Matteo Bonacina

Primary Focus & Experience

Matteo has experience acting on a broad range of matters, with specific experience in international capital markets and finance transactions. Their practice is focused on high yield bonds and equity capital markets transactions. 

Recent representative engagements include:

• Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), Italy’s national promotional and development financial institution, in connection with the issuance of its $1.5 billion Yankee Bond.
• The initial purchasers in connection with the offering by Golden Goose S.p.A. of €480 million senior secured notes due 2031.
• The financing sources in connection with Almaviva S.p.A.’s 2025 acquisition of Tivit Terceirização de Processos, Serviços e Tecnologia S.A and 2024 acquisition of Iteris, Inc.
• Together on its £500 million senior secured notes due 2031.
• The initial purchasers in connection with Rekeep’s €360 million high yield bond offering and refinancing.
• The initial purchasers and lenders in connection with Flos B&B Italia S.p.A.’s €550 million high yield bond offering and refinancing.
• The initial purchasers in connection with the debut offering of €540 million senior secured floating rate notes in connection with L. Catterton’s €1.4 billion acquisition of KIKO.
• The underwriters in connection with the initial public offering and Athens Stock Exchange listing of Athens International Airport S.A., Greece’s biggest IPO in over 15 years. 
• The initial purchasers and lenders in connection with the offering by Fiber Bidco S.p.A.’s of €665m senior secured floating rate notes due 2030 and the upsize of its existing revolving credit facility. The proceeds from the offering were used to refinance Fiber Bidco’s €735 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2027.
• Ambrosia Capital Hellas AEPEY acting as lead underwriter in connection with Intralot S.A.’s share capital increase in cash and with preemption rights concluded in October 2023.