Gianluca Banfi

Managing Director

Milan Mergers & Acquisitions Chemicals | Industrials g.banfi@lincolninternational.it +39 (02) 30300720

I provide professionalism, proactiveness and reliability in supporting my clients to help them achieve their strategic objectives.

Who We Are / Our People / Gianluca Banfi

Gianluca specializes in origination and execution of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), disposals and leveraged and management buyouts across several industries. His clients include large and mid-market Italian and international corporations, private equity firms and privately held or family-owned businesses. Throughout his 30-year career, Gianluca has gained deep expertise in transactions in a broad range of industries, specifically industrials.

Gianluca has also operated as a principal, strengthening his knowledge of the private equity sector. He has served as an investment committee member of private equity and private debt funds, as well as a board member for mid-sized Italian companies operating in a variety of sectors.

Prior to joining Lincoln, Gianluca led the corporate finance division of Finanziaria Internazionale, a private investment bank. Before that, he was Chief Executive Officer of Arca Impresa Gestioni SGR and a director for Morgan Grenfell Private Equity. He also held investment banking positions at Deutsche Bank, where he headed the Italian M&A practice and was with Citigroup for several years.

Gianluca holds a Master of Arts from Bocconi University.

Recent Transactions in Industrials

Enbi, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, has been sold to Watermill Group

Lincoln is pleased to announce that it has represented Platinum Equity in the sale of Enbi to Watermill Group

Industrials

Lincoln International is pleased to announce that Collins Aerospace has sold N2 Imaging Systems to Cornerstone Capital Holdings

Aerospace & Defense

Marco Polo and Global Plastics have merged with ITOCHU to form MGI

Lincoln is excited to have represented Marco Polo and Global Plastics in their merger to form MGI and their subsequent minority sale to ITOCHU International, the U.S. subsidiary of Tokyo, Japan-based ITOCHU Group

Industrials

Blue Sage Capital Invests in All-State Industries

Lincoln is pleased to announce that Blue Sage Capital, an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm, has invested in All-State Industries

Industrials

Prikos & Becker, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blackland Group, has been sold to Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing

Lincoln International is pleased to announce the sale of Prikos & Becker, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blackland Group, to Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing

Aerospace & Defense

Essentra has sold its Pipe Protection Technologies business to National Oilwell Varco

Lincoln is pleased to announce that Essentra plc (LON: ESNT) has sold its Pipe Protection Technologies business to National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV), a worldwide provider of equipment and components used in oil & gas drilling and production operations

Industrials

Avedon Capital Partners has acquired SLF Fraureuth GmbH

Lincoln International is pleased to announce that Avedon has acquired a majority stake in SLF, a manufacturer of high-performance bearings and spindles

Industrials

Frontline Tooling Solutions, an Audax Private Equity portfolio company, has divested Techniks Tool Group to an affiliate of Z Capital Partners

Lincoln is pleased to announce that Frontline Tooling Solutions, an Audax Private Equity portfolio company, has divested Techniks Tool Group to an affiliate of Z Capital Partners

Industrials

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