Press Releases
May 2019
21 May 2019
Poggi & Associati, Legance and Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners in the agreement for the acquisition by IMA of a majority stake in ATOP, a world leader in automation for the manufacture of electric motors for E-mobility
IMA has signed an agreement with Charme Capital Partners SGR (the pan-European management company of the Charme Funds) and with the founders of the company for the purchase of 63% of ATOP, a leading company in the sector of machinery and automatic lines for the production of stators and rotors for electric motors for the automotive sector, and in particular for E-mobility.
IMA used the legal advice of Poggi & Associati, with a team coordinated by its partners Luca Poggi and Emanuele Gnugnoli and its associate Massimo Castiglioni, and the financial advice of PWC and Unicredit CIB.
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16 April 2019
The Poggi & Associati team expands in Bologna with six new professionals hired
The Poggi & Associati Bologna office grows thanks to the addition of six new professionals. Joining the taxation team are Monica Zafferani, as equity partner, Caterina Galassi and Matteo Veronesi, as salary partners, and Gloria Gaiba, Alessandro Alunni and Nicole Carloni, in the role of associate.
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Poggi & Associati and the Vacchi family working in collaboration on the total asymmetric demerger of Lopam-Fin
The Vacchi family, that controls the IMA group – a world leader in the production and sale of packaging machines and systems – has in the last few weeks established a corporate simplification process of the Group’s senior management with a subdivision of the assets of the parent company Lopam-Fin S.p.A., estimated to be about one billion Euro, between the seven families of the group in proportion to their shareholdings.
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8 March 2019
Poggi & Associati assists IMA in the agreement for the acquisition of 70% of Spreafico Automation
On 27 February 2019, the IMA Group (world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, tea and coffee products) signed an agreement for the acquisition of 70% of the share capital of Spreafico Automation S.r.l., with an option, exercisable in 2028, for the purchase of the remaining 30% of the share capital.
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19 December 2018
Poggi & Associati and Pedersoli with Route Capital Partners, Gianfranco Padovani (formerly of Vetriceramici and Zephir) and Vittorio Cereghini (formerly of Zephir) in the acquisition of a controlling interest in Barikell S.r.l.
On 12 December 2018, Route Capital Partners, an investment company from Milan founded by Marco Ferrara, Nicola Carminucci and Giuseppe Altieri, together with the entrepreneurs Gianfranco Padovani (formerly of Vetriceramici and Zephir) and Vittorio Cereghini (formerly of Zephir), acquired control of Barikell S.r.l., a company based in Modena operating in the design, manufacture and sale of machinery for industrial flooring.
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16 November 2018
Poggi & Associati assists IMA in the agreement for the sale of 60% of the filling business of the companies ERCA, HASSIA, HAMBA-GASTI and IMA Dairy & Food USA
On 14 November 2018, IMA undersigned a binding agreement with a newly established company (Newco) headed by Mr. Thomas Becker, a manager with proven experience and success in the packaging industry. This agreement concerned the sale of 60% of the equity investments in the companies ERCA, HASSIA, HAMBA-GASTI and IMA Dairy & Food USA, operating in the “filling” business.
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24 October 2018
Poggi & Associati assists Woolrich International in an agreement for the transfer of the majority of the capital to the private equity fund L-Gam Advisors Sarl.
Woolrich has sold the majority of the capital to the private equity fund L-Gam Advisors Sarl.
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13 July 2018
(Italiano) Poggi & Associati premiato come "Miglior Studio dell'Anno" all'evento "Italian Legalcommunity Awards - Eccellenze Territoriali".
(Italiano) Siamo orgogliosi di comunicare che, in occasione dell’evento “Italian Legalcommunity Awards – Eccellenze Territoriali”, organizzato dalla testata Legalcommunity, Poggi & Associati è stato premiato come “Miglior Studio dell’Anno”.
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4 June 2018
Poggi & Associati with GIMA TT in an agreement to acquire a 20% stake in AMT Labs S.p.A.
GIMA TT S.p.A., a company listed on the Star segment of Borsa Italiana, leader in the design and assembly of automatic electronic machines for the packaging of tobacco products and in particular latest generation products with a reduced risk, purchased a 20% stake in AMT Labs S.p.A. with an investment of 2.2 million euros.
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30 May 2018
Poggi & Associati with IMA in an agreement to acquire a 70% stake in Ciemme S.r.l.
The IMA Group (world leader in the design and production of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea and coffee) has signed an agreement with the Brenna family for the acquisition of 70% of Ciemme S.r.l. of Albavilla, Como, which manufactures and sells automatic end-of-line machines.
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