Capital markets: Equity

Antonio Coletti

Antonio Coletti advises clients on a variety of capital markets, M&A, and general corporate matters, with a particular focus on equity and debt offerings. Widely recognized as one of Italy’s leading corporate lawyers, Mr. Coletti advises a mix of private equity firms, companies, and investment banks that do business in Italy. He handles a range of notable transactional matters, including equity and debt capital markets offerings and public mergers and acquisitions. His work also includes public company representation matters. Drawing on more than two decades of capital markets experience, Mr. Coletti combines sophisticated legal and regulatory knowledge with a pragmatic and commercially driven approach. He regularly advises on some of the highest-profile capital markets transactions in the Italian market. His capital markets work includes: Primary and secondary offerings, listings (initial public offerings, rights issues, and accelerated book build offerings) Public M&A, including stake buildings and take-over bids Bonds issues (investment grade, high yields, and convertible) Liability management (tender offers and consent solicitation) Structured finance transactions, including equity derivatives Mr. Coletti also advises clients on sales and acquisitions of public companies, as well as general corporate representation, reorganization, and compliance matters. Mr. Coletti previously served as Local Chair of the Corporate Department in Mila

Alberta Figari

Of Counsel

Ferigo Foscari

Partner

Anton Carlo Frau

Anton Carlo advises on M&A transactions for both listed and unlisted companies. He is particular specialized in equity capital markets and the regulation of financial markets. He assist Italian and foreign investment banks, companies and private equity funds in acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, public offerings and IPOs. He also advises clients on Debt Capital Markets side, handles the origination, structuring, execution and placement of bond issues.

Vittoria Giustiniani

Partner, Vittoria Giustiniani specialises in corporate law, M&A, capital markets, corporate restructuring and insolvency proceedings as well as extraordinary transactions, providing assistance to public and private companies in access to capital markets through IPOs and capital increases, acquisitions (including through mergers, trade in holdings, public offerings, joint venture agreements and commercial agreements), debt restructuring transactions through recourse to instruments other than insolvency procedures, as provided by bankruptcy law, and to further loans as required. She is Team Leader of the Equity Capital Markets Focus Team.

Claudia Parzani

Specialized in corporate matters, Claudia has assisted and advised many of the most important Italian and international banks and corporates in the context of complex extraordinary transactions and currently her main focus is on strategic and corporate governance issues and ESG-linked topics.

Gianfranco Veneziano

Partner, Gianfranco Veneziano specialises in corporate law and M&A (JVs, transfer of BUs, corporate reorganisations and generational transitions), private equity and capital markets (including issuance of shares and debt securities, purchase and sale of equity stakes, capital increases, IPOs, takeover bids), corporate consultancy, corporate governance and financial markets regulations. He is also in charge for the development of the firm’s Egyptian practice and of the other North African jurisdictions. He is a board member and a member of the Family Businesses & SMEs, Equity Capital Markets, Sports Law and Private Equity Focus Teams.

Manfredi Vianini Tolomei

Manfredi advises Italian and international clients on matters concerning market regulation, public offerings, corporate law, finance, and public M&A in the finance and industry sectors. Manfredi’s practice focuses on public offerings and stock listings (including capital increases) public offerings and listing of notes, including convertible and equity-linked notes and private placements with institutional investors, managers and employees.

Filippo Emanuele

Filippo Emanuele is Co-Head of Finance & Capital Markets in Italy. He specialises in equity and debt capital markets and corporate finance.

Stefano Bandini

Senior Counsel

Andrea Bazuro

ASSOCIATE

Maria Carmela Falcone

Maria Carmela advises Italian and international clients on extraordinary transactions related to capital markets and corporate finance including takeover bids, IPOs, capital increases, block trades, and bond issuances. She also advises leading listed Italian companies on corporate governance matters.

Francesco Eugenio Pasello

Francesco is a Corporate Counsel based in Milan, specializing in equity capital markets (ECM) and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a particular focus on public M&A, corporate governance, and listing rules-driven transactions. In the ECM sector, Francesco regularly advises clients on the entire range of ECM transactions, including initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings, rights issues, accelerated bookbuilding offerings (ABBs), private placements, and equity-linked transactions (such as convertible and exchangeable bonds). Within the M&A arena, he has developed a specialization in takeovers (inclusive of hostile/unsolicited bids), public tender offers (mandatory, voluntary, or partial), private investments in public equity (PIPEs), as well as business combinations (including de-SPAC transactions), mergers, spin-offs and corporate reorganizations involving publicly listed entities. Additionally, Francesco provides ongoing advice to both listed and private companies on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and general corporate law matters. His clientele includes investment banks, private equity firms, corporates, and other key stakeholders (such as, board members). Francesco is recognized in several legal directories, including Chambers Global, Chambers Europe and The Legal500, where clients praised his “right mix of subject matter competence, gravitas and empathy to guide clients and counterparties towards mutually acceptable compromises”, as well as his technical skills, positive attitude, responsiveness, and client focus. Prior to joining Linklaters, Francesco started his career at a leading Italian law firm, contributing to corporate and capital market transactions, including several listings on the AIM Italia (now, Euronext Growth Milan). His tenure included a secondment to the legal department of IDeA FIMIT SGR S.p.A. (now DeA Capital Real Estate SGR S.p.A.), where he broadened his experience in general corporate assistance and in dealing with the Italian regulators (CONSOB and Bank of Italy).

Francesca Peruzzi

Managing associate, Francesca Peruzzi specialises in company law, with a  focus on capital markets (public offerings for the subscription and sale of financial instruments, IPOs, capital increases, public M&A), extraordinary transactions, corporate governance and corporate documents, specifically pertaining to listed companies. She is a member of the Equity Capital Markets Focus Team.

