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A&O Shearman advises Oaktree on assuming ownership of Inter Milan

A&O Shearman has acted as co-advisor for Oaktree Capital Management and its affiliate entities on assuming ownership of Italian football club, F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. (Inter Milan).

Following a loan default of the former majority shareholder, ownership of Inter Milan was transferred to Oaktree, which now indirectly owns 99.6% of Inter Milan's share capital.

A&O Shearman in Luxembourg acted as co-counsel on the transaction in collaboration with, among others, Milbank acting as international lead counsel.

The core A&O Shearman Luxembourg team advising Oaktree on the Luxembourg aspects of the transaction comprised Partners Pierre Schleimer and Sylvain Cailleau, Counsel Lukas Vondrich, Senior Associate Raphael Theiss and Associates Arnaldo Mitola, Dorothee Lanes and Elisabeth Ollé.