Davide Cavazzana

Local Partner, Milan

Biography

Overview

Davide Cavazzana is a local partner in the Milan office, with many years of experience in the areas of M&A and real estate transactions.

Davide regularly assists Italian and international private equity sponsors, industrial clients and investment banks on cross-border and domestic transactions in a number of sectors - including real estate, financial services, technology and chemical.

Davide is a recognized student editor for the American Review of International Arbitration and is also a member of AIGA - Italian Young Lawyers Association.

Bars and Courts
Italian Bar
New York
Education
LLM
Columbia University School of Law

NY, US

JD
University of Genoa

Italy

LLB
University of Genoa

Italy

Languages
Italian
English

Experience

Corporate M&A

The Dow Chemical Company's sale of its XPS business
Davide advised the Dow Chemical Company in connection with the sale of its European extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) business, as well as its polystyrene business at its Lavrion, Greece site, to Ravago SA, a Luxembourg public limited liability company.*

Coesia's partial acquisition of Atlantic Zeiser
Davide advised Coesia S.p.A. in connection with the partial acquisition of Atlantic Zeiser's digital printing business as well as the majority shareholding stake of Tritron.*

Coima Group's real estate asset acquisitions
Davide advised Coima SGR S.p.A., COIMA RES SIIQ S.p.A. and their affiliates in connection with a number of real estate assets acquisitions.*

Bellco's corporate and commercial matters
Davide advised Bellco S.r.l., a portfolio company of the fund Charme II managed by Montezemolo & Partners SGR, in connection with several corporate and commercial matters.*

Allianz Real Estate's assets acquisition in Milan
Davide advised Allianz Real Estate in connection with the acquisition of two buildings in Milan from the Kensington Fund managed by Kryalos SGR.*

Qatar Investment Authority's acquisition of the Italian headquarters building of BNP Paribas
Davide advised Qatar Investment Authority in connection with its acquisition of the Italian headquarters building of BNP Paribas, located in Milan, from Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A.*

Tus-Holdings' acquisition of Tararossa
Davide advised Tus-Holdings in connection with the acquisition of Tararossa, a company owner of the real estate asset located in Milan known as Bovisa Tech.*

Kryalos' sale of NHOW Hotel Milan
Davide advised Kryalos SGR in connection with the sale of the NHOW Hotel Milan building.*

Oceano Immobiliare's voluntary public tender offer
Davide advised Blackstone Group in connection with the voluntary public tender offer by a Blackstone vehicle, Oceano Immobiliare S.à r.l. for the purchase of all the units of the closed-end investment fund named "Atlantic 1 – Fondo Comune di Investimento Immobiliare di Tipo Chiuso" managed by IDeA FIMIT Società di Gestione del Risparmio S.p.A.*

Private Equity

GreenOak's acquisition of logistic assets in Italy
Davide advised GreenOak in connection with the acquisition of several logistic assets across northern Italy from different institutional investors.*

York Capital Management Europe (UK) Advisors's acquisition of real estate assets in Rome
Davide advised York Capital Management Europe (UK) Advisors LLP in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of prestigious buildings located in the historic center of Rome from Milano 90 S.r.l.*

York Capital's acquisition of real estate assets
Davide advised York Capital in connection with a number of real estate assets acquisition.*

Blackstone and BNP Paribas's acquisition of real estate assets in Milan
Davide advised Blackstone and BNP Paribas SGR in connection with (i) the acquisition of real estate assets located in Milan from REAM SGR; and (ii) acquisition and related financing of Palmanova Outlet Village.*

Blackstone and IDeA FIMIT's acquisition of fashion district outlets
Davide advised Blackstone and IDeA FIMIT in connection with the acquisition and related financing of the Mantova and Molfetta "Fashion District" outlets from the Mittel Group.*

Blackstone's acquisition of a real estate portfolio from Immoselect
Davide advised Blackstone in connection with the acquisition of a real estate portfolio of Italian real estate assets from Immoselect fund, Axa Immoselect fund managed by Axa Investment Manages Deutschland.*

*Prior to joining White & Case

Publications

Preliminare, definitivo e consensualismo traslativo, in Il Notariato- IPSOA, 1 April 2010

Preliminare, definitivo ed azione revocatoria, in Il Notariato – IPSOA, 1 October 2009