Law firms in Generative Bionics investment round

Gianni & Origoni advised Generative Bionics; BonelliErede advised CDP Venture Capital and RoboIT; Dentons advised Eni Next; Latham & Watkins advised AMD Ventures; McDermott Will & Schulte advised Tether; and Duferco managed the transaction through its in-house legal department. Generative Bionics, a start-up spun out of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) and active in the development of intelligent humanoid robotics, closed its first investment round of €70 million. The round was led by CDP Venture Capital’s Artificial Intelligence Fund and saw participation from AMD Ventures, Duferco, Eni Next, RoboIT and Tether. Generative Bionics aims to develop a reference humanoid robot for European industry. Gianni & Origoni represented Generative Bionics with a team composed by: partner Alessandro Merenda (team coordinator); partners Silvia Bordi and Alberto Recchia; counsel Francesca Romana Stefanelli; associates Monica Boccuzzi and Davide De Fazio for corporate and M&A matters; partner Raffaello Stefano De Marco for intellectual property; partner Saverio Schiavone, counsel Veruska Maria Crucitti and associate Francesca Pistol for employment matters; partner Fabio Chiarenza and counsel Carmen Adele Pisani for tax matters; and partner Fabio Baglivo and associate Marta Bartoletti for golden power issues. BonelliErede represented CDP Venture Capital and RoboIT with a multidisciplinary team composed by: partner Giulia Bianchi Frangipane (team lead); managing associate Enrico Goitre; associates Gaia Mussi and Alessandro Cicala. Employment matters were handled by of counsel Federica Paternò and senior associate Daniele La Stella; tax matters by senior associate Matteo Polisicchio; intellectual property by partner Tommaso Faelli; golden power matters by partner Luca Perfetti and senior associate Marina Roma. For the due diligence activities BonelliErede engaged the beLab Transaction Services team led by managing director Michel Miccoli and coordinated by legal advisor Nicolò Vallefuoco. Dentons represented Eni Next with a team composed by: partner Barbara Urselli together with lawyers Davide Alesso (in-house counsel of Eni Next) and Pietro Stella (legal team of Eni) handling the mandate for Eni Next. Latham & Watkins represented AMD Ventures with a team composed by: partners Nima Movahedi and Giovanni Sandicchi, associate Lorenzo Pistoresi and trainee Gabriele Mengo. Regulatory matters were handled by partner Cesare Milani with associate Edoardo Cassinelli. McDermott Will & Schulte represented Tether with a team composed by: partners Giancarlo Castorino and Agata Todarello and counsel Oscar Arcà. Duferco managed its participation in the transaction through its in-house legal department with a team composed by: group general counsel Federico Piccaluga.

Law firms in Generative Bionics investment round

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