International legal practice Norton Rose Studio Legale has advised Xenon Private Equity on the acquisition, through Telerobot S.r.l, of two Italian companies, CST Machine Speciali S.r.l. and CST Meccanica S.r.l., both active in producing high technology precision mechanics and robotics for the manufacturing industry. This follows Xenon’s acquisition in May 2010 of Icam (Impianti e Collaudi per l’Automazione di Montaggio), another Italian company active in that sector.

Davide Proverbio, Norton Rose Studio Legale partner based in Milan and expert in private equity, advised Xenon on all three acquisitions; he was assisted by Associate Cristina Gabardi. Simmons & Simmons advised the CST Machine Speciali S.r.l. and CST Meccanica S.r.l. and Studio Perrone e Soffientini provided tax advice.