The consortium made up of the French funds Antin and ICAMAP together with the Borletti group, today completed theacquisition of 100% of the shares of Grandi Stazioni Retail by Italian State Railways and Eurostations. Grandi Stazioni Retail has the concession for the long-term assignment of the agreements for right of economic exploitation of the commercial and advertising spaces of the 14 largest Italian railway stationsas well as the redevelopment and management of two railway stations in the Czech Republic.
The BoD also appointed Maurizio Borletti as Chairman of Grandi Stazioni Retail, specifying that i funding for the consortium comes from Natixis (MLA and Agent), BNP Paribas, UniCredit, Banca IMI, Banco Santander and UBI acting as MLAs.
Advisors of the consortium were: Leonardo & Co. (M&A), Gatti Pavesi Bianchi (Legal), BonelliErede (Legal), E&Y (Financial / Tax / Structuring), Why Not Factory (Commercial), AT Kearney (Commercial), REAG (Real Estate / Technical), OneWorks (Architects) and Marsh (Insurance). The advisor to the banks was the Chiomenti law firm.
Click here to re-read theinterview given to FIRSTonline by Maurizio Borletti on 1 May 2016, before launching the decisive offer to acquire Grandi Stazioni Retail.
