Gabriele Barbatelli advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, infrastructure investors, and corporates on mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, carve-outs, and joint ventures. 

Gabriele has advised on domestic and cross-border transactions across a range of geographies and sectors, including infrastructure, energy, telecoms, industrials, healthcare, and consumer.

Before joining Latham, Gabriele practiced in London and Milan at a leading international law firm. He previously worked in management consulting.

Gabriele’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity and Infrastructure

  • F2i and Ardian in the sale of 2i Rete Gas to Italgas*
  • F2i in:
    • The acquisition of IGS from Morgan Stanley Infra*
    • The acquisition of port terminal operators in Livorno and Monfalcone*
  • Just Climate in its investment in Continuum Green Energy*
  • Pregis, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company, in its acquisition of Soprad*
  • Asterion Industrial Partners and its portfolio company Retelit in:
    • The agreement to acquire Telecom Italia Sparkle together with the Italian Ministry of Economy*
    • The acquisition of Irideos from F2i, and the rollover by Marguerite, Irideos’s minority shareholder*
    • The acquisition of BT Enia from British Telecom*
    • The acquisition of MavianMax*
    • The sale of Retelit’s solutions business*
  • Blue Pool Capital in its minority investment in Golden Goose* 

Strategic M&A

  • ACG Acquisition Company in:
    • Its attempted de-SPAC through the acquisition of Brazilian mining assets from Appian Capital*
    • Its successful de-SPAC through the acquisition of Turkish mining assets from Çalık Holding*
  • LivaNova in the carve-out and sale of its global heart valve business*
  • GVS in the acquisition of Haemonetics’ US-based whole blood business*
  • A2A in:
    • The acquisition from Enel of portions of the electricity distribution network in Lombardy*
    • The acquisition from Ardian of renewable assets in Italy and Spain*
  • Vivendi in:
    • The sale of a 15% stake in TIM to Poste Italiane*
    • The settlement of its pan-European disputes with Fininvest and Mediaset*
  • Viking Global Investors in its investment in Admiral Acquisition’s de-SPAC transaction to acquire Acuren*
  • CNH Industrial in its investments in British startups Potenza, Bennamann, and Dolphin*
  • DKSH in its acquisition of Aston Chemicals* 

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • LLM, Harvard Law School, 2019
  • MA in International Management, ESADE Business School, 2016
  • Law Degree, University of Perugia, 2013

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Italian