Private equity stage in Italy looks very attractive to already established firms and newcomers. Meanwhile the deal flow is steady.
French private equity HLD Europe hired Alessandro Papetti, a former partner of Clessidra, to head its Italian operations (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Senior advisor Francesco Silleni and associate Salomé Perruchon will work in Milan with Papetti, who is part of the operative board of HLD together with Jean-Bernard Lafonta, Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler, Gabriel Fossorier, Jean-Hubert Vial, and Anne Canel. Hecketsweiler, Lafonta and Philippe Donnet founded HLD in 2010. The firm’s investors list includes Claude Bébéar (Axa founder), Norbert Dentressangle (the founder of the eponymous