Appian Investment Partners s.r.l. ©
Appian Investment Partners is a management consulting firm specialized in the evaluation, structuring, and outsourced management of investments in distressed corporate credits
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Our main clients are investment funds, banks, and companies
Our Philosophy
Appian Investment Partners believes that through an active strategy with real added value, it is possible to reconcile the profitability of investments in distressed loans with the interests of both creditors and companies in crisis. Only by operating in the market with the highest efficiency, experience, and professionalism—such as those acquired by Appian's management during twenty years of experience in the sector—and with an extensive network of qualified professional contacts, is it possible to minimize the loss of goodwill of companies in crisis and promote their recovery to the benefit of investors, creditors, and business continuity itself. It is in this context that Appian's role as an “investment partner” becomes central.
The Founding Partner
Appian Investment Partners was conceived and created by Alberto Gnes in the summer of 2016. Before launching Appian, Alberto Gnes worked for 15 years (from 2001 to 2016) in the Merrill Lynch group (later absorbed into Bank of America), holding the roles of Managing Director responsible (from 2009) for the Italian office of the Global Credit and Special Situations (GCSS) group, with responsibility for distressed and special situations investments in Italy and (from the end of 2013) for NPL portfolio investments in Western Europe. From 2004 to 2009 he was a senior trading strategist at GCSS in London, responsible for investment strategies in Italy and the most complex operations of the desk. From 2004 to 2010 he represented Merrill Lynch in the joint venture with Fortress Investment Group, taking on (in the years 2008-2010) the position of board member of Italfondiario S.p.A.. From 2007 to 2016 he was CEO and (from 2011) chairman of the board of GEM 21 s.r.l., a Merrill Lynch group company operating in the field of financial restructuring and arrangement proposals as a third-party assignee. In 1998 he won the “Marchesini” scholarship offered by the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Roma and from 1999 to 2001 he studied at the Leonard Stern School of Business at New York University, obtaining an MBA with a double major in Finance and Management, studying (among others) corporate finance and valuation with Professor Aswat Damodaran and business restructuring with Professor Edward Altman. From 1998 to 1999 he held the role of executive at the London-based merchant bank of the West LB group, and in 1997 as an equity analyst at Williams de Broë. He was registered with the UK Securities and Future Authority (from 2013 replaced by the PRA/FCA) as Securities and Financial Derivatives Representative from 1997 to 2016. He graduated in 1996 with a degree in Economics and Business with a grade of 110/110 cum laude. He is currently a member of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, a member of ASTRID, and a member of the Turnaround Management Association - Italian Chapter.
Case Study
I Giardini di Sacro Monte Eco-immobiliare (GSM): Appian Investment Partners, with the financial support of an international institutional investor, relaunched the project initially known as "I Giardini Sospesi" - now "Borghi18" - in Varese, giving it new momentum in order to complete its construction by focusing on the concept of an innovative residential complex, through the use of advanced plant solutions (such as geothermal energy, rainwater recovery, home automation, radiant system) and enhancing its strategic position at the foot of the Sacro Monte of Varese.
Appian Investment Partners has:
1. Identified and evaluated the investment opportunity in the mortgage credit towards the bankruptcy of F.E.M.M. srl
2. Presented the opportunity to an international institutional investor, assisting them in their evaluations
3. Assisted the investor in negotiating the purchase of the credit and in structuring the securitization transaction of the same
4. Assisted the receiver in managing the real estate assets of the bankrupt company to safeguard the building permits acquired before the bankruptcy
5. Assisted the institutional investor in the creation of the ReoCo "I Giardini di Sacro Monte Eco-Immobiliare" and managed the completion works, the enhancement works, the strategy of
communication and sales.
Contact us
Address
Via Carlo Conti Rossini 26, 00147, Rome (RM)
Phone
Appian Investment Partners s.r.l. ©