Filippo de Falco

Filippo is co-head of our Global Sponsors Group. He has a broad international practice advising private equity and corporate clients on primary and secondary transactions across the full life cycle of an investment, including public takeovers, LBOs, equity investments (including minority investments and preferred equity transactions), management incentivisation arrangements and corporate governance matters, as well as the full range of exit routes including capital market transactions.

Highlights include advising:

• Inflexion Private Equity Partners on various matters, including:

  o   its investment in Absolute Financial Group alongside Tatton Asset Management plc

  o   the acquisition of Tierarzt Plus Partner 

  o   its disposal of, and subsequent investment into, Chambers & Partners

  o   its disposal of The GOAT Agency (alongside its founders) to WPP

  o   its carve out acquisition of Marlowe plc’s GRC software and services division

  o   its minority reinvestment into the combined Alcumus / Veriforce group alongside Apax

  o   certain matters relating to its minority stake in UKFast including its ultimate acquisition of control

• CVC Capital Partners, Reinet Investments SCA, HPS Investment Partners and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority on the £6bn sale of Pension Insurance Corporation to Athora
• Investindustrial on a number of matters, including:

  o   Aston Martin’s IPO

  o   its partial offer for, and follow on investments in, Aston Martin

  o   its carve out acquisition of CSM Ingredients and further bolt-on acquisitions (including of Hi-Foods and Italcanditi)

  o   its portfolio company Nexture’s acquisition of Frulact

  o   its €1bn disposal of Polynt and certain related co-investment arrangements

• Corsair and Palamon on the partial sale of their interests in Redpin (Currencies Direct) and concurrent minority investment by Blackstone's Tactical Opportunities Fund
• Corsair Capital on various matters, including:the acquisition of RGI S.p.A. in Italy, and subsequent disposal to CVC  

  o   the acquisition of RGI S.p.A in Italy, and subsequent disposal of CVC 

  o   the acquisition of a minority interest in Xceptor

  o   the acquisition of MJM Holdings

  o   the recapitalisation of the Axo Group

  o   certain aspects of its multi-asset, GP-led continuation fund transaction in respect of its  interests in Redpin, Zedra and IDNow

• Blackstone Tactical Opportunities on various matters, including:

  o   its minority investment in Prima Assicurazioni

  o   its minority investment in Beauparc

  o   its minority investment in HH Global and subsequent bolt-on acquisitions

• Fortress on its take private of Loungers plc
• Palamon Capital Partners and its portfolio companies on a number of transactions, including:

  o   the sale of MyDentist to Bridgepoint

  o   the disposal of Feelunique to Sephora (a subsidiary of LVMH)

  o   the merger of The Simplify Group with My Home Move, the subsequent restructuring of the group and the partial disposal of its interests in the combined group to Smedvig

  o   the disposal by IDH of the Dental Directory

  o   a number of refinancings, recapitalisations and MIP resets of its portfolio companies

• Pollen Street Capital on a number of transactions, including:

  o   the £2.5bn merger of its portfolio company Markerstudy with the Atlanta Group, Ardonagh’s personal lines broking business, and concurrent investment in the enlarged group by Ardonagh and Bain Capital

  o   the acquisition of the Lloyd’s broker Clegg Gifford & Co

  o   the acquisition of UK regulated insurers Tradex and Soteria

  o   certain aspects of its $1bn GP-led continuation fund process relating to Markerstudy and other insurance assets 

• Platform on its takeover offer from Alent
• Ripplewood on a number of matters, including in connection with its investment in Citadele Bank in Latvia
• Silicon Valley Bank UK on its financial position and arrangements leading to its sale to HSBC through the Bank of England's resolution powers
• Trill Impact, an Impact House with EUR 1.2 billion in assets under management across its investment strategies, on its acquisition of Delivery Associates
• Virgin Group, alongside CVC, on the sale of a majority stake in Virgin Active
• Vodafone on the sale of its interest in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion, and its simultaneous $84 billion return of value
• Richemont on its global strategic partnerships with Alibaba, Farfetch and Alabbar, including through a joint venture in China and the proposed disposal of an interest in Yoox Net-a-Porter Group
• DS Smith on its £1.2bn takeover of Europac in Spain and related rights issue
• Ferrovial on various matters, including its disposal of Amey to funds advised by One Equity Partners and Buckthorn and its disposal of Broadspectrum to Apollo-backed Ventia
• Aston Martin on its initial public offering

Filippo is a country partner for Spain and Italy and regularly advises Spanish and Italian clients on corporate transactions.

Filippo was named one of the Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers 2026 by Private Equity News. He was previously also named as a rising star in Legal Week’s “the next generation of City private equity talent” and, as an associate, he was awarded a place on the Financial News 40 under 40 Rising Stars list, which identifies leading lawyers in the City of London under the age of 40.