Roberto De Simone

Roberto is a highly experienced lawyer who stands out for his client-centered approach, fostering trust and effective communication. He is a multi-faceted lawyer who has grown up and trained in top-tier law firms, with exemplary interpersonal skills, prioritizing client satisfaction, effective communication and ethical conduct, while fostering positive relationships with colleagues and peers in the legal field. In both real estate and mergers and acquisitions, his primary areas of expertise, he is also proficient in structuring, financing, negotiation and regulatory compliance issues. In all these areas, he balances legal expertise with business acumen to ensure successful outcomes for clients.

Highlights of the work

Representation of REAM SGR S.p.A., a major real estate asset management company, in the acquisition of a real estate asset located in Turin, with an area of over 6,000 sqm, fully leased to a major large-scale retail operator.

Representation of Polimoda, a private fashion school in Florence, Italy, originally founded by Shirley Goodman and Don Emilio Pucci, in the purchase from M.T. Manifattura Tabacchi S.p.A. of a building of approximately 7,000 m² gross floor area, located within the real estate complex “Ex-Manifattura Tabacchi”, i.e. a former industrial estate built between 1930 and 1940, originally used for tobacco processing, located in Florence and consisting of 15 buildings with a total covered area of approximately 100,000 m².

Representation of Acquinex A/S, as underwriter, in the issuance of a buyer's warranty and indemnity policy intended to cover the transactional risk related to the acquisition of shares by Anima Holding S.p.A., OCM OPPS XB Ita Investment (Castello) S.à.r.l. and Istituto Atesino di Sviluppo S.p. A., of shares representing 80 % (eighty percent) of the share capital of Castello SGR S.p.A., a closed-end real estate fund management company with assets under management of approximately 3.5 million euros, of the shares representing 80 % (eighty percent) of the share capital of Castello SGR S.p.A., a management company of closed-end real estate investment funds with assets under management of approximately 3 900 000 000.00 euro and a net asset value of approximately 1 700 000 000.00 euro.

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