Scaling Family Businesses: Insights from H.I.G. Italy’s Raffaele Legnani on Private Equity Opportunities
Raffaele Legnani, who heads H.I.G. Italy and brings three decades of private equity expertise, has seen the industry evolve through various economic shifts. Here, he discusses the challenges and prospects for Italy’s mid-market firms, the changing mindset of family-owned companies toward private equity partnerships, and the strategies H.I.G. employs—ranging from consolidation to global expansion and digital innovation—to generate long-term growth.