About Us

ProINVESTO.IT and HELVIA trust group warmly welcome you.

ProINVESTO.IT is HELVIA’s independent, secure and confidential M&A platform, which facilitates the buying and selling of shares, companies, infrastructures and valuable commercial properties located in Italy, Switzerland and Rest of Europe. ProINVESTO.IT facilitates and matches business and property owners (the Potential Sellers) against domestic and foreign acquirers and investors (the Potential Buyers) looking for corporate growth and capital returns.

Since 1984 HELVIA, headquartered in Lugano, has been carrying out a great deal of buy-side or sell-side M&A advisory assignments, assuring its exclusive clients the highest standards of professionalism, confidentiality and ethics.

HELVIA and its great professional staff are managed by CEO, Dr. Dalmazio Zolesi.

Dr. Zolesi has held senior executive positions in top-notch professional firms and industrial groups (PwC Advisory, Arthur Andersen & Co. Financial Consulting Services, Pirelli-Prysmian, Forbo International, FAAC) both at home and abroad. He managed organisations of thousands of people, a vast array of markets, plants, research centres, spanning the continents, with economic and financial responsibilities spanning by hundreds of millions to billions of Euros. He accomplished a multitude of acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, strategic alliances and corporate renewals . For 22 years he has been Contract Professor of Strategic Management at the EMBA, MBA, MASS and Executive Programs of the Swiss University of Applied Sciences SUPSI in Lugano.

The professional staff of HELVIA is grouped in 2 areas of expertise:

    • M&A Advisors: consisting of business trustees, strategic & financial advisors and chartered accountants specialised in deal-making strategies and tactics, corporate finance, negotiation, economic value creation, financial valuation, risk management, corporate & business contracts;
    • Target Hunters: composed of targeting & networking experts specialised in market intelligence, target origination campaigns, research, selection and confidential contact of selected targets and the development and management of the global network of potential buyers and investors.

 

HELVIA can also count on of its trusted professional partners (lawyers, notaries, accountants, auditors, real estate experts and appraisers) as well as on its broad base of industry’s experts (managers and specialists) and on research, innovation and technology development centres in Italy and Switzerland.

HELVIA’s professionals are highly qualified, experienced, motivated and goal-oriented to successfully execute M&A transactions, in accordance with Client’s wishes and interests. HELVIA is your trusted M&A Advisor and one-stop shop for acquiring or disposing your business or asset.

Why choosing HELVIA – ProINVESTO (1-2)

  • 40-years (since 1984) of HELVIA’s brand reputation and M&A expertise
  • Truck-record of hundreds M&A transactions performed on businesses, commercial properties, infrastructure and projects, in homeland and abroad
  • Direct access to several hundreds of domestic & global industrial acquirers, such as: multinational groups (MNCs), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), real estate developers & managers, deal clubs, business families & entrepreneurs, private investors, for which HELVIA acts as M&A Advisor or as Investment/Divestiture Desk
  • Direct access to several hundreds of domestic & global financial and institutional investors, such as: private equity/debt funds, venture capitalists, holdings & foundations, hedge funds, investment banks, family offices, trusts, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, etc for which HELVIA acts as M&A Advisor or as Investment/Divestiture Desk
  • HELVIA’s outstanding professional staff consisting of highly-qualified M&A Advisors & Target Hunters
  • HELVIA’s best practices tailored around Client’s needs to deliver tangible value on M&A deals, succession management, corporate renewals, asset protection, corporate advisory & trust services

Why choosing HELVIA ProINVESTO (2-2)

  • ProINVESTO M&A platform with domestic and global reach-out, social media, networking & comunication tecnologies empowered with AI, big data, etc. to to make your M&A opportunity accessible to the audience of potential targets, while preserving the utmost confidentiality
  • Domestic and global network of strategic & financial partners to empower your M&A project and accelerate the pay-back and the return on your invested capital
  • Delivery of à la carte of s broad array of professional services, upon client’s request, such as: financial valuations, business planning, financial forecasting, market researches, due diligences, capital raising, post-acquisition integration plans, corporate advisory, wealth management 
  • Long-standing expertise in in opening negotiations, managing relationships, negotiating deals, exchanging operational and financial information, in avoiding pitfalls and mistakes both financially and contractually, in persuading and in closing deals
  • Cross-cultural intelligence and ability to execute M&A deals in the most applied European languages
  • Assistance and liaison with Client’s law firm in drafting the SPA and ancillary contracts

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Why choosing ProINVESTO (1-2)

For SELLERS:

  • we help you focus on the objectives of your project as well as the best business or property transfer strategy to pursue
  • we organise your disposal project and prepare the information and valuation material (Pitch Book and Business Valuation) according to international M&A best practices
  • we value the company or property for sale by explaining its current and potential value and the possible returns and synergies for the potential buyer
  • research, select and confidentially contact decision makers of potential Buyers and Investors, nationally and globally, who can best recognise and value your opportunity
  • confidentially present your opportunity to decision-makers, answer their questions, resolve their concerns, verify their interest in the transaction and present them to you
  • we guide you in initiating and conducting negotiations, structuring the dataroom and managing due diligence and counterparties
  • we provide you with a pricing and negotiation strategy and clear strategic, financial and legal recommendations on how to proceed throughout the negotiations
  • we safeguard the strategic, economic and contractual interest of you, your company and its stakeholders until the deal is closed

Why choosing ProINVESTO (2-2)

  • sollecitiamo l’interesse all’acquisto da parte dei potenziali Acquirenti, mettendo in campo la credibilità e l’expertise dei professionisti di HELVIA
  • presentiamo il vostro oggetto in vendita alla rete dei potenziali Acquirenti del ProINVESTO Deal Club
  • organizziamo gli incontri e le agende di lavoro tra le parti, facilitiamo le relazioni e gli scambi informativi, anche in lingua estera
  • vi guidiamo ed assistiamo nella conduzione delle trattative e nella negoziazione e valutazione delle offerte d’acquisto ricevute
  • vi assistiamo in fase di due diligence confrontandoci sui vari temi con il Potenziale Acquirente e i suoi consulenti di fiducia
  • ottimizziamo le chance di successo e finalizziamo la cessione, consentendovi di raggiungere i migliori risultati possibili

Come contattarci

Per maggiori informazioni, siete pregati di contattare la Segretaria di HELVIA all’indirizzo email:  info@proinvesto.it  oppure  info@helviapartners.com  oppure di contattarci telefonicamente al numero  0041 91 630 97 57