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We look forward to meeting you on 1 December, Tuesday, at Milan’s Palazzo Mezzanotte, for the BeBeez Private Capital Summit 2026
Where Italy Meets Alternative Capital.
Professionals working for private capital funds, institutional investors, financial avisors, business lawyers, entrepreneurs, and managers
will highlight the Italian market evolution.
The event will articulate as follows:
☀️ The State of Private Markets 2026
🌙 Private Capital Gala
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SRI Group Global Limited (Giulio Gallazzi – 52% and Bernardo Vacchi -48%) paid 220 million euros for acquiring troubled Milan-listed The Italian Sea Group (TISG), the owner of Admiral, Tecnomar, Perini Navi, and Picchiotti (see here a previous post by BeBeez). SRI will invest a further 40 million for relaunching the business. TISG received assistance from Meti Corporate Finance and KPMG Advisory. Vincenzo Poerio will be the ceo of TISG and replace Giovanni Costantino.
On 8 November, Sunday, Troubled Italian steel companies Ilva and Acciaierie d’Italia attracted the binding offers of peers Arvedi and Jindal Steel International (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Project Sider is advising the companies extraordinary administrators. Ilva and Arvedi previously attracted the interest of Flacks Group, the holding of Michael Flacks. Jindal Steel International belongs to Naveen Jindal and his family.
Natixis and AB CarVal invested in a securitization of UTPs with a face value of 80 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). An undisclosed bank sold the assets to Origo SPV which financed the purchase by issuing two classes of securities. Natixis purchased the senior notes and AB CarVal acquired the junior items. IQ-EQ Italy (fka Zenith Global) acted as primary and master servicer. Hipoges and STA Hipoges Law carried on the due diligence. Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici assisted AB CarVal. Natixis retained Clifford Chance while A&O Shearman advised IQ-EQ. The undisclosed vendor appointed Ashurst Perkins Coie.
F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi, an Italian producer of bicycles that belongs to Swedish Grimaldi Industri, applied for receivership and started to hold debt restructuring talks (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Bianchi has liabilities of 100 million euros (64.3 million with banks) and lowws of 28 million. The company retained Eugenio Bissocoli and appointed Tony Grimaldi as ceo.
Sources said to BeBeez Campagnolo sold a 28% to SPAC, a Swiss firm of Ivan Glasenberg, the former ceo of London-listed Glencore who previously invested in Pinarello, Q36.5 and Technogym (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The Campagnolo Family will keep the majority ahead of relaunching the business. Terrin & Associati acted as lead advisor. Campagnolo retained Gianni & Origoni and KPMG. SPAC appointed CMS AACS while Chiarelli Druda Lombardi assisted the creditor banks. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors SPAC and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Sources said to BeBeez that on 29 October, Thursday, ASKO Holding, a Turkish manufacturer of agricultural and earth-moving machinery that belongs to the Konukoğlu Family, completed the 8 million euros worth acquisition of Italian competitor in receivership Goldoni Keestrack from Belgium Keestrack (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Rolandino Guidotti acted as administrator for the asset. Goldoni Keestrack retained Pirola Corporate Finance, Studio Luce di Ludergnani Cecchini and Studio Legale Avv. Elena Bernardi. ASKO received assistance from Tonucci & Partners and the financial support of Emil Banca. Giovanni Paglia is Emilia Romagna Region’s Councillor for Employment.
Green Arrow Capital is close to buying a little less than 15% in Piazza Italia, a fashion retailer that belongs to Luigi Bernardo (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Piazza Italia is also working on acquiring the whole of Conbipel from Invitalia and Euroseta (Turati Family) ahead of implementing a five-year plan for relaunching the company. The Italian antitrust authority set the deadline for raising issues on 12 November, Thursday.
Sigit, a company of Pierangelo Decisi (60%) and Oman Investment Authority (40%) is close to acquiring Speedline, an Italian producer of high-end automotive components in receivership since 2024 (see here a previous post by BeBeez). On 5 November, Thursday, the Italian Ministry of Corporates and Made in Italy received the preliminary sale agreement ahead of a closing that may take place on 27 November, Friday. Maurizio Castro, Mario Giovanni Patti and Alfonso Celotto are the extraordinary commissioners of Speedline, a company that Swiss Ronal sold in 2023 to German Callista Private Equity. On 15 October 2024, Venice Court said that the company was insolvent.
Golub Capital provided the credit protection on the first-loss tranche of a synthetic securitisation with significant risk transfer (SRT) for a one billion euros underlying portfolio of project finance and infrastructure loans (see here a previous post by BeBeez). A&O Shearman acted as deal advisor.
Nextalia Investment Management aims to raise 300 million euros for Raffaello, a new vehicle for investing in UTPs with the support of EY, ceo Francesco Canzonieri said (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Sources said to BeBeez that the fundraising may close by the end of 2027 and may attract the NPEs of Unicredit, Bper, Banco di Desio, and Intesa Sanpaolo. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Nextalia and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
