catholic University Sacro Cuore of Milan and is admitted to the Italian Bar Association since 2002. In 2004, he attended the business law school at the University Bocconi of Milan.
Sebastiano speaks Italian and English.
Gattai, Minoli, Partners in the partnership between Fhiaba and V-zug
The Firm acted as legal advisor to Fhiaba, manufacturer of high-end domestic refrigerators under its own brand and for third parties, in the signing of a strategic partnership for the acquisition of a 24,99% of its share capital with one of its historical clients, the Swiss group V-ZUG, producer of home appliances and listed on the Zurich Stock Exchange.
Gattai, Minoli, Partners with Eurizon in the acquisition of Trasporti Romagna
The Firm has advised Eurizon in the acquisition, through its two funds Eurizon Iter (dedicated to institutional investors) and Eurizon Iter Eltif (dedicated to retail investors), of a majority stake in Trasporti Romagna, Italian company providing road transport and integrated logistics services to operators in the large-scale retail trade, the agri-food sector and temperature-controlled food producers.
The Firm with ReeVo in the acquisition of 55% of Security Lab
Gattai, Minoli, Partners advised ReeVo, an innovative SME active in the cloud & cyber security branch, in the negotiation and signing of an investment agreement aimed at the acquisition of 55% of the share capital of Security Lab, a Milan-based company specializing in cyber security.
Gattai, Minoli, Partners with Cerved Credit Management in the acquisition of Rev
The Firm advised Cerved Credit Management in the tender procedure which awarded the operating platform of REV Gestione Crediti – a company wholly owned by the National Resolution Fund (“Fondo Nazionale di Risoluzione”) and which was incorporated in 2015 by the Bank of Italy to allocate the exposures of four Italian banks under resolution (Popolare Etruria, Banca Marche, Cassa di Chieti and CariFerrara) – to Cerved.
Gattai, Minoli, Partners in the acquisition of GSA by Eurizon SGR S.p.A.
Gattai, Minoli, Partners advised Eurizon SGR S.p.A. in the acquisition, through its funds Eurizon ITER FIA and Eurizon ITER ELTIF, of 70% share capital of Gruppo Servizi Associati (“GSA”), leading Italian operator in fire prevention systems.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners and Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. in the acquisition of a going concern from FinanzaSud SIM
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners assisted Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. in the acquisition of ownership of a business as a going concern active in portfolio management on an individual basis of both retail and institutional clients from FinanzaSud SIM S.p.A., a securities brokerage company based in Milan and part of the Banca Agricola Popolare di Ragusa banking group.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners with ReeVo for the IPO on AIM Italia
ReeVo S.p.A., an Italian cloud provider that has been offering Cloud, Cyber Security and Hybrid Cloud services for over 15 years, was granted admission to AIM Italia, a multilateral trading facility managed by Borsa Italiana.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners legal advisor to Iren Ambiente in the acquisition of 20% of Futura Spa
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners assisted Iren Ambiente S.p.A. in the acquisition from S.I.T. - SOCIETA' IGIENE TERRITORIO - S.P.A. of a shareholding representing 20% of the share capital of Futura S.p.A..
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners legal advisor to Reevo in its transformation in S.p.A and capital increase.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners assisted di Reevo, Italian cloud provider with 15 years experience in the Cloud, Cyber Security and Hybrid Cloud services, in its transformation in S.p.A. by means of a significant capital increase which sets out the foundations for an important business growth.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advisor to Iren in the sale of Unieco's Environment Division
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners assisted Iren in the sale procedure launched by the Liquidator Commissioner appointed by the Ministry of Economic Development, which saw Iren as the highest bidder for the Environment Division of Unieco Società Cooperativa in Liquidazione Coatta Amministrativa.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advisor to IREN Energia in the acquisition from Fineurop Investment Opportunities of the business branch active in the municipalities of Collegno e Rivoli
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners assited IREN Energia, company of the IREN Group, in the acquisition from Fineurop Investment Opportunities S.p.A..
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners for the partnership between Eurizon and the fintech startup Oval Money
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners and Orrick have been advisor in the first case in Italy of advanced integration between fintech and traditional bank.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advisor to Ambienta SGR in the acquisition of Phoenix International Spa
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advised Ambienta SGR, Europe’s largest sustainability focused private equity investor, in the acquisition of Phoenix International SpA, the European leader in the design, manufacturing and sale of aluminium extrusion dies for the construction, transportation and industrial markets.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners successfully represented Diamond Love Bond in the investigation started by AGCM
Silvia D’Alberti, Sebastiano Cassani, Claudia Cattarin and Roberto Garrone of Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners successfully represented Diamond Love Bond in the investigation started by the Italian Antitrust Authority (IAA) last March in order to assess an alleged infringement of the consumer protection rules with reference to the sale of diamonds through the banking channel.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners legal Advisor to IREN Ambiente in the acquisition of 48.85% of SETA
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advised IREN Ambiente, a company held by IREN Group, in the acquisition by SMC Smaltimenti Controllati – a company held by Waste Italia Group – of a business branch formed by 48.85% of the share capital of Società Ecologica Territorio Ambiente (SETA) and in the closing and post mortem management activities of the dump “O” in Chivasso.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advisor to Vinci Energies in the acquisition of Sintesi Group (Sirecom)
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advised Vinci Energies Italia in the acquisition of Sintesi Group (Sirecom), specialized in services and solutions of ICT area, which counts members in Italy and United States with a revenue in 2017 of more than Euro 15 million.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners awarded Law Firm of the Year 2018 in the Food & Drink category at the TopLegal Industry Awards
The partners involved in the Food & Drink category deals are Emanuela Campari Bernacchi, Sebastiano Cassani and Valentina Lattanzi.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners: 21 lawyers ranked in “The Legal 500 2018”
“The Legal 500 2018” has been published. There are 21 lawyers ranked in 8 different practices confirming the experience and quality of the resources.
In particular, the international directory mentioned our law firm amongst the top 5 Italian law firms market players and reports that “Gattai has experienced impressive growth in recent years”.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners in the sale of Monviso S.r.l. from PM & Partners to Cerea Partenaire
PM & Partners SGR announces the sale of Monviso S.r.l., leading company specialised in bread substitutes, having functional gourmet and healthy features.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners Advisor to the Antolotti family in the acquisition of the residual minority stake in Turbocoating Spa
Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners assisted the Antolotti Family in the acquisition, through the holdings Luglio 2012 S.r.l. and Agosto 2017 S.r.l., of the minority stake held by the investment fund Neuberger Berman AIFM Limited, Winch Italy Holdings 2 S.A. and Winch Italia SICAF S.p.A. in the share capital of Turbocoating S.p.A.
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advisor to Cerved in the extension of the industrial partnership with BHW Bausparkasse
Today BHW Bausparkasse AG – Italian branch, headquartered in Bolzano, part of the German banking group BHW Bausparkasse AG, in turn part of the German banking group Deutsche Postbank AG), and Cerved Credit Management Group, subsidiary of Cerved Information Solutions S.p.A. – parent holding company of Cerved Group SpA, the largest information provider and credit servicer in Italy – have finalised an agreement to extend their long-term industrial partnership for the management of non-performing loans in order to include also support and administrative activities on a portfolio of performing, sub-performing and non-performing loans for approximately 1.5 billion Euros.