Tikehau Capital, a leading global alternative asset management company, acquired a majority interest in Cebat Group, Italy’s leading utility infrastructure services provider specialising in utility network installation and maintenance services for the upgrading and modernisation of electricity, water and telecommunication networks, currently controlled by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.

PedersoliGattai advised Tikehau Capital with a team composed, for corporate profiles, of Federico Bal (partner), with support from Edoardo Pistone (senior associate), Filippo Speroni and Andrea Berardinone (associates). Tax aspects of the transaction were managed by Alban Zaimaj (senior counsel) and Clementina Bastianutti Riccione (senior associate). Matteo Montorsi (associate) managed criminal law/231 aspects, while Micaela Tinti (senior counsel) and Elena Martignoni (senior associate) provided assistance in relation to administrative law aspects. Lorenzo Cairo (partner) acted for the labour profiles, with the support from Ilaria Giovannelli and Asia Biasiotto (associates). Nicola Martegani (senior counsel) and Matteo Bortolotti (senior associate) managed the due diligence aspects, while Lorenzo Vernetti (partner), with Marcello Legrottaglie (senior counsel) and Enrico Fontanini (associate) acted in relation to finance profiles.