Buy Side M&A Advisory — GC Advisory | M&A, Corporate Finance Boutique

Services

Buy Side M&A Advisory

We assist buyers in identifying, evaluating, and acquiring target companies, offering support throughout every stage to ensure a smooth and successful transaction.

Our Services

Target Scouting, Analysis and Approach

We identify and evaluate investment targets, providing strategic insights and personalized outreach to secure the best opportunities for our clients.

Valuation

We offer comprehensive financial analysis to determine the value of the target, ensuring informed decision-making for acquisitions.

Management of Due Diligence Process

We oversee the due diligence process, thoroughly reviewing the target’s financials, operations, and risks to ensure informed decision-making and a smooth acquisition process.

Negotiation and Deal Structuring

Our expert negotiators work on your behalf to structure deals that optimize value, while addressing risks and aligning with your financial and strategic objectives.

Investment Reporting

We help tracking the investment performance, providing a comprehensive portfolio analysis to support informed investment decisions.

Closing and Post-Closing Support

We provide guidance through transaction closing, ensuring smooth execution, followed by post-closing integration support to optimize synergies and achieve strategic goals.

Talk to a Partner

Gerardo Cavaliere

Partner, Co-Founder

Gerardo is Co-Founder of GC Advisory, where he focuses on M&A advisory transactions, both on the sell-side and buy-side. He has developed solid experience across several core sectors, including aerospace, software and ICT, industrial, and business services. Gerardo holds a degree in Business Administration and Corporate Finance from Bocconi University and, prior to founding GC Advisory, gained experience at leading international investment banks and professional firms, with a focus on debt restructuring, M&A deals, wealth management and family governance.

gerardo.cavaliere@gcadvisory.com

Giovanni Caroli

Partner, Co-Founder

Giovanni is Co-Founder of GC Advisory, where he focuses on M&A advisory transactions, both on the sell-side and buy-side, as well as on debt advisory. He has developed solid expertise across several core sectors, including aerospace, technology, healthcare, consumer, industrial, and energy. Prior to founding GC Advisory, Giovanni gained experience at leading consulting firms and professional practices, and earned a Master in Management from Bocconi University and a Master in International Taxation from Leiden University.

giovanni.caroli@gcadvisory.com

Latest deals

2026

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Sell Side M&A Advisory

acquired a majority stake

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Italia Eventi, an Italian agency specialised in the design and production of live brand experiences—corporate and consumer events, product launches, fashion-week activations and influencer-led formats—has agreed the sale of a majority stake to Ykone, the leading international influencer marketing group founded in Paris in 2008, controlled by Saudi-listed BinDawood Holding and present in more than 15 markets with c. 300 professionals.

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2025

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Debt Advisory

provided a senior secured bond facility

Agren, an Italian agrisolar (agrivoltaic) project company sponsored by Di Carlo Holding (DCH), has completed a €132 million senior secured bond facility fully subscribed by Pollen Street Capital. The proceeds will finance the development of a 14-plant agrivoltaic portfolio located in Puglia and Campania, with an aggregate installed capacity of around 139 MW, supporting DCH’s build-out of the Agren platform in Italy’s fast-growing agrivoltaics segment