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Tobia
Croff
Partner
Education
University of Chicago, LL.M.
Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Laurea in Giurisprudenza (J.D. equivalent)
Practice
Tobia Croff is a partner in the European Corporate Group practicing in Italy and advises a variety of corporations and financial institutions in connection with both public and private corporate merger, acquisition, sale and joint venture transactions, and in capital markets transactions. He started in Shearman & Sterling’s New York office in 1999, where he developed a significant experience in U.S. domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. Effective October, 2003, he rotated to the firm’s Rome office, where he continued to develop his corporate practice, with a particular focus on cross-border deals, and to expand his capital markets experience. Mr. Croff is admitted to practice in Italy and the state of New York and is fluent in English and Italian. Mr. Croff became partner in 2009 and relocated to the firm’s newly opened Milan office effective January 1, 2010.
Experience
- The Dada Group, a leading provider of mobile entertainment services, in numerous domestic and cross-border corporate transactions, including the acquisition of all of the stock of UPOC Networks, Inc. and the formation and subsequent reorganization of its 50/50 joint venture with Sony BMG Music Entertainment, as well as in connection with the international licensing issues arising from the launch of Music Movement, its new service allowing its subscribers to download DRM-free full track MP3s through the web or their mobile phone
- AABAR Investments PJSC in the acquisition of a 3.3% interest in the share capital of Atlantia, the holding company of Autostrade per l’Italia, from the UniCredit Group
- Sorin S.p.A., a multinational biomedical devices manufacturer, in its acquisition of Datascope Inc.’s Endoscopic Vein Harvesting business
- Polynt S.p.A., an Italian chemical company, in connection with various corporate and domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisition matters
- GFKL, a German financial services company, in connection with the establishment in Italy of its non-performing loan portfolio investment platform
- Whitehall Funds, a family of real estate funds managed by The Goldman Sachs Group, in its takeover of Berenice, the Italian real estate investment fund managed by the Pirelli Group
- Dada S.p.A. in its to operate their global direct-to-consumer mobile digital entertainment and Web 2.0 community services
- Gaselys, a joint venture between Société Générale and Gaz de France engaging in commodities trading, in connection with the establishment and qualification with the regulatory authorities of its Italian branch
- MetroGAS S.A. in its public exchange offer to its noteholders residing in Italy in connection with the global restructuring of its financial indebtedness
- Allianz AG in the acquisition of all of the shares of RAS S.p.A. that it did not already own and the proposed subsequent merger of RAS S.p.A. into Allianz AG to form a European Company
- UniCredito Italiano S.p.A. on a recurring basis in connection with its US Medium Term Note, Extendible Floating Rate Note and Commercial Paper programs and in its issue of guaranteed notes exchangeable into common shares of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.
- Hypo Real Estate Bank International in connection with the worldwide reorganization of its real estate lending business
- Stark Investment in connection with an investment in Parmalat in the context of the extraordinary administration of the company
- Royal Group Technologies Limited in its divestiture of its Italian subsidiaries
- The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance in the placement of preferential subscription rights in connection with the capital increase of Alitalia S.p.A.
- Buongiorno Vitaminic S.p.A. in various private equity and other corporate transactions
- Cinram International in its acquisition of the optical disc manufacturing and printing business of Time Warner, Inc.
- Cadbury Schweppes plc in the acquisition of the Adams confectionery business from Pfizer Inc.
- Corning, Inc. in the sale of Corning Precision Lens Inc. to 3M Company
- Several primary financial institutions acting as the financial advisors in various public and private merger and acquisition transactions
- Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc. in connection with the sale of CSFBdirect Inc. to Bankmont Financial Corporation
- The Thomson Corporation in its acquisition of certain assets of Harcourt, Inc. from Reed Elsevier Inc.
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Italy
Languages
English
Italian
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