Role: Director
Email: f.frati@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
Fabrizio has been working in the M&A industry since 2006, collaborating with two corporate finance boutiques in Milan (Corporate Finance Advisors and Arner Corporate Finance) prior to joining Lyra Partners. During such period he has successfully assisted several industrial groups in executing their transactions.

He began his career in 1999 working as finance manager at the IPO of Gensoft ITT Spa, an high tech start-up company. In 2002, he moved to AEM Spa (now A2A Spa), an Italian leading utility group, as strategic planning specialist.

Fabrizio graduated in Business Administration from Bocconi and holds an MBA degree from RSM Rotterdam School of Management.

Role: Head of Origination & Marketing

Email: c.tavecchia@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
Carlomaria has a 10+ year experience of corporate finance, banking and M&A across several industries, including Food & Beverage, Fashion, Industrial Machinery, Logistics, Technology, and many others.

During his career, he has successfully advised Italian and International industry-champions, entrepreneurs, Private Equity funds, as well as SMEs, in executing their transactions.

After starting his career in the Asset Management field first at Julius Baer Sgr and then at Nextam Partners Sgr, from 2013 to 2017 he grew as a Senior Associate at Oaklins Italy, the Italian M&A boutique part of the leading International M&A alliance Oaklins.

He then joined IMI Intesa San Paolo where he was part of the coverage team and held several transactions for key large corporates part of the bank’s portfolio.

Carlomaria graduated in Business Administration from the Bocconi University and obtained his Master’s degree in Corporate Strategy from the SDA Bocconi School of Business.

Role: Senior Vice President
Email: d.longhi@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:

Dario has many years of experience in corporate finance, M&A and capital markets covering a broad range of sectors gained working in the investment banking division at UBS and Deutsche Bank.

During his career he has successfully assisted entrepreneurs and senior managers on corporate finance operations and capital raising for SMEs and multinationals, both listed and private.

He graduated in Business Administration with a focus on Corporate Finance at Bocconi University, obtained an MBA at INSEAD and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Role: Senior Advisor
Email: g.allavena@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
Giovanni has an extensive experience of Corporate Finance, M&A, structuring of loans and IPO on several industries (e.g. automotive, mechanical, IT and software, TLC) and in Equity markets such as Equity research and market strategy.

During his career, he has successfully completed transactions both of large groups and mid-market companies, over which he has focused over the last 10 years, assisting entrepreneurs, managers and private equity funds.

He began his career in the ’80s in Banca Manusardi as a financial analyst on listed companies, to then move on to major brokers such as SIGE, CIMO and Intersim with increasing responsibilities of analysts’ team.

From 1999 to 2015 he worked in the Investment Banking of Banca IMI, dealing with the origination and execution of IPO and M&A transactions.

Giovanni graduated in Business Administration, specialized in Corporate Finance, from Bocconi University.

Role: Analyst

Email: g.gengo@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
M&A Senior Analyst since September 2023, Gianluca during his professional career has gained significant expertise in M&A and Capital Markets advisory (IPOs, fund-rasing, equity reseach sell-side).
Previously, he worked as an analyst at KT&Partners, an independent boutique specialized in Investment Banking and Capital Markets advisory. During this experience, he managed several M&A transactions and completed an IPO on the Euronext Growth Milan (EGM), segment of Borsa Italiana Stock Exchange, as well as having been coverage analyst for 9 companies listed on the Italian stock exchange.
Gianluca graduated summa cum laude in Banking and Financial Intermediaries from Luiss Guido Carli University and is the winner of the “Thesis of Excellence A.A. 2020/2021″ award, thanks to his macroeconomic analysis on the impact of Covid-19 using DSGE models.

Role: Office Manager
Email: s.marseglia@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.0289046503

CV:
Sabrina works in Lyra Partners as Office Manager since 2020.

