Giovanni Valentini

Expertise

Giovanni Valentini is an Italian qualified lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Giovanni has more than 10 years of experience in advising entrepreneurs, international banks and private equity funds in complex M&A deals, from both the sell-side and buy-side.

His experience encompasses all stages of M&A transactions, including cross-border transactions, as well as the structuring and execution of acquisition projects for private equity clients. Giovanni operates with a focus on the strategic and financial aspects of a transaction and in close co-operation with the other professionals involved in the deal.

He also advises on shareholders’ agreements as well as on other commercial contracts.

Giovanni Advises

• Entrepreneurs
• SMEs and LSEs
• Private Equity Funds
• Venture Capital Funds
• Startups

Experience Highlights

• Advising a Luxembourg PE fund in a large exit and reinvestment transaction in the field of circular economy
• Advising a Luxembourg PE fund in the structuring and execution of several acquisitions in the fashion sector
• Advising a VC fund in several investment rounds in the tech sector
• Advising an international bank in the carve-out and sale of its pawn loan business
• Part of the team that advises UniCredit S.p.A. in the sale of Bank Pekao (Poland)

Career History

Previous Law Firms

• Gianni & Origoni
• Gelmetti Studio Legale Associato

In-House Experience

• Coesia S.p.A. (Head of M&A Legal)
• UniCredit S.p.A. (secondment)

Memberships

• Ordine degli Avvocati di Bologna

Education

• University of Bologna (2006-2011)

Other

• Patronage letters and article 1938 of the Italian Civil Code – Banca, Borsa e Titoli di Credito (2016); (note: this is an article)
• Lecturer at the University of Bologna (2014-2016)