Finance Monthly M&A Awards Winners Edition

FINANCE MONTHLY M&A AWARDS 2020 51 the involvement of two specialized partners, Vitale Real Estate is established with the strategic focus in real estate investment banking activity. Since its foundation, Vitale has acted as financial advisor in more than 350 projects with a total transaction value exceeding 60 billion euros. A group of professionals united by an entrepreneurial spirit, vision and expertise on the job, at the service of our customers to accompany and guide them through every phase of their companies’ lives. Our passion and our values inspire our everyday activities at the service of entrepreneurs, institutional clients and managers. OUR VALUES Independence Structural absence of conflicts of interest and alignment of interests with clients Competence Solid track record across all sectors, with daily involvement of senior professionals hands-on Specialization Exclusive focus on corporate finance activities, no production or distribution activities of any other financial service Industrial and institutional relationship Consolidated relationship network with a wide range of clients and decision makers Innovation Focus on creative and revolutionary strategies in order to satisfy the specific needs of the clients Flexibility Custom-crafted and flexible solutions to advice and execute successfully OUR SERVICES Mergers and Acquisitions We leverage the extensive sector knowledge, wide relationship network and transaction experience of our senior professional to provide our clients with the insightful advice. Vitale provides the full range of advisory services in complex corporate finance transactions to large Italian or foreign groups, family-controlled companies, government agencies, private equity funds and financial institutions including Mergers & Acquisitions, Spin-offs, Distressed M&A, Joint Ventures, Fairness Opinions. ABOUT ORLANDO BARUCCI Orlando is a founding partner of Vitale with more than 30 years’ experience in the financial advisory industry. Across the years he has built a unique network of relationships with key decision makers across all the market sectors and with institutional clients. He successfully completed several M&A and financial restructuring transactions in healthcare, construction, automotive, real estate, utilities, retail, services and business information. Orlando has a unique experience in complex financial restructuring transactions, also in the framework of procedures provided for by bankruptcy law for the management of corporate crisis. Prior to founding Vitale, Orlando was responsible for Planning and Control in Montedison Group, also taking care of the Group’s extraordinary financial transactions. FIRM PROFILE Vitale was established in 2001 by Guido Roberto Vitale and a group of professionals with extensive experience in major international companies active in the fields of investment banking, strategic consulting and several other industries. The aim was to create an independent investment bank able to provide high-quality, creative and flexible solutions, responding without conflicts of interest to the specific needs of each project and client. Vitale has rapidly achieved a leading position in Italy, ranking as the go-to advisor in the design, structuring and execution of complex corporate finance transactions. In 2014 Vitale opened an office in Rome in order to better serve government agencies and large private and state-owned groups. In January 2017, with