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Becker Advises the Quick Group on Yachting Marine Service Acquisition

Becker Advises the Quick Group on Yachting Marine Service Acquisition

New York, NY, February 9, 2024 – Becker & Poliakoff’s Corporate and International Practice Group acted as U.S. counsel to Quick S.p.A., and its wholly-owned subsidiary Quick USA, Inc., on its acquisition of Yachting Marine Service.  Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici Studio Legale, led by corporate partner Andrea Giardino and associate Gianmarco Melillo, represented Quick S.p.A. on matters of Italian law. Quick S.p.A. is owned by investment funds, Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR S.p.A. and Armònia SGR S.p.A., and the Marzucco family. The transaction closed on January 31, 2024.

The new company will become a service hub for Quick USA’s planned growth and expansion in the US, one of the largest and most important nautical markets in the world.

Quick USA represents all Quick Groups brands and lines which include thrusters, stabilization and motion control systems, boilers, carefully designed and engineered anchoring systems, lighting, deck equipment, furniture, ladders, catwalks, and much more.

Yachting Marine Service, based in Florida, specializes in assistance for superyachts and the main pleasure boating brands.

Becker Corporate Shareholder and Europe & Latin America Practice Group Chair Gabriel Monzon Cortarelli led the US law aspects of the transaction with assistance from corporate associate Valeria Angelucci and partners Jamie Dokovna (Labor and Employment matters) and Michael Burwick (Corporate Tax matters).

For more information on Becker’s International Practice Group, visit https://beckerlawyers.com/practices/international-services-europe-latin-america/.

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