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Sr. Counsel

Broad experience in insolvency proceedings, corporate crisis and reorganizations, compositions (both in-court and out-of-court), liabilities and claw-back actions. Advising commissioners and official receivers on asset divestitures, on corporate acquisitions and leases through public competitive tenders and on procedures for contentious sentences.

Alessandra De Cantellis

Advising on leveraged finance, corporate finance, real estate finance and debt restructuring. Structured finance, banking and financial markets law with a particular interest in regulatory and compliance aspects.

Alessandro Zuccaro

Assistance in litigation and out-of-court matters regarding public contracts (works, services and supplies), healthcare supplies, as well as complex urban and environmental developing process and public-private partnership and project financing operations.

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).

Alessandro Marena

Advising private equity funds and industrial groups on investments and divestments as well as on extraordinary transactions on regulated markets; setting up of investment funds and investment companies.

Alessandro Tufani

Advising on labour issues, workforce restructurings, redundancy procedures, transfers of business, M&A transactions, due diligence. Commercial and labour litigation. Domestic and international commercial contracts. Tender agreements. Sales and distribution contracts (including agency).

Alessandro Crosta

Alessandro Bardanzellu

Assistance in relation to domestic and European competition law, in particular on cartels, merger control and abuse of dominant position. Assistance to Italian and foreign companies in proceedings before the Italian Antitrust Authority and the European Commission and appeal proceedings before the competent national and European courts. Moreover, experience in proceedings concerning control of foreign investments in Italy (the so-called “golden power”), in EU Law and in Sports law.

Andrea Calvi

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Andrea Scarpellini

Assistance to industrial groups, national and international companies in day-to-day employment related matters, as well in labour – related litigation. Moreover, advice on employment related matter connected with M&A transactions, with particular focus on the negotiations of directorship / employment contracts and incentive schemes for the management in IPO processes.

Andrea Zoccali

Expertise in commercial and corporate law; mainly assistance to domestic and international clients on corporate governance and regular assistance to companies in the structuring and negotiation of extraordinary corporate transactions (M&A) and drafting of commercial contracts (including EPC, D&C and O&M contracts). Moreover, important experience in the Energy & Utilities sector and in particular in the integrated water services sector, renewable energy, smart mobility (with specific reference to electric vehicles and infrastructures) and energy efficiency. Expertise also focused on companies operating within harbour and airport infrastructures; advice in a number of project finance transactions in both, infrastructure and energy sector. Skills in the ESG framework; assistance to benefit corporations and traditional companies, which pursue transformation into benefit corporations.

Andrea de' Mozzi

Advice on tax aspects relating to M&A, private equity, structured finance and real estate. National and international tax planning, share incentive schemes and tax litigation. Tax treatment of financial instruments and collective investment schemes.

Andrea Gandini

Advice to leading industrial and financial groups on setting up, structuring and completion of acquisitions, sale and reorganization transactions; joint ventures; advice on issues relating to securities and corporate governance.

Andrea Magliani

Advice on complex litigations before Civil Courts and Arbitration Panels (domestic and international). Wide experience in disputes involving civil law, contracts, bankruptcy, corporate and commercial law.

Andrea Faoro

Advice on mergers, acquisitions, disposal of company shareholdings and assets as well as extraordinary transactions on regulated markets.

Andrea Francesco Castelli

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Antonio Pedersoli

Advising major Italian and foreign industrial groups on acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate governance related issues. Commercial agreements. Frequent member of Arbitration Panels.

Ascanio Cibrario

Advice to private equity houses and industrial corporations (including listed) on extraordinary transactions such as M&A, financing and minority investments. Assistance to international clients in relation to corporate and commercial joint ventures in a range of sectors, including aviation and aerospace, advising on all financial and antitrust aspects. He was a Visiting Foreign Lawyer in the Bruxelles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1996 to 1998.

Bruno Gattai

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Carla Mambretti

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Carlo Pedersoli

He was a partner at Studio Pedersoli e Associati, until the early 2000s, and was the founding partner of Pedersoli Studio Legale with offices in Milan, Turin and Rome. He specialises in corporate and commercial, advising on litigation and extrajudicial matters, with longstanding experience in extraordinary transactions in the banking and financial sector. He has been a speaker at several conferences on corporate and commercial law.

Carlo Re

Carlo Re is an Equity Partner acting in the Corporate and Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets departments, and is based in the Turin office. His area of expertise comprises corporate commercial and mergers & acquisitions, advising major industrial players and leading private equity funds in relation to sophisticated M&A transactions, commercial agreements and capital markets transactions, with a particular focus on the automotive, editorial (media) and financial services sectors.

