Shearman & Sterling advised the lenders in connection with the financing in support of CVC Capital Partners’ acquisition of Maticmind S.p.A. from a consortium including Carmine Saladino, Chairman of Maticmind, and Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR.

Maticmind is the parent company of an Italian group leading the provision of IT system integrators and specialising in the sale, installation, configuration and management of complex data networks and collaboration systems for telco, public administrations and large private companies.

Alongside the transaction, Maticmind also announced the acquisition of a majority stake in SIO, an Italian leader in the cybersecurity market and intelligence technologies, which was partially funded by the financing being provided in support of CVC's headline acquisition.

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