Francesco Speciale
Associate, Milan
Biography
Overview
Francesco Speciale is in an associate in the Milan office. His areas of practice are private equity, private and public M&A, joint ventures and real estate.
Prior to joining White & Case, Francesco practiced in the Corporate and department of another major international law firm.
Bars and Courts
Italian Bar
Education
Luiss Guido Carli University
Rome
Languages
Italian
English
Experience
Private Equity
- Hines and Apollo Capital in connection with the acquisition of the controlling stake of Aedes SIIQ S.p.A., a listed real estate investment company and subsequent tender offer to acquire its outstanding shares. *
- Allianz in connection with its Italian and pan-European bancassurance joint venture with UniCredit. *
- BentallGreenOak in connection with its acquisition of a control interest in Techbau S.p.A. and in several acquisitions of logistic, industrial and office real estate assets. *
- Blackstone in connection with several acquisitions of real estate assets in the office and logistic sector. *
- Hotel Investment Partners (a portfolio company of Blackstone) in connection with its acquisition of five resorts from Aeroviaggi. *
- BentallGreenOak in connection with the acquisition of several logistic assets across northern Italy from different institutional investors. *
Corporate M&A
- Qatar Investment Authority in connection with a public tender offer to delist COIMA RES S.p.A. SIIQ, Italian REIT.*
- Limbo and Dedagroup in connection with a public tender offer to delist Piteco S.p.A. *
- Anima in the cross-border merger of Anima Asset Management into Anima Alternative Sgr. *
- Dr.Max Group in the acquisition of ValueFarma S.p.A., an Italian group operating in the pharmacy business. *
- Dedagroup in connection with the sale of Piteco, an Italian software company, to Zucchetti S.p.A. *
* Francesco worked on these matters prior to joining White & Case.
