“Cube Cold” is a leading pan-European platform in the cold-storage industry, controlled by “I Squared Capital”, a global independent investor in the infrastructure sector. This is its third acquisition in Italy.
“Sottozero S.r.l.” is a temperature-controlled logistics hub based in Cremosano (CR) for customers mainly in the Pharma and Food & Beverage set up by the entrepreneur Roberto Mazzini.
Arcadia is a historic advisory boutique from Milan, founded in 2001 and active in consulting to entrepreneurs and SMEs for complete assistance in M&A transactions in accordance with the practices of larger international investment banks.
Arcadia, also drawing on its team’s historical expertise in the real estate sector, directly managed all the various stages of the deal such as the scouting of counterparties, the deal structuring, the management of the data room and the management of the negotiations until the closing of the deal.
For the legal aspects of the deal, a team led by the Partners Andrea Sgalla and Stefano Banchi of Grimaldi Alliance advised “Azzurra Holding”.
On the other hand, respectively for the legal part and for the strategic support in the identification of the target, “Chiomenti” and “Mainini & Associati” advised “I Squared Capital” and “Cube Cold”.
