Bio

Nicola Rapaccini joined the firm in 2008 and his practice focuses primarily on corporate and financial matters and private equity transactions. In particular, Nicola assists fund investors and fund sponsors in connection with the structuring of domestic and cross-border investment funds as well as with portfolio investments and domestic and cross-border private M&A and joint ventures transactions. Recent notable transactions in the fund structuring and formation area include the assistance of (i) a leading European private equity fund sponsor in the structuring of a Luxembourg-based fund of funds with EUR 300 million of committed capital and (ii) several European private equity teams in the formation of pooled multiple-investment vehicles in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Spain and Portugal. Recent notable transactions in the M&A and corporate area include the assistance of (i) an Italian telecommunications company in several rounds of fund raising of more than EUR 300 million from European and U.S. private equity investors as well as in connection with the granting of long-term loan facilities by leading Italian and Chinese financial institutions of more than EUR 100 million and (ii) a leading European private equity group regarding the acquisition of an Australian logistics company and the acquisition of the business of a European producer of nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products.