Carlo Montagna

He specialises in M&A and corporate, with a particular focus on private M&A transactions by Italian and foreign investment funds and industrial players; extraordinary transactions on behalf of listed companies, with a focus on the luxury and sports sectors; commercial and corporate assistance to leading clients in the structuring and expansion of their respective businesses, through capital transactions and joint venture agreements. Carlo has been involved in many of the main extraordinary finance transactions (IPOs, takeover bids, capital increases, mergers, demergers) occurred in the Italian and international markets, starting from the listing of various companies on the Italian and foreign markets (Amsterdam and Hong Kong) to the recapitalization of leading credit institutions. This activity is coupled with a relevant presence in the private M&A sector, with significant acquisitions in the banking and industrial sectors. Carlo then assists on an ongoing basis various companies active in different sectors, including luxury and sports. In the latter field, he has gained significant experience in football clubs, including the management of image rights. He graduated from the University of Parma and has been admitted to the Italian Bar Association since 1995. He is member of the New York Bar since 1997 and holds a LL.M. (C.J.) from the New York University School of Law (1995).

Consuelo Citterio

Advising banks, financial institutions and borrowers in relation to domestic and international leveraged finance, corporate finance, real estate finance and debt restructuring transactions.

Cristiano Garbarini

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Damiano Battaglia

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Daniela Caporicci

Advising on tax aspects relating to M&A, private equity and venture capital, securitisations, acquisition financings, IPOs, financial instruments and national and international tax planning.

Davide Cacchioli

Advice on all aspects of competition law, including merger-control cases, cartel investigations and proceedings concerning abuses of dominant position. Moreover, advice on Consumer Code’s matters, on unfair commercial practices and on the Italian foreign investment control regime (so-called “golden power” regime).

Diego Riva

Advising on commercial/corporate and capital markets law, extraordinary transactions, mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring. Advice to private organizations and institutions on corporate governance issues in the sport sector.

Domenico Ponticelli

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Duccio Regoli

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Edoardo Pedersoli

Assisting banks, investment funds, financial institutions and industrial groups in connection with ordinary and extraordinary transactions as to corporate and commercial matters. Significant experience in real estate transactions and with reference to the management and transmission of assets of private clients. Edoardo Pedersoli was nationally certified as an associate professor of Corporate Law in 2023. Previously, in 2022 he assumed the position of researcher at Università degli Studi of Milan, and since 2018 he has been teaching the course “Banking, Insurance and Financial Market Law” at Università degli Studi of Milan as an adjunct professor. He was admitted as a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School in 2013 and, prior to joining Pedersoli Studio Legale, was a Foreign Associate at Jun He Law Firm in Shanghai.

Elena Calzavara

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Emanuela Campari Bernacchi

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Eugenio Barcellona

Advising on civil and commercial law (with a particular focus on corporate and capital markets). M&A in the industrial and financial sectors. Advice in relation to corporate restructurings on family-owned businesses facing issues relating to generational transitions. In 2005, he qualified as Associate Professor in Corporate Law, in 2008 he was appointed Professor of Corporate Law at the Università del Piemonte Orientale and has been tenure professor in Commercial Law since 2013.

Fabiana Campopiano

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Fabrizio Grasso

Broad experience in advising on extraordinary transactions including mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, both domestic and cross-border even on regulated markets. Corporate and commercial agreements. Moreover, experience in litigation and arbitration.

Federica Baccigalupi

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Federico Bal

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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.

Filippo Rossi

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Filippo Casò

Assistance in complex litigation cases, either before Civil Courts and Arbitration Panels (domestic and international), significant experience in disputes involving civil law, contracts, corporate and commercial law. Speaker at conferences and seminars as well as at post-graduate courses in litigation.

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.

Francesca Pistol

Francesca provides consultancy and assistance to industrial groups, Italian and international companies, including in-court advice, in all areas of labour and trade union law (corporate restructuring, company transfers, individual and collective dismissals, drafting of contracts), as well as labour law assistance in M&A transactions and listing processes. Francesca specialises also in the processing of personal data, assisting industrial groups and companies that operate mainly in the digital, technological, publishing, exhibition and automotive fields in relation to ordinary and extraordinary transactions.

Francesco Simoneschi

In-depth experience assisting domestic and international corporations in their industrial relations, company reorganizations and restructurings relating to sectors, such as banking and finance, telecommunications and IT, healthcare, chemical and pharmaceutical, energy and natural resources.

Francesco Airaldi

Legal assistance on litigation and general employment law matters, relationships with the Trade Unions, individual and collective dismissals, corporate restructuring, transfer of businesses, labour due diligence in connection with M&A transactions, agency and distribution relationships, services agreements. In 2007, Francesco worked for a six-month period in Shanghai (PRC) within the legal department of a company of the automotive sector, in order to deepen his knowledge of the implementation of Chinese labour laws and regulations by the “Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises” (WFOEs).

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In-depth experience in Italian company law, in particular in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and cross-border deals. Assistance to Italian banks in relation to highly complex cross-border acquisitions and disposals.

Giovanni Bandera

Advice on tax and corporate tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private debt, real estate, corporate reorganizations, debt restructuring, acquisition financing, structured finance, alternative investments, tax advice to national and multinational corporations, tax treatment on assets and other financial instruments. Advice on corporate, tax, financial statements and special regulations of financial intermediaries, SGR, SIM, OICR, GEFIA and FIA, EU investment funds, interrelations between corporate finance, legal and tax issues. Tax law speaker at several conferences.

