Investindustrial Hires In-House Counsel

Marco Pierettori has joined Investindustrial, a Southern European investment group, has internal legal counsel. He previously ran legal, compliance and audit operations for Lehman Brothers in Italy.

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Investindustrial has announced the appointment of Marco Pierettori as its internal legal counsel. In his new position at Investindustrial, Marco is responsible for the group’s legal, compliance and internal audit functions. Marco previously spent four years at Lehman Brothers where he was head of the Legal, Compliance and Audit division for the Italian operations.

Prior to Lehman, Marco spent four years in New York and London working for the US law firm Davis, Polk and Wardell advising corporate clients on US-EU cross border issues. Marco is a member of both the New York and the England & Wales bars, received a degree in Jurisprudence from La Sapienza University in Rome and a Master of Law from the University of Virginia.

“I’m pleased to have joined Investindustrial” says Marco of his new position “and I look forward to working with the executive team to continue the vision that has helped to create a market leading industrially driven private equity group in Southern Europe over twenty years.”

“We are very excited to have Marco join the Investindustrial team,” adds Andrea C. Bonomi, Chairman of Investindustrial. “We already operate a conservative strategy in managing counterparty, operational, legal and regulatory risks but this appointment will further strengthen our commitment to this area.”

Investindustrial is expecting to further expand and strengthen its team in the coming months. Marco will be based in the Swiss office as part of the investment and monitoring team.

Investindustrial is a leading Southern European investment group with approximately €2.1 billion of assets under management, which provides industrial solutions and capital to mid-market companies in Southern Europe. Its mission is to actively contribute to the development of the companies in which it invests, by creating growth opportunities and offering global solutions through an entrepreneurial pan-European vision. Certain companies of the Investindustrial group are authorized by, and subject to regulatory supervision of, the FSA and the JFSC in the United Kingdom and the CSSF in Luxembourg.