Luca Lupone
Senior Partner
Chartered Accountant - Albo di Milano: n. 1764
Chartered Auditor - Registro n. 33454
Graduated in Amministrazione, Finanza e Controllo - Un.Bocconi
Areas of expertise
He acts as Financial Advisor with focus in Deals and Transaction, mainly in the following areas: Valuation & Deals, Accounting and Business Plans, Litigation & Disputes, Crisis Management (Industrial Sector)
Background
He was Partner of PwC for 24 years; he joined the firm as auditor and was involved in Transaction Services and Consulting projects as well. He worked in Milan and London offices. In 1995 he joined the Corporate Finance Division with the responsibility to establish the BRS – Business Recovery Services activity in Italy (the business unit dedicated to companies facing financial problems and underperforming results or acting as advisor for distress M&A opportunities) and following being the Italian leader for Deals (business unit dedicated to M&A, Valuation, BRS, Strategic and Operational Deal Services and Transaction Services).
Positions
As Financial Advisor he closed several deals mainly distressed M&A and Financial Restructuring both for local clients and international groups and investors; performing many Valuation and Fairness opinions, Purchase Price Allocation (PPA), Impairment Test exercises for leading local and international clients.
He was a member of the Management Board of OIV (Italian Organization for Valuation), the Italian standard setter for valuations. Member of the European Leadership Council of SeriousFun Children’s Network, the organisation founded by Paul Newman dedicated to children with serious and chronic diseases and their families.
Publications
He is the author of articles and publications and speaker at conferences and seminars. Testimonials of the Master Degree in Corporate Finance and MBA at SDA Bocconi and at the University of Pavia. He took part in the publication of the “Italian Valuation Principles (PIV)”, as well as the “New guidelines for goodwill impairment in the context of crisis”.
E-mail: luca.lupone@athenaassociati.it
