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About Antonio Laino
Antonio is a senior legal consultant in our Global Transactions practice.
He specialises in advising private equity and other financial sponsors on acquisitions, exits, strategic investments and management incentivisation arrangements. Alongside his transactional work, Antonio has a senior knowledge management role within our private capital group.
Antonio trained at Freshfields and has spent time on secondment to Bregal Investments and Warburg Pincus, where he advised investment teams on a variety of cross-border and domestic transactions.
Recent work
- Blackstone and Bluewater on the sale of Siccar Point Energy
- Cinven on its majority investment in Grant Thornton UK
- Cinven on its lead investment in Vitamin Well
- CVC on its strategic partnership with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)
- CVC on its investment in United Rugby Championship
- CVC on its investment in Six Nations Championship
- CVC on its investment in WebPros
- CVC on its acquisition of TMF Group
- CVC on its investment in Aleph Holdings
- GIC on its investment in, and subsequent acquisition of, Miller Insurance
- GIC on its investment in Thyssenkrupp elevators (alongside Advent, Cinven and others)
- GIC on its investment in Anticimex (alongside EQT)
- Montagu on the acquisition of ITRS Group
- A consortium led by Warburg Pincus on the acquisition of a majority stake in Community Fibre
- Charterhouse on its investment in Lane, Clark & Peacock LLP
Qualifications
University education
- BA(Hons), Durham University
- GDL, Oxford Brookes University
- LPC, BPP University Law School
Professional qualifications
- Solicitor, England and Wales