Ciro advises companies and financial investors on financing rounds and M&A transactions. He also advises on corporate law and corporate reorganizations as well as on capital market law issues.
Education and Career
Ciro studied law in Berlin, Rome and London. Before joining YPOG, Ciro worked as a corporate and M&A associate with the German law firm Hengeler Mueller.
Experience
Ciro's recent work highlights include advising:
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ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE on the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary wetter.com to FUNKE Media Group
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Kurma Partners, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, AdBio Partners, HTGF and NRW.BANK on the EUR 21 million financing round of EvlaBio
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Project A Ventures on the EUR 240 million financing round of AMBOSS
- Verdane invests in healthtech company ETERNO
- reverse.supply acquired by U.S. recommerce platform Trove
- Dealfront acquires WiredMinds
Qualifications
- German qualified attorney (Rechtsanwalt)
- LL.M. (King's College London)
Languages
- German
- English
- Italian
- French
- Spanish
- Author in Beck's Venture Capital Handbook (Bank/Schaper/Ullrich, 1st edition 2026) [in German]
- Co-Author of the Sections “Right of First Refusal” and “Tag-Along Right” in: Beck'sches Handbuch Venture Capital, 1st edition 2026, Chapter 3, Sections 6 IV 5 and 6 (together with Adrian Haase)
- The EU Inc. – A suitable legal form for growth companies and venture capital investors?
GmbHR 2026, pp. 953–965 (together with Martin Schaper and Maximilian Mense) (in German)