Sabrina has been Office Manager for about 20 years now and before joining Lyra Partners she worked in prestigious law firms in Milan (2018-2019 LabLaw) (2008-2017 Lca) and at the Bookshop of Palazzo della Triennale (2004-2008)

Role: Analyst
Email: m.barducci@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
Marco joined Lyra at the beginning of 2024 with a background in M&A and Restructuring.

Prior to joining Lyra he worked as analyst in the Turnaround team of Alvarez & Marsal and as senior analyst in Trim Corporate Finance, where he supported small and medium sized industrial companies in M&A projects and in turnaround and debt restructuring.

Marco earned a degree in Business Administration from University of Florence and a MSc degree in Corporate Finance from LUISS University.

Role: Managing Partner
Email: f.rossini@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
Fabrizio Rossini joined Lyra Partners in 2022. He is a Senior Advisor bringing his expertise and network in the Equity Capital Markets, Financial Communication and Investor Relations and leveraging his experiences in the Tech as well as Infrastructure industries.

In 2019 he joined RCF Group coordinating their IPO project. Prior to this he worked for WeBuild (formerly Salini-Impregilo) where he led the IR dept. achieving a two-notch improvement for their S&P credit rating and significantly improving the sell-side and Investors coverage. Previously he has also worked at ST-Ericsson, as head of IR, and at STMicroelectronics, Sodexo and the Eni Group, in IR, Finance and M&A senior positions based in Milan, Rome, Paris, New York, Geneva and Lugano.

Fabrizio received an M.A. in Economics, cum laude, from the University La Sapienza, Rome; and an M.A. in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC.
He’s currently contract professor at the Università Cattolica/USI joint Master program in European Studies in Investor Relations and Financial Communication (ESIR). He has co-authored, for the World Resources Institute, Wasting Assets, a pioneering research study in the field of natural resources accounting.
He also currently serves on the board of several not-for-profit cultural associations.

Role: Analyst
Email: f.quintili@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
Before joining Lyra Partners, Federico worked as Auditor in KPMG for an important Italian real estate fund (Dea Capital Real Estate Sgr), as Financial Analyst in Deloitte and as M&A Analyst in CDI Global Italy, an international M&A advisory firm focused on Small & Medium companies.

He has a bachelor’s degree in International Economics and Management and a master’s degree in Management from “Bocconi University”.

Role: Managing Partner
Email: a.desimone@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
Alessandro has an extensive experience of corporate finance, M&A and restructuring across several industries including packaging, food, chemicals and cardboard manufacturing.

During his career, he has successfully advised both large international companies and family owned businesses in executing their transactions. He has also served as member of the board and investment committee of both financial institution and industrial companies in Italy and abroad.

From 2002 to 2010 he started the advisory business of Arner Group as CEO of Arner Corporate Finance.

He started his career within the corporate development team at Montedison. He then joined Cragnotti & Partners where he was part of the investment team and held several management positions mainly in international companies part of the group’s portfolio.

Alessandro graduated cum laude in Business Administration from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.

Role: Partner
Email: a.serica@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
Alfredo is a founding partner of Lyra Partners.

He has 30 years of experience in financial and tax consulting for private and institutional clients internationally.

He is also chairman of Seal Consulting SA, a company specializing in wealth & asset management, which he founded in 2005, and is treasurer and board member of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland.

Role: Analyst

Email: p.manzoni@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
Pietro joined Lyra at the beginning of 2024, bringing with him a background in strategic consulting and an academic path with a strong international focus.

He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Bocconi University and subsequently a Master in Management from ESCP Business School, where he had the opportunity to gain academic experience in different European countries, spending one year in France and one year in Spain.

Before joining Lyra, he started his career with a brief experience in strategic consulting and then joined our team as a Junior Analyst from September to December. Since January, he has held the role of Analyst, supporting M&A projects.

Role: Assistant Office Manager
Email: segreteria@lyrapartners.it
Telephone: +39.02.89046500

CV:
Giovanna, Assistant Office Manager of Lyra Partners since September 2025, has experience as Assistant Office Manager, Back Office, and Front Office in professional firms.