25 May 2026

Latham Advises CVC and GBL Consortium on €10.7 Billion Cash Tender Offer for Recordati Aimed at Delisting From Euronext Milan

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Advising firms

Buy-side acting for CVC Fund IX and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL)

Deal team

59 lawyers named

Lawyer	Firm	Seniority	Practice	Office
Robbie McLaren Lead	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	corporate	London
Suneel Basson-Bhatoa Lead	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	corporate	London
Thomas Forschbach Lead	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	corporate	Paris
Amber Tope	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	corporate	Not stated
Nick Fisher	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	corporate	Not stated
Kat Yeung	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	corporate	Not stated
Maarten Overmars	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	corporate	London
Antonio Coletti	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	corporate	Milan
Stefano Sciolla	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	corporate	Milan
Giovanni Sandicchi	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	corporate	Milan
Federico Amoroso	Latham & Watkins LLP	Counsel	corporate	Not stated
Alice Drayton	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	corporate	Not stated
Erik Teijgeler	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	corporate	Not stated
Océane Loureiro	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	corporate	Not stated
Yasmine Houichi	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	corporate	Not stated
Timilehin Afolami	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	corporate	Not stated
Lorenzo Rovelli	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	corporate	Not stated
Matteo Gellera	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	corporate	Not stated
Charles Armstrong	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	finance	London
Julie Van der Meersche	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	finance	London
Marcello Bragliani	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	finance	Milan
Erika Brini Raimondi	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	finance	Milan
Khayam Amin	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Alex Law	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Avtar Rai	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Charlotte Hoggarth	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Francesca Parisini	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Maria Cristina Grechi	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Nicola Dall'Acqua	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Lorenzo Suzzi	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Rebecca Paese	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Francesco Lione	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	capital markets	London
Paolo Bernasconi	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	capital markets	Milan
Michele Vangelisti	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	capital markets	Not stated
Yao Lin	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	capital markets	Not stated
Filippo Turci	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	capital markets	Not stated
Lydia Torne	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	healthcare and life sciences	London
Oliver Mobasser	Latham & Watkins LLP	Counsel	healthcare and life sciences	London
Eveline Van Keymeulen	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	healthcare and life sciences	Paris
Jeanne Fabre	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	healthcare and life sciences	Not stated
Grégoire Paquet	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	healthcare and life sciences	Not stated
Cesare Milani	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	environmental	Milan
Michael Green	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	environmental	London
Telmo Iriondo	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	environmental	Not stated
Amy Watkins	Latham & Watkins LLP	Counsel	tax	London
Philipp Studt	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	antitrust	Brussels
Tomas Nilsson	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	antitrust	Brussels
Luca Crocco	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	antitrust	Brussels
Alicja Klosok	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	antitrust	Not stated
Mario Barka	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	antitrust	Not stated
Thomas Lane	Latham & Watkins LLP	Counsel	regulatory	London
Pamela Reddy	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	white collar	London
Gregory Slevin	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	white collar	Not stated
Stephanie Adams	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	antitrust	London
David Little	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	antitrust	London
Allesia Varieschi	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	antitrust	Not stated
Oscar Hayward	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	antitrust	Not stated
Riccardo Danelli	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	antitrust	Not stated
Simon Skinner	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	tax	London

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Stated terms

Stated value: EUR 10.7bn (€10.7 Billion)
What the figure measures: Total transaction value
Client: Not stated
Counterparties: Recordati S.p.A. (Target)