Giovanni Giuliani

He is Partner in the Financial Regulations Department. His activity focuses mainly on financial markets law, asset management and investment funds, advising on regulatory issues concerning banks, financial intermediaries, investment services and collective asset management services, in terms of the rules and regulations applicable to the relevant subjects, typical activities, products and customer relations. He specialises in the asset management and alternative investment funds sector, a sector in which he regularly assists Italian and foreign clients in structuring real estate and private equity transactions through collective investment undertakings (such as funds or Sicaf). He also provides regular assistance with the establishment and authorisation of intermediaries qualified for collective asset management and the management of the relevant organisational, procedural and governance issues, as well as with sanctioning procedures against asset management companies and their corporate representatives.

Jacopo Macchia

Solid experience in insolvency and related litigation cases, liability and claw-back actions, in corporate crisis and reorganizations. Advising Official receivers on bankruptcy proceedings in relation to liquidation of assets, as well as on corporate acquisitions and leases through public competitive tenders and on procedures for contentious sentences.

Jean-Daniel Regna-Gladin

Assistance to Italian and foreign industrial groups in connection with acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate governance matters. Civil, commercial and corporate law litigation and arbitration, both domestic and cross-border. Consultancy in the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements.

Leonardo Bonfanti

Advising on extraordinary transactions including mergers, acquisitions and financing, both domestic and cross-border even on regulated markets. Commercial agreements. Moreover, litigation and arbitration in commercial, corporate and financial matters.

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Assisting private equity funds, financial institutions and industrial groups in relation to domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. Commercial agreements.

Luca Rossi Provesi

Advising on extraordinary transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, financing and restructuring transactions, both domestic and cross border. General advice on commercial and corporate law.

Manuela Grassi

Thirty years of experience in litigation and arbitration of high complexity and value. Specialisation in banking & financial and corporate crisis litigation , on behalf of leading banking institutions and financial intermediaries. Extensive experience also in civil and commercial litigation, with expertise ranging from contractual and corporate disputes to wills, trusts and estate.

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.

Marco Ventoruzzo

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Marco Trevisan

Consolidated experience assisting in administrative law and public procurement issues, concessions, town planning and administrative proceedings in court and out of court. Advice on regulated sectors such as energy, with particular focus on renewables, and health and social services. Assistance to private and public entities in environmental law issues. Peculiar expertise in airport management deals, as well as on issues related to the integration of air/rail/road/shipping transportation systems.

Marco Molineris

Advising financial institutions, private equity funds and industrial groups on M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and corporate governance issues. Running and supervising due diligence procedures, negotiating and drafting of contracts. General advice on commercial and corporate law.

Maria Persichetti

She is a Counsel in the Corporate M&A and Private Equity Departments. She focuses her activity on corporate assistance to Italian and foreign companies and private equity funds in Italian and cross border extraordinary transactions.

Mario Napoli

Advice on corporate and commercial law., M&A in the industrial and financial sector, litigation cases before Civil Courts and Arbitration Panels. Wide experience on disputes involving civil law, contracts, corporate and commercial law.

Marta Sassella

Assistance to private and public companies, Italian and foreign banks, and private equity funds in connection with corporate and commercial matters. Extensive expertise in relation to cross-border and domestic M&A transactions, joint ventures and shareholders’ agreements, in particular in connection with tender offers and public M&A deals, as well as financial restructurings with particular focus on all relevant corporate aspects of such transactions.

Maura Magioncalda

Advising banks, financial institutions, private equity houses and industrial groups in relation to acquisition finance, debt restructuring, corporate finance and real estate finance transactions.

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Considerable experience in public procurement, concessions, town planning regulations and administrative procedures. Significant expertise in regulated sectors such as energy, pharmaceutical, electronic communications, with a particular focus on environmental law issues, transportation and in particular on the aviation, assisting primary airport operators. Advice many public entities and companies participated by the State on the management of concessions of services and project finance transactions. Assistance in proceedings before Regional Administrative Tribunals, the State Council and Independent Authorities. Author of several publications on administrative procedures, contracts and energy law. He is Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations at Link Campus University in Rome, since 2021.

Sergio Fulco

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Stefano Giavari

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Stefano Cacchi Pessani

He specialises in M&A, corporate litigation and extraordinary transactions, with particular focus on takeovers in the banking, financial, luxury and infrastructure sectors; restructuring and recapitalization of banks and large financial institutions; public M&A; governance of large listed companies; corporate litigation. Stefano has an extensive experience in the structuring and implementation of complex corporate and M&A transaction and has acquired over more than two decades a deep knowledge of the underlying industries focusing in various sectors, including banking, asset management, insurance and payment services, luxury, infrastructure and air transport. In recent years, he has been involved on the most significant and complex acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings transactions in the banking and financial industry and has advised important foreign clients and investment funds in cross border M&A and private equity transactions. He also assists funds and institutions in complex corporate and commerciale litigation cases, both in front of the Italian courts and in arbitration. He has been appointed as arbitrator in proceedings relating to M&A transactions.