Typical client
Italian family brands and groups
Family-controlled consumer and retail brands, often with premium or niche positioning, evaluating a full sale, capital opening, or generational transition.
Industry
Retail & Consumer.
Retail, food & beverage, premium brands.
Premium food & beverage brands, specialty retail chains, and omnichannel operators in Italy pair strong brand positioning with certified supply chains and international expansion plans. The most common routes are opening the capital to sector-focused funds, add-ons, and sales to international industrial groups in the segment.
Who it's for
Family-owned brands.
The Italian market brings together family brands, consumer-focused PE funds, and foreign industrial groups.
Typical client
Private Equity Funds
Consumer/retail specialized PE active in the Italian mid-market for build-up platforms, selective add-ons, and structured exits to strategics or sponsors.
Typical client
International groups
Foreign strategics seeking Italian brands with distinctive value, established distribution, or presence in sustainable product niches.
What we do
Sales and rounds.
Deals stem from the family ownership of Italian companies and from the interest of funds and foreign strategics in brand positioning.
Type
Brand sales
Vendor advisory for families selling their brand to industrial strategics or PE funds.
Type
Capital opening
Minority rounds to accelerate growth, internationalization, and investments in distribution channels.
Type
Sector build-ups
Construction of thematic platforms through acquisitions of complementary players in the segment.
Type
Cross-border transactions
Coordination of international competitive processes for Italian groups with global appeal.
Industry insight
Industry research.
REPORT
Sector map and key players
NOTE
Consolidation trends and recent M&A activity
ARTICLE
Current multiples and valuation benchmarks
REPORT
Cross-border outlook and international investors
The team
Lead partners.
Gian Piero Sala
Chartered accountant since 1993, court-appointed expert (CTU) at the Tribunal of Milano (Milan). Cross-border M&A negotiations.
Mirco Galeri
Managing Partner
Thirty years in business management, combining direct entrepreneurial activity and management consulting. CFO and executive committee member at companies in metals and mechanics, chemicals, agriculture and services.
Riccardo Puddu Cortesi
Managing Partner
Business development and SME internationalization.