Cavour Corporate Finance is an M&A BOUTIQUE firm which offers tailor made advisory services to satisfy every need in corporate finance transactions.
Cavour Corporate Finance (Cavour) aims to be a long standing partner for all corporate finance needs, establishing close collaboration with its clients based on professionality and mutual trust.
During nearly 30 years of activity Cavour has closed more than 100 transactions, managing projects and advisory tasks in all industrial and services sectors. To describe its distinctive feature in a single word , Cavour is a “glocal” partner, specialized in cross-border transactions with a customized approach and local competences.
OUR MILESTONES
1987
Cavour Finanziaria was established in Bologna as the first M&A boutique in Emilia-Romagna region.
1996
Cavour Finanziaria was renamed Cavour Corporate Finance in correspondence to a widening of its activity areas.
1999
Cavour became Partner of Borsa Italiana; it can act as Financial Advisor in the IPO’s.
2001
Cavour joined IMAP (International network of M&A Partners), international network formed by 50 M&A boutiques with over 300 deal makers in 30 countries.
2002
Buckingham & Cavour Ltd was established as a joint venture between Cavour and Buckingham Corporate Finance for consulting activity to UK listed Groups.
2006
Cavour completed its first floatation, the Pierrel Group IPO.
2007
In 20 years Cavour and its Partners closed over 100 M&A deals, most of which cross-border, and performed a number of Advisory assignments.
2008
Cavour got the IMAP Award, which annually goes to the firm that in the previous year closed the highest number of transactions with other IMAP members. In 2008 Cavour closed 9 deals, the best performance since its foundation.
2010
Antonio Zecchino was nominated at the IMAP Board and President of IMAP EMEA Council.
2012
Entry of a new Associate Partner, Mario Maestroni.
2014
A new Associate Partner, Barbara Grieco, joined the team with the aim to develop strategic and management consulting services.
Strategic partnership with AIFO (Associazione Italiana Family Officer) and Unindustria Bologna.
2015
A new Associate Partner, Federico Laschet, joined the team.
2017
A new Partner, Alessandro Costa, joined Cavour team; opening of a new office in Milan
Cavour celebrated 30 years of activity ….. and the story goes on!
2018
Cavour joined the international network GCG + GGI. A new Associate Partner, Federico Strollo, joined Cavour’s team.
2019
Bononia Corporate Finance was established, in partnership with Lexjus Sinacta and some professionals specializing in corporate, strategic and management consulting.
2020
A team of Industry Experts is formed by independent professionals linked to Cavour with an exclusive partnership for M&A activity. Entry of Alberto Pantaleoni as Associate partner.
WHY CAVOUR CORPORATE FINANCE
CONFIDENTIALITY, PROFESSIONALITY, CUSTOMER CARE
Cavour Corporate Finance ensures maximum confidentiality throughout every phase of the transaction. Discretion is always at the forefront as it is considered a basic element for successful operations.
All the partners are independent and experienced professionals with specific and consolidated competences, developed in several years of experience in Italy and abroad.
As a result of a consolidated know-how in various industries, services and trading activities, Cavour ensures tailored-made solutions designed on clients’ specific needs, avoiding “standard” answers, while seeking creativity and flexibility in finding the most appropriate “ad hoc” solutions to maximize the clients’ goals
OUR MARKET
Cavour Corporate Finance is focused on:
Small and medium size companies, mainly family-owned, which wish to be sold.
Medium size companies and industrial groups, which want to grow through acquisitions or sell no more strategic or synergetic businesses.
Financial investors (PEGs) which are seeking investment opportunities in target companies or want to sell their portfolio companies and for add-ons acquisitions.
Focus on cross-border transactions by Italian groups which want to grow internationally and foreign groups interested to invest in Italian companies.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Cavour Corporate Finance has consolidated experience in solving problems connected to succession and handovers in family owned companies.
The family-owned businesses are still the strongest and most competitive players in the SME model, however, sometimes, they show an intrinsic element of weakness when entrepreneurial continuity in the long term cannot be guaranteed. Cavour has extensive experience with this kind of issues and is able to provide optimal solutions.
KNOWLEDGE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
Cavour Corporate Finance has a deep knowledge of the Italian industrial and financial markets together with a consolidated ability to act internationally.
Being a member of international networks and having close and consolidated contacts with renowned foreign M&A Boutiques Cavour can provide the best assistance on a worldwide scenario.
THE ADVISORY BOARD
Cavour Adivisory Board includes prominent personalities from the academic and institutional background, with the aim of periodically meeting and discussing on economics and finance issues.
The members of the Advisory Board
He has been Vice President and Managing Director of Datalogic S.p.A., the major European player and the third worldwide producer of bar codes and RFID systems, listed at Star market. Tunioli has managed and closed the most important acquisition of Datalogic which purchased its US competitor PSC. With this operation Datalogic doubled its turnover (380 million Euro in 2006). He has been awarded Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 by E&Y. Currently Tugnoli is major shareholder and CEO of Fervi Srl.
Professor of Corporate Finance at Bologna University; he has been and dean of the Department of Economics at Bologna University. Official Auditor (Chartered Accountant). He is appreciated member of several associations. He wrote many scientific and academic articles in Italy and abroad.
He is the Director of the Department of Economics of Bologna University. His scientific interests are mainly in the field of corporate strategy and corporate matters regarding industrial and services companies. He wrote some books and many articles for national and international business magazines; the results of his research were presented in several lectures and conferences in Italy and abroad.
He was Chairman and majority shareholder of Arcte, international leading Group in manufacturing and distributing underwear and beachwear for men and women (brands Julipet, Allen Cox, Argento Vivo and Baci Rubati), with a annual sales volume of over 50 million Euro.The company has been sold to Alto Partners (Nov. 2005). Since 2006 he has been involved in venture capitalist activity & private investors.
Head of non insurance diversified companies at UnipolSai. Until June 2014 he was responsible of San Paolo IMI Private Equity Funds; he managed the investment activity of a 100 million Euro Fund for investments in small- medium size companies. Past experience as Director of 3i Group Bologna with the responsibility of the investment activity of the Private Equity Group in Emilia Romagna and in Center-Southern Italy. He started as investment banker in Rolofinance.
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Itway, a leading Group in engineering, production and distribution of e-business solutions, listed at Borsa. He is also Chairman of Itway France SARL, Itway Iberica SL, Business-e, Rigel and Managing Director of Itway Cube.
Chief Product & Innovation Officer of Teuco Guzzini Spa, leading company in whirlpools and hydromassages, consolidated turnover 60 million Euro and 580 people. He is also Member of the Board of FIMAG Group, the Holding Company of Guzzini family, and Managing Director of Gitronica Spa, company controlled by Teuco, established in 1990, which operates in the electronic control for household appliances, domotics and lighting systems. He is also member of the Board of Directors of Assobagno.