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Valentina Santambrogio

Partner

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Valentina Santambrogio

Partner

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages Italian, English, Spanish

Valentina Santambrogio is a partner in the international M&A, private equity and venture capital team. 

Valentina has a focus on cross-border deals and a particular expertise in the private equity and in the technology and telecoms sectors, having advised several businesses and PE investors on their transactions in that space.

Valentina regularly takes on a coordination role to ensure clients receive seamless and top-quality advice and she works with colleagues from specialists teams and external advisers on a daily basis and therefore has considerable experience in ensuring that input from various sources and multiple jurisdictions is efficiently processed and delivered to clients in a user-friendly and commercial manner.

Valentina is also a champion of legal technology and wherever possible she ensures that the latest software/AI available to the legal sector is used on the transaction to improve processes and deliver cost-efficiency for her clients.

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“Valentina Santambrogio is highly committed, has very good technical skills, good commercial judgment and problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate a complex excel model into an easy-to-read legal document."

client feedback

“Valentina is a great negotiator and spent the time and effort to understand our needs and goals. Tough without being overly aggressive and realistic without being risk averse.”

client feedback

“Valentina Santambrogio is highly committed, has very good technical skills, good commercial judgment and problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate a complex excel model into an easy-to-read legal document."

client feedback

“Valentina is a great negotiator and spent the time and effort to understand our needs and goals. Tough without being overly aggressive and realistic without being risk averse.”

client feedback

Relevant experience

  • Advent International on the co-investment and management incentive aspects of the acquisition of Integer.pl S.A. and its subsidiary InPost S.A., as well as in connection with the subsequent IPO on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, which raised EUR2.8bn and valued the company at EUR 8bn.
  • Advent International on their acquisition of Zentiva, Sanofi’s European generics business, for EUR 1.9bn.
  • A French private equity fund in respect of its potential acquisition of a European telecoms business (including due diligence coordination, as well as transaction documents negotiation).
  • Cinven, on their acquisition of PPF, a European pet food manufacturer, which involved completing due diligence across multiple jurisdictions and negotiating transaction documents within just three days, coordinating a team of 60+ pan-European CMS lawyers.
  • Cinven, a leading European private equity firm, on their bid to acquire the Slovenian government's stake in Telekom Slovenije d.d., including coordinating buyer W&I.
  • AfricInvest, on their equity investment in a tech company based in the UK, France and North Africa, as series A lead investor, including carrying out due diligence, drafting and negotiating subscription and shareholders agreement and new articles of association
  • Oakley Capital on the USD 105m acquisition of the business and assets of Plesk, a global leader in cross-platform web solutions with entities in various jurisdictions including Spain, Switzerland, Canada, Russia, Singapore, Germany and Japan (including negotiating the terms of the investment agreement with management (which featured rollover mechanics), as well as the transaction documents and coordinating asset transfers in the local jurisdictions).
  • Instadeep, an artificial intelligence solutions business with offices in London, Paris, Lagos, Tunis, Cape Town and Dubai on their series B equity fundraise.
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Education

  • 2011 – LPC, BPP Law School, London
  • 2009 – GDL, BPP Law School, London
  • 2007 – Masters‘ degree in jurisprudence, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milan
  • 2004 – Undergraduate law degree, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milan
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Expertise

14/01/2016
CMS advises Innova Capital on the purchase of Slovenian construction company...
14 January 2016 – The CMS International Private Equity team, together with CMS teams in Slovenia, Serbia and other jurisdictions, advised Polish private equity fund Innova Capital on the acquisition...
Deals
02/12/2015
CMS advises listed Polish household appliances company, Amica, on the acquisition...
CMS has advised Poland-based manufacturer and wholesaler of household appliances Amica Wronki S.A. on the purchase of the entire issued share capital of The CDA Group Limited, a UK-based retailer of high...
News
02/04/2015
CMS advises Advent International on the €315m sale of Partner in Pet Food...
CMS has advised Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, on the sale of Partner in Pet Food (“PPF”), a leading European manufacturer of private-label...
News

