PUBLICATIONS
Most of the articles are written in Italian only
M&A outlook for the upcoming months: the interview by Firmex
Firmex interviewed Stefano Marsilii on the impact that the current global distruption is having on the M&A activity in [...]
“Selling your company”, Open lesson Master LIUC CFO 2022
Equity Factory has collaborated with LIUC in offering the open and free lesson entitled "Selling your company": how to [...]
Equity Factory’s view on M&A trends after the pandemic (in Italian)
In 2021 global and Italian M&A is at an all-time high. The future is bright, despite many risk factors [...]
For Global Deals, Go Local: When Regional Advice Matters
With an in-depth perspective, Italian M&A advisor, Guidalberto Gagliardi, comprehensively outlines the demands of cross-border deals and makes a [...]
ESG, M&A and Financial Performance
From his ground-breaking degree thesis, Filippo Montresor summarizes international views on the relationship between ESG and financial performance following [...]
M&A Advisory Fee Survey on Firmex Deal Flow Bulletin
This important research by Firmex reports on page 7 our comments on developments in the M&A market in 2021. [...]
Joint Ventures
Working together often achieves more than moving alone. For this reason our Guidalberto Gagliardi and Avv. Marzio Molinari of Studio [...]
Shareholders in Struggle
Disagreements between shareholders are frequent and sometimes have deleterious consequences on the company. Even when the business is successful, conflict [...]
How to Detect Creative Accounting
Article on the M-Score, a methodology for identifying potentially manipulated financial statements. Published in the digital newspaper of Economy Magazine [...]
Investing in Turnarounds
Turnaround investing takes its most complex form in the activity of specialized private equity, subjects that are personally involved in [...]
Private Equity in Special Situations
The rehabilitation of a company in difficulty is a complex process that exposes the company to financial, industrial and operational [...]
Dover Corporation sells Finder Pompe to Gruppo Aturia
Equity Factory assisted the multinational Dover Corporation in the sale of FINDER Pompe S.r.l. MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (M&A) [...]
M&A Fee Structure
We believe that an advisor is essential for the sale of a company to be successful and not create disturbances [...]
Managing Data Rooms
In corporate transactions (M&A) the unpreparedness or the untimeliness in communicating the information to the potential buyer can wreck [...]
Carve-outs
Carve-out is the detachment from a company or group of a branch, division or company. The outcome of the process [...]
The Role of EBITDA in M&A Transactions
Gross Operating Margin (or EBITDA) is an important guide in M&A operations. In the approach phase between the parties (and [...]
Avoiding mistakes in Business Divestitures
Transferring a business can bring important satisfactions to a entrepreneur or it can be the way to reorganize assets or [...]
Vito Bugini Talks About a Deal on BiMag
Gianmarco Gallizzi interviews Vito Bugini on a project that involved Nice S.p.A. (listed on the Star segment of the Italian [...]
Independent Business Review: Testing a Business Plan
Independent Business Reviews are analysis methodologies used to validate the documents on which the decision-making process for loan applications, capital [...]
Can M&A Be Stressful for a CFO?
The business of buying and selling companies, the so-called M&A, is at its peak, thanks to the low interest [...]
The Effects of a Strong US Dollar on M&A
Growth in the US and China has slowed, making it common for large companies to hunt for M & amp; [...]
Pledge Funds, Search Funds and SPACs: New Tools for Private Equity
Some private equity instruments have recently appeared in Europe or may soon be introduced by enterprising operators. Can they be [...]
Can I Sell My Company?
The reasons why it would be advisable to always be ready to receive (or ask for) offers for your business. [...]
Acquiring Italian Companies: Why?
Foreigners should be attracted to Italy, despite all the limitations that the companies of the "Bel Paese" suffer. MERGERS AND [...]
M&A Trends
Situation, perspectives and ideas for selling your business. Business sales are at record levels around the world. In Italy and [...]