Typical client
Industrial operators
Data center providers, fiber operators, cloud service providers, and edge computing players evaluating a sale, external growth, or capital opening.
Sector focus
Digital Infrastructure.
Data center, cloud, connectivity.
Italian digital infrastructure — data centers, connectivity operators, edge computing — is expanding rapidly, driven by AI investments and enterprise cloud migration. Transactions on these assets require expertise in capital-intensive business models, long-term enterprise contracts, and valuation methodologies that blend real estate and infrastructure. Montesino supports both financial sponsors and industrial operators.
Who it's for
One sector, three lenses.
Data center, cloud, connectivity, and digital infrastructure operators: three perspectives on a market in full European consolidation.
Typical client
Infrastructure funds
Infrastructure funds (core, core+, value-add) active in European digital infrastructure for acquisitions, build-outs, and consolidations.
Typical client
Telco and tech strategics
Telecom operators and tech groups evaluating infrastructure asset carve-outs, partnerships, or acquisitions.
What we do
Recurring transactions in the sector.
The digital infrastructure market is characterized by intense M&A activity, European consolidation, and complex infrastructure debt structuring. Montesino operates with an integrated advisory + finance approach.
Type
Sales to infrastructure funds
Sell-side advisory to specialized funds for data center, fiber, and tower assets.
Type
Carve-outs from telco groups
Structuring of infrastructure asset spin-offs from integrated industrial groups.
Type
Acquisition financing
Acquisition debt structuring and long-term leverage for infrastructure platforms.
Type
Build-up and consolidation
Add-on transactions to build national and European platforms.
Sector insight
Sector insights.
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 partner.
Ugo Zampieri
Partner
Senior expert with over 25 years in M&A and debt restructuring across IT, business services, and healthcare, with Italian and cross-border experience. Originator of mandates for several IPOs on the EGM segment (formerly AIM Italia of Borsa Italiana).
Gian Piero Sala
President
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 of strategic and operational management, combining direct entrepreneurial activity and executive advisory. CFO and Executive Committee member at top-tier companies, with cross-sector experience in metals & mechanics, chemicals, agriculture, and services.
Riccardo Puddu Cortesi
Managing Partner
Business development and SME internationalization. Cross-border coordination with Montesino Associates LLC.