Luca Cuomo is a highly regarded practitioner serving as the Head of Corporate M&A and Private Equity at DWF Italy.
Luca is one of the founders of DWF Italy, with 20 years of experience in M&A and has so established himself as a leading figure in the legal industry, advising both domestic and international clients.
He has been instrumental in guiding complex M&A and private equity deals and his expertise extends to assisting family-owned businesses in opening their capital to institutional investors, and in representing local and global corporate clients, private equity funds, commercial banks and their private equity partners in diverse M&A and private equity investments in various sectors including: fashion, design, food&beverage and media.
Additionally, he serves as a member of the Scientific Committee and lecturer at Il Sole 24 Ore Business School.
Assisted VAM Investments in Demenego's group sale, a leader in specialized optical centers in Northern Italy, to the leading French private equity fund Montefiore Investment.
Assisted La Prensa Group, a prominent Italian company specializing in the printing and finishing of labels for various products, primarily food and pet food on its sale to Unigrains Italia, a subsidiary of the leading European agro-food investment company.
Assisted VAM Investments, an Italian private equity operator, in the completion of the acquisition of the Orange and Egosistema groups, active in the fitness sector in the main Italian cities.
Assistance in the negotiation of all contractual documents related to the sale by the shareholders of Trinità S.p.A. – Industria Salumi of a majority stake in the company and the entire share capital of its subsidiaries in favour of a company controlled by Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR S.p.A., and in the negotiation of the documentation related to the governance of Trinità S.p.A. – Industria Salumi.
- Assisted the shareholders and managers of Gruppo Florence in the sale of 100% of the share capital to Permira and subsequent reinvestment within the company.
- M&A
- Private equity
- Private equity funds
- Banking
- Consumer goods and services
- Food and beverage
- Healthcare
- Pharmaceutical and life sciences
- Technology and telecommunications
- Italian Bar
- Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
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Law Degree - Università degli Studi di Palermo – 2004/2005
- Master in Private Equity and Venture Capital - Harvard Business School - 2022