Casino Planet

Casino Planet
Date: March 2014
Deal Size: £Undisclosed
About the client: Neomobile Gaming S.p.A. (trading under the CasinoPlanet.it brand) is a licensed Italian mobile-first business, operating on its own proprietary mobile and internet gaming platform.
About the transaction: Advised Neomobile S.p.A. on the sale of its mobile and internet gaming business to RCS Media Group, conducting a formal sales process on the company’s behalf.

The process encompassed operators, software suppliers and media groups across Europe and North America. The acquirer, RCS Media Group, is one of the largest media groups in Europe and includes sports newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport and Marca.

Lead: David Shapton
Casino Planet

 
 

Chris Young…

Chris is focused on listed closed-ended funds, specialising in both equity and debt capital fundraising. He has over 16 years’ experience in both sales and research. With relationships across many of the large institutional investors in the sector, he has worked across IPOs, secondary fundraisings, placings and sales. He began his career in the City as an investment funds analyst at Credit Lyonnais in 1999, and has subsequently held positions at Lazard Panmure Gordon, Arbuthnot Securities, and most recently as a specialist salesman within the investment funds team at Westhouse Securities. He is focused on private and public real estate and REITs, infrastructure and utilities, emerging markets, private equity and alternatives. Tel: +44 (0) 20 3780 8746 Mob: +44 (0) 7471 141 303 Email: cyoung@akur.co.uk