Benedetta Mazzotti, associate, joined De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani in 2015. She previously worked in the Corporate and M&A department at the London office of Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners. In the period 2018 – 2019, Benedetta has been seconded at the London office of a primary Anglo-American firm.
Benedetta specializes in commercial law, corporate law and M&A transactions. She is involved in domestic and international acquisitions, joint ventures and group reorganizations relating to leading international groups.
Her additional areas of practice include commercial and corporate dispute resolutions both in litigation and arbitration.
Benedetta attended a post graduate course on white collar crimes and corporate liability at Milan State University and has obtained her Master of Laws – LL.M. in Corporate and Commercial Law at Queen Mary University of London.
Assisted, as part of a Team, a Dutch holding company in the acquisition of a leading South African company active in the yacht manufacturing industry. The company was assisted during all the steps of the transaction (including, drafting and negotiation of sale and purchase agreement and other contractual instruments, signing/closing).
Practices
M&A
Industrie
Shipping
Assisted, as part of a Team, a leading German Group, active in the industrial measurement devices industry, in the investment in a major Italian company, with subsidiaries in China and USA, active in the same industry. The group was assisted during all the steps of the transaction (due diligence, drafting and negotiation of investment agreement, shareholders’ agreement, escrow agreement and other contractual instruments, signing/closing).
Practices
M&A
Industries
Industrial Products and Equipment
Assisted, as part of a Team, a chemicals distributor in the acquisition of an Italian company operating as distributor of chemical products as well as of its French and Spanish subsidiaries. The company was assisted in the legal due diligence activity, as well as the negotiation and drafting of the relative sale and purchase agreement, closing and post-closing activities.
Practices
M&A
Industries
Chemicals
Assisted, as part of a Team, one of the major construction company of the GCC region, in the context of a financing transaction of an Italian JV, as well as in the termination of the JV and the exclusion of quotaholders, in the framework of the JV partner pre-bankruptcy procedure. The assistance covered corporate, bankruptcy and litigation aspects, including directors’ liabilities issues.
Practices
Corporate and Commercial
Litigation
Industries
Construction
Assisted, as part of a Team, a French multinational group active in waste management and maintenance services, in the reorganization of its Italian subsidiaries, with respect to corporate governance issues, and business reorganization, as well as in general company and contract law issues. The assistance covered corporate and contractual law as well as litigation before Italian Civil Courts and Supreme Administrative Courts.
Practices
Corporate and Commercial
Litigation
Industries
Waste Recovery and Recycling
