Our Team Welcomes MLaw Valentino Poltera as a New Junior Associate
Dear readers, we are pleased to introduce the fifth member of our law firm’s team: MLaw Valentino Poltera, who joined our firm on 1 March 2026.
After obtaining his Swiss Matura from the SCC in Bellinzona, Valentino completed his Bachelor of Law (BLaw) in 2023 and Master of Law (MLaw) in 2025 at the University of Fribourg, with a particular focus on tax law and contract law as part of his Master’s degree. His previous professional experience has also enabled him to develop solid experience in civil litigation and administrative law.
Valentino, 26, completed two summer internships at our Lugano and Mendrisio offices during his university studies, in 2021 and 2023, for a total of three months. During these internships, he supported the lawyers and notaries of our firm on specific cases covering various areas of law. He has therefore already become fully integrated into our team.
We are delighted to welcome him back to our firm, this time as a junior associate.
Welcome, Valentino!
Founders' sale of 100% shares
The law firm Cavadini Steger Gianinazzi Maffi advised the founding partners of a company based in Basel (Switzerland) – which provides services in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors – on the sale of 100% of the shares in the company and in its French subsidiary to a multinational group based in Italy.
Our firm (with a team comprising Mauro Cavadini and Valentino Poltera, MLaw) provided assistance in the drafting and negotiation of the sale and purchase agreement and of several ancillary contracts, such as new employment contracts under Swiss law, as well as in the preparation of all corporate governance documents at Closing, whilst also coordinating the involvement of an external tax consultancy firm to advise on the tax treatment of the sellers.
Generational handover a leading company of Ticino
The law firm Studio Legale Cavadini Steger Gianinazzi Maffi provided legal and notarial services to shape the transition to the next generation of a leading Ticino-based company active internationally in the processing of high-tech raw materials. Our services included the structuring of the transaction from both perspectives of the corporate and the inheritance law, as well as the drafting of the relevant contracts, shareholders' agreements, inheritance agreements and all the deeds relating to the new governance of the group. Finally, we provided appropriate solutions to regulate certain aspects of labour law.
Our legal and notary team was led by Pamela Gianinazzi, assisted by Mauro Cavadini for the corporate law and governance aspects and by Samuel Maffi for the labour law aspects.
M&A transaction of Dick & Figli SA
The law firm Cavadini Steger Gianinazzi Maffi provided contractual and corporate assistance to the selling party in the context of the M&A transaction (management buy-out) of Dick & Figli SA, a company founded in 1971 and a leading supplier of office and home furnishing solutions in the Canton of Ticino.
Our legal team was led by Mauro Cavadini.