Culligan Acquisition Italy srl, a member of the world’s leading water management company, controlled by the Advent private equity fund, acquired Blupura srl, a Loreto company founded by Luca Costantini and Gianni Grottini, active in the design, Production and sales of dispensers for the dispensing of filtered, chilled, sparkling, hot and purified drinking water.

Nctm Studio Legale, with the lawyer Pietro Zanoni, and the associated company Picchio & Marcolini, with Dr. Luca Marcolini, assisted – in legal and tax matters respectively – the founders of Blupura in the sale of the company’s entire share capital and in Subsequent reinvestment in the Culligan Group, as well as in the definition of related management agreements. DVR Capital, with its partner Nicola Gualmini, acted as a sales financial advisor.

On the buy side, the Culligan Group was assisted by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP for aspects of US law, Bonn Steichen & Partners for aspects of Luxembourg law and Giliberti Triscornia and Associates, with lawyer Giulio Santagada, for aspects of Italian law.