Matteo Meroni

I am a counsel in our Corporate group, with a specific focus on complex corporate transactions.

I am a counsel in our Corporate department based in Milan. I specialise and have extensive experience in a wide range of corporate deals, including M&A, private equity, joint ventures, reorganisations and debt restructurings and other extraordinary corporate transactions.

The combined M&A and insolvency expertise that I have gained over the years provides me with the capability to assist clients in acquiring and disposing of distressed assets in insolvency proceedings, such as financial and equity instruments, companies, and businesses, and in structuring and advising on both out-of-court and court-supervised insolvency tools, often involving the intervention of third-party investors in the debtor's capital structure.

In this respect, I dedicate particular focus to advising clients throughout the transaction, from deal structuring, through due diligence process, drafting and negotiating the relevant transaction documents, to signing and closing the transaction and the subsequent post-closing integration.

As a complement to my M&A and restructuring expertise, I also advise clients on general corporate and transactional matters, including sale and purchase agreements, procurement contracts, including EPC and O&M for the development and maintenance of renewable energy projects.

• Advised an Italian listed company in regards to debt restructuring and the subsequent recapitalisation of the company.
• Advised a company and its subsidiaries operating in the field of energy and real estate in the negotiation and drafting of a restructuring agreement pursuant to Article 182-bis of the Italian Bankruptcy Law, involving the activation of the recently introduced Article 182-septies of Italian Bankruptcy Law. In the same transaction I assisted the client in selling two companies managing photovoltaic plants.
• Advised a group of banks in negotiating and drafting an agreement aimed at the execution of a turn-around plan for a company and some of its subsidiaries, active in the real estate construction sector.
• Advised a group of banks in the negotiating and drafting of an agreement aimed at the execution of a turn-around plan for a company active in automotive business.