Sara Belotti is a partner in our Corporate and Private Equity teams in Italy, having recently joined from a Chicago-based international law firm.

Sara’s expertise covers all types of transactional work. She has deep experience across private M&A (sell/buy sides), private equity (PE) (advising PE houses and portfolio companies) venture capital (VC) (advising funds in all types of rounds, from Pre-seed to Series D) and reorganisations. On the corporate side, Sara advises a wide range of Italian and global organisations.

Sara also has experience advising on equity capital market transactions and foreign direct investments (FDI)-related transactions in several sectors.

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  • Representing an Italian VC fund in its involvement as lead investor in the Series A2 round of a group of companies developing hardware and software platforms for AI, providing technology that integrates a custom dataflow architecture with multicore in-memory computing.
  • Representing an Italian club deal investments company in its investment in the Series C round of a US-based company operating missions to the International Space Station for customers, including space agencies, companies and individuals.
  • Representing an Italian VC fund in its involvement as lead investor in the Series A round of a group of companies providing a cloud-based platform offering a variety of application programme interface (API) services and solutions supporting banks and financial institutions.
  • Representing the shareholders in the sale of the entire capital of an Italian company leader in Sudoku and other logic puzzles to a PE-backed group, a global leader in puzzles and “braintainment”.
  • Representing a US corporate venture fund on the potential Seed investment in an Italian biotech startup focusing on the early detection and monitoring of neurological and neurodegenerative diseases in liquid biopsies.
  • Representing a global freight delivery company in its corporate reorganisation in Italy.
  • Representing an Italian group engaged in the steel industry in various corporate transactions, such as intercompany demerger, the structuring of a transaction concerning the purchase of an industrial property, and the structuring of a transaction concerning the envisaged incorporation of a group energy service company.
  • Representing a Swiss-based European leading carbon finance consultancy and carbon project developer group in the acquisition of an Italian consultancy company engaged in the development of mitigation and risk management strategies related to climate change.*
  • Representing a Swiss media design conglomerate in the acquisition of an Italian-based leading international online magazine focused on design and architecture.*
  • Representing the sole global coordinator and the bookrunners in SaaS (automotive retail industry EMEA) provider’s initial public offering (IPO) and listing on Euronext Amsterdam.*
  • Representing a world-leading Chinese internet and technology group in its investment in the Series C round of an Italian fintech startup.*
  • Representing a UK PE firm in the auction process for the acquisition of an Italian pet food company.*
  • Representing a UK PE firm in the auction process for the acquisition of an Italian pharmacy’s platform.*
  • Representing a leading Italian pharmaceutical company in the sale of a part of its equity stake held in a biotech joint venture company to an Italian PE firm.*
  • Representing a European pension fund in its syndicated investment in airport businesses in Italy.*
  • Representing an Italian chocolate manufacturer in the disposal of its ice and pastry business to a UK PE firm’s portfolio company.*

*Denotes a matter handled prior to joining the firm.

Education

  • 24Ore Business School Milan, Executive Master, Antitrust Law, 2017
  • Catholic University, Milan, J.D., 2010

Admissions

  • Italy, 2013

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Milan Bar Association
  • Lecturer, 24Ore Business School, Master of Law and Business, lessons focused on initial public offerings and alternative investment funds

Languages

  • Italian
  • English

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  • Lecturer, “Alternative Investment Funds”, lesson in the context of the Master of Law and Business, 24Ore Business School, April 2023.
  • Speaker, “Technology Predictions 2023”, Squire Patton Boggs and GP Bullhound, Milan, Italy, February 2023.
  • Speaker, “Conference HR and the Legal Market: Gender Equality, Inclusion, and Talent”, 4cLegal, Milan, Italy, November 2022.

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