Giovanni Filippo Pezzulo

Giovanni Filippo regularly advises Italian and international clients (issuers, financial institutions, financial advisors) on national and cross-border transactions including equity capital markets (IPO, public purchase and exchange offers, capital increases, private placements) and public M&A.

Alessandro Picchi

Associate

Federico Tallia

Legal assistance to domestic and international industrial groups, banks, private equity funds and financial institutions, in their extraordinary operations on capital markets, corporate finance, disposal and reorganization. Considerable experience in dealing with IPO transactions, public offerings, sale and purchase of financial products, as well as advice on corporate and commercial law, and banking and finance matters. Assistance in connection with corporate governance issues.  

Silvia Pacchiarotti

Silvia is a counsel in our Milan office and a member of the global Corporate M&A practice. She advises international and Italian corporate clients as well as investment banks on a wide range of corporate, financial and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on equity capital market sector. Silvia’s legal advice include extraordinary transactions of listed companies in EU and extra EU regulated and non regulated markets, public offering, IPOs and takeover bid. She frequently assists listed companies in relation to general corporate and compliance matters.

Federico Amoroso

Federico’s practice focuses on financial markets. He advises leading corporate clients and banks on national and international deals involving equity capital market transactions (i.e., IPOs, share capital increases, institutional placements, treasury share buy-back programmes) and debt capital markets transactions (i.e., bond issuances of convertible financial instruments and hybrids issuances, as well as “liability management” transactions), as well as corporate finance and public M&A (i.e., public purchase bids and public exchange offers).

Alessandro Capogrosso

He is a corporate lawyer with extensive experience in Capital Markets, Private Equity and M&A deals. His practice focuses on public M&A deals, business combinations, tender offers, leveraged buy-outs, initial public offerings, rights issues and private placements of equity and debt securities. He specialises in financial institutions having advised over the years financial sponsors, investment banks and other financial institutions on a wide range of complex investments and extraordinary transactions. Master’s Degree in Law from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan (2013). Mergers & Acquisitions Program, Harvard Business School (2023). Management Development Program, SDA Bocconi School of Management (2023). Finance and Accounting Program, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2020). He was admitted to the Milan Bar (2015).

Mariasole Conticelli

PARTNER

Piero de Mattia

Local Partner

Francesca Leverone

Considerable experience in IPO transactions, sale and purchase of financial products in public offering, extraordinary transactions, more broadly, on regulated markets and multilateral trading systems. Moreover, experience in corporate governance and regulatory compliance, as well as corporate and commercial law, with particular regard to the regulation of listed issuers. Assistance in M&A transactions of listed and unlisted companies, with particular attention to the equity capital market sector and the regulation of financial markets.  

Ugo Orsini

Ugo is a corporate Partner based in Milan who regularly assists major investment banks, financial institutions and corporates on a variety of capital markets transactions, including equity and equity-linked transactions (e.g. convertible and exchangeable bonds), right issues and various debt deals. He assists both issuers and underwriters and has considerable experience in advising listed companies in establishing and maintaining effective corporate governance structures.

Emanuele Trucco

Avv. Trucco is a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s Capital Markets and M&A Groups who has considerable experience in Italian and U.S. transactions including public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and capital markets transactions.

Italo De Santis

Italo advises Italian and international clients on Corporate - M&A, capital markets, and real estate matters with a focus on: sale and purchase of shares, mergers and demergers, public takeover bids and public exchange offerings, IPO, capital increases, corporate governance, related-party transaction and public disclosure regulations, sale and purchase of real estate, companies and real estate portfolios, real estate asset management, real estate investment trusts and collective real estate investment funds.

Marcello Magro

Strong expertise assisting corporations, banks, funds and financial institutions in connection with capital markets, corporate finance and capital raising (including strengthening of assets and funding of banks) as well as corporate and M&A transactions. Advice in connection with corporate governance matters and international commercial agreements.

Lukas Plattner

Equity Partner.  Lukas Plattner focuses on capital markets, public offerings, private placements, and banking and regulatory securities matters. His list of clients includes: Energica Motor Company, Triboo, Masi Agricola, Elettra Investimenti, SEC, Mobyt, Clabo Group, Caleido Group, PLT Energia, Enertronica, Primi Sui Motori, Poligrafici Printing, First Capital, Ambromobiliare, Fiera Milano and Maire Tecnimont. He is a professor for several master degree level courses on corporate and securities law. He is recommended by the IFLR 1000 and Who’s Who Legal in corporate and securities law.Lukas is author of a wide range of articles on financial market regulation, takeovers, M&A and general corporate law.

Vanessa Sobrero

anessa Sobrero is specialised in capital markets, M&A and Corporate Law. She has more than ten year experience in assisting Italian and foreign clients, both industrial and financial, in extraordinary transactions, including those on the capital markets (regulated markets and multilateral trading facilities) and cross-border, both in favour of issuers and banks/intermediaries in the role of sponsor, nomad and global coordinator. She advises numerous and relevant companies, issuers and groups, also international, in regulatory, corporate governance, and market abuse matters. She has a consolidated and significant experience in the SPAC-Special purpose acquisition companies sector having participated in the main IPOs and business combinations. 

Giorgio Vanzanelli

Partner

Antonella Brambilla

Antonella is a partner in Dentons' Milan office and a member of the global Corporate M&A practice. She advises listed and non-listed companies and professional investors on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and domestic and international corporate transactions, with a particular focus on the equity capital market sector. Antonella’s legal advice includes extraordinary transactions of listed companies in EU and extra EU regulated and non-regulated markets, public offerings, IPOs and takeover bids. Her assistance also covers corporate governance matters as well as capital market aspects of restructuring transactions.