Sergio Anania

Sergio is a partner in the corporate team in Milan. He is a lawyer with over 30 years of experience, specialized in extraordinary transactions, corporate restructuring, and venture capital. Sergio provides strategic legal advice to Italian and international companies, guiding them through complex processes with a pragmatic, negotiation-oriented approach, marked by discretion and precision. In the restructuring field, he is particularly active in the acquisition of single-name credits backed by trophy assets, overseeing the entire process: creditor identification, structuring of securitization vehicles, repossession, and asset enhancement. Recent successful transactions include: The closure of a negotiated procedure involving the restructuring of a significant debt secured by a trophy hotel asset in Milan; The renegotiation of bank debt for a large shopping center in the Milan metropolitan area, converting the debt into equity. In the venture capital and growth equity space, he advises funds and startups on the negotiation of innovative instruments such as SAFE, convertible notes, and incentive plans (work for equity, stock option plans). Recent transactions include: Advising UK venture capital investors on a €10 million seed round in a cloud storage company; Supporting a biotech startup through multiple investment rounds, totaling €15 million in funding; Assisting investment funds in the food and technology sectors from pre-seed to Series A. · Withers Società tra Avvocati S.r.l.