Saverio Canepa Advisory operates primarily in the Italian mid-market and European cross-border, defined as M&A transactions with enterprise value between 5 and 150 million euros. This is the segment where informational inefficiencies are highest — buyers and sellers struggle to meet without qualified intermediation — and where independent advisors generate the most tangible added value compared to investment banks (focused on deals above 100M€) and generalist brokers (oriented to transactions below 5M€).
The industrial sectors covered reflect the Made in Italy positioning: specialty manufacturing (precision mechanics, premium food & beverage, packaging, automotive components, industrial fashion), B2B services with intangible assets (vertical management software, structured professional services, healthcare services), specialty distribution, and selected operational real estate segments. On special situations — secondary NPL, distressed assets, carve-out of non-strategic branches — coverage is sector-transversal and focuses on transactional complexity rather than the specific industry.
Geographically, primary focus is Italy (Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia, Lazio, Tuscany, Piedmont) with constant flow of foreign buyers from Germany, France, UK, Luxembourg and USA. The cross-border share is structurally high — approximately 35-45% of transactions involve at least one non-Italian counterpart — because the value of a Made in Italy company is often maximized by selling to a strategic international buyer rather than to a domestic consolidation.
