Areas of Practice

Ida Montanaro is a corporate lawyer with broad experience with cross-border and domestic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, investments and divestments, leveraged buyouts, and corporate reorganisations. She regularly advises Italian and international clients, including private equity funds and listed and private companies, on extraordinary transactions as well as general corporate and governance matters. Ida has been involved in a number of notable deals in the Italian market across several industries, including healthcare, food, consumer goods, industrials and logistics.

Experience

  • Advised Wise Equity SGR S.p.A. on its investment in:
    • E-Pharma Trento, a European leader in nutraceutical contract manufacturing*
    • Union Capita Group, a global leader in snowboard industry brands*
    • Marullo S.p.A., a leading Sicilian producer of pistachio-based ingredients and semi-finished products*
    • Absolute S.p.A., a global point of reference in the super-yacht shuttle segment with a strong market position in flybridge vessels*
    • Macchine Elettroniche Piegatrici (MEP), a leading manufacturer of machinery for steel reinforcement processing*
    and divestment from:
    • Cantiere del Pardo, a manufacturer of premium sailing and motor yachts*
    • Tatuus Racing, a company specializing in the design and manufacture of single-seater racing cars for Formula 4, Formula Regional, and equivalent championships*
    • Tapì S.p.A., leading manufacturer of designer closures and caps*
  • Advised QuattroR SGR S.p.A. on its investment in:
    • the Elemaster Group, a leading European mechatronics service provider specializing in the design and manufacture of high-tech electronic systems*
    • the NextDifferent Group, an Italian integrated communications company*
  • Advised Woodtech S.r.l. on its aggregation process with other Italian companies active in the woody biomass distribution sector, leading to the creation of Green Alliance*
  • Advised the selling shareholders in the shareholding restructuring of Alpitour, Italy's leading integrated tourism group*
  • Advised Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, on the sale of its entire stake in Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Europe S.p.A. (TTDE)*

*Prior to joining Ropes & Gray

Areas of Practice