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31/01/2024
TMT World Congress 2024
CMS lawyers are pleased to be attending the TMT World Congress 2024 held in London on 31 January - 01 February. Below you can find an overview of our attending partners, representing a large range of jurisdictions and practice areas. To arrange a meeting, please contact the individual lawyers directly. Additionally, Anne Chitan will moderate the M&A Panel - Assessing what’s next for Transactions amid Continued Macro Headwinds, Wednesday 31 January (10:55 – 11:35). At CMS, we have some of Europe’s leading legal specialists in the technology, media and communications sector. Our Digital Communications Infrastructure Team combines exceptional expertise in project and structured finance, competition regulation and large-scale investment, while our market-leading tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions team has decades of experience in the technology and communications space, including strong expertise in the areas of fibre, towers, subsea cables, network sharing, data centres and satellite. To find out more about CMS Digital Communications Infrastructure cap­ab­il­it­ies, vis­it our Digital Communications Infrastructure section. For further information, please see our partners attending the congress in the gallery below and an overview of all our expertise areas.
Event Legal
29/05/2023
CMS European Private Equity Study 2023
We are very pleased to share with you the second edition of the CMS European Private Equity Study 2023. This study analyses hundreds of Private Equity deals that we advised on in 2022 and previous years, providing unique insights into market trends and differences between private equity and trade deals. Key findings: Deal activity remained strong until Q3 2022, but experienced a significant drop in Q4. New investments accounted for 85% of PE deals analysed, with fewer exits and secondary buy-outs in 2022 compared to 2021. Bidding processes decreased in 2022, potentially due to less involvement of PE funds on the sell-side. Entry into new markets was the most common deal driver (64% of deals), while digitalisation was no longer a deal driver­Tech­no­logy, media, and telecoms (TMT) was the busiest sector, followed by Real Estate & Construction and life sciences. Use of MAC clauses decreased to 10% in 2022, compared to 15% in 2021. Fewer FDI approvals or clearances were sought in 2022 (8%) compared to 2021 (15%).W&I insurance played a prominent role in PE M&A transactions, increasing with deal value. Locked box mechanisms for setting purchase price were preferred in 80% of PE deals, while purchase price adjustments decreased. Earn-out provisions increased overall in 2022 but were more common in smaller deals than higher value deals. ESG considerations have not yet featured in legal due diligence or transaction documents. Management incentive schemes saw shorter vesting periods, increased management allocation, but tightened leaver provisions. Overall, there were buyer-friendly developments in some deal metrics, such as the use of "tipping" baskets.
Publication
10/01/2023
CMS advises on the sale of InstaDeep to BioNTech
International law firm CMS has advised the founders and other investors of InstaDeep, a leading global technology company in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, on the sale of InstaDeep...
News
12/09/2022
CMS advises Ooredoo Group on the sale of its telecom business in Myanmar...
CMS has advised Ooredoo Group, an international communications company operating across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia, on the sale of its telecom business in Myanmar to Nine Com­mu­nic­a­tions...
News
26/01/2022
CMS advises InstaDeep on $100m fundraise
International law firm CMS has acted for InstaDeep, a leader in advanced AI decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, in relation to its Series B fundraise, led by Alpha Intelligence Capital...
News
16/11/2018
CMS advises Advent on EUR 1.9bn acquisition of Zentiva
CMS has advised Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, on the CEE and Swiss aspects of its EUR 1.9bn acquisition of Zentiva, Sanofi’s European...
Deals
14/11/2018
CMS advises Cinven on the acquisition of leading European pet food manufacturer
CMS has advised major private equity house Cinven on its acquisition of Partner in Pet Food (PPF), a leading European pet food manufacturer, from Pamplona Capital Management. The deal follows Pamplona’s...
Deals
13/11/2018
CMS advises HNA Group on sale of TIP Trailer Services to I Squared Capital
CMS advised HNA Group, a global conglomerate focused on aviation, tourism, logistics and financial services, on the high value sale of TIP Trailer Services to I Squared Capital, a New York-headquartered...
Deals
14/01/2016
CMS advises Innova Capital on the purchase of Slovenian construction company...
14 January 2016 – The CMS International Private Equity team, together with CMS teams in Slovenia, Serbia and other jurisdictions, advised Polish private equity fund Innova Capital on the acquisition...
Deals
16/12/2015
CMS advises Innova Capital, private equity fund, on the purchase of Slovenian...
The CMS International Private Equity team, together with our CMS teams in Slovenia, Serbia and other jurisdictions, advised Polish private equity fund Innova Capital on the acquisition of Slovenian Trimo...
News
02/12/2015
CMS advises listed Polish household appliances company, Amica, on the acquisition...
CMS has advised Poland-based manufacturer and wholesaler of household appliances Amica Wronki S.A. on the purchase of the entire issued share capital of The CDA Group Limited, a UK-based retailer of high...
News
02/04/2015
CMS advises Advent International on the €315m sale of Partner in Pet Food...
CMS has advised Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, on the sale of Partner in Pet Food (“PPF”), a leading European manufacturer of private-label...
News
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