Raffaello Mangiavacchi

Raffaello Mangiavacchi advises corporations and financial sponsors on a wide range of cross-border corporate transactions, including M&A and selected capital markets transactions. He is a member of Skadden’s Italian practice, which has been repeatedly named Best Italian Desk of the Year by TopLegal and Legal Community.

Mr. Mangiavacchi’s recent experience includes advising:

• Investindustrial and its portfolio companies on several matters, including the acquisition of Micropump Inc. from IDEX Corporation
• Lionel Messi on his agreement to play for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF
• Prada Holding S.p.A. on its minority investment in Axiom Space, Inc. and Prada S.p.A., as well as with respect to its collaboration agreement with Axiom Space, Inc.
• Wejo, a Nasdaq-listed company, on its proposed business combination with TKB Critical Technologies 1, a SPAC vehicle
• the lead underwriters on the Republic of Italy’s offering of debt securities, in several issuances, including a US$7 billion offering of notes and a US$3.5 billion offering of notes
• Polynt Group on various matters, including its:
  • sale to funds advised by Black Diamond Capital Management
  • €1.3 billion multi-tranche high-yield offering of senior secured notes
  • €300 million high-yield offering of senior secured notes
• Barilla on its acquisition of Pasta Evangelists
• Nokia on its agreement to transition its Gainspeed portfolio, along with all supporting technology and assets, to Vecima Networks
• United Talent Agency on various matters, including its acquisitions of:
  • The Curtis Brown Group
  • Echo Location Talent Agency
  • MediaLink
• Agroberries (a company invested in by Continental Grain Company) on its investment in BerryWorld’s EMEA and Asia Pacific businesses

Mr. Mangiavacchi previously spent nine months on secondment at Investindustrial, where he advised on M&A transactions.