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Partner Annalisa Esposito has a significant experience in the corporate area with a particular emphasis on complex multi-jurisdictional private equity and LBO/MLBO transactions. Annalisa regularly assists clients not only in the extraordinary transactions but also in the day-by-day corporate matters and commercial contracts. In the last years she has gained significant experience in the area of real estate assisting Italian and international clients in the structuring and negotiation of sophisticated real estate transactions, including student and social housing transactions. She also advises clients in domestic and cross-border insolvency and restructuring transactions. She previously worked at the Rome offices of Carnelutti and Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners
BARRY HAWK is a leading expert in antitrust law and a former partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom where he was head of the EU and international antitrust practice group. He has been Director of the Fordham Competition Law Institute since 1974 and professor of U.S. and international antitrust law at Fordham Law School, while also teaching at Michigan Law School, Monash University Law School (Melbourne), New York University Law School and University of Paris V. Senior Counsel He has served as Vice Chairman of the ABA Antitrust Section and chairman of the New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section. Professor Hawk is author of many books and articles on antitrust and competition law and policy, including the annual volumes of the Fordham Competition Law Institute.
Partner Fabio Labruna is a founding partner of LMS. Fabio focuses its practice on corporate, merger & acquisition (private and public), private equity and special situation transactions. He also regularly provides assistance in deals related litigation matters. In connection with these transactions he advises clients with respect to the full spectrum of their corporate needs, including their acquisitions, equity investments, debt financings, shareholders relationship and general corporate matters. In the private equity arena he has been counsel to certain of the major players in the field including Axa Private Equity, Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, KKR, Vestar Capital Partners and others. Fabio has served as a board member of several listed companies. Fabio Labruna is consistently recognized by Chambers as a leading attorney in the M&A and private equity field.
Partner Felice D'Acquisto focuses on taxation and advises clients in developing the most appropriate tax planning strategies on cross border transactions, private equity transactions and in structured finance deals. He also represents clients in complex tax disputes leading to amicable settlements or litigation both at domestic and European level. Felice has a special interest in the automotive and automotive finance sector and, more generally, in distribution coupled with a significant experience in transfer pricing and BEPS issues (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting). In this connection, he represents, on a regular basis, major multinational companies in important Mutual Agreement Procedures and in preparing and negotiating of bilateral Advanced Price Agreements. Felice previously worked, both in Brussels and Rome, for the European Commission, Brosio Casati – Allen & Overy and as, General Counsel, to Ford Motor Company in Italy. In this role, amongst the others, he assisted Ford in connection with its securitisation deals in Italy.
Partner Francesco Serrano Orlandini is Partner in the Banking & Finance department of the Milan office. He has a significant experience in all the fields of Banking & Finance, with specific focus on acquisition financing, debt restructuring, real estate financing, securitisation and non performing loans transactions. He advises domestic and international investment banks, private equity funds and companies in the structuring of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, and drafting and negotiation of the relevant contractual documents. Francesco Serrano Orlandini graduated at the University of Parma and previously worked at the Milan offices of Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners.
Partner Francesco P. Ruggeri Laderchi specialises in litigation and restructuring, with a specific focus on litigation before the European Courts and restructuring issues. During more than a decade in Brussels, he acquired a unique cross cutting experience across significant areas of EC law and the associated political process. As a Member of the Legal Service of the EC Commission and a Legal Advisor in the Legal Service of the Council of the European Union he has had a particular focus on litigation both in national and Community proceedings. Since returning to private practice, Francesco P. Ruggeri Laderchi has been involved with a number of domestic and cross-border insolvency and restructuring operations, litigation in various Italian courts, arbitration proceedings and cartel cases.
Partner Giulio Gambini Pierleoni has a significant expertise in corporate and commercial law aspects, regularly assisting multinational industrials clients and private equity funds in both domestic and multi-jurisdictional business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, LBOs and MLBOs and, more in general, in extraordinary corporate transactions. Giulio’s recent practice also includes assistance in complex domestic and transnational acquisition financing, restructuring and debt refinancing transactions. Giulio Gambini Pierleoni previously worked at the Rome office of Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners.
Partner Renato Nazzini focuses on antitrust, regulated sectors, state aid, and European Union law, in particular cartels, abuses of a dominant position, vertical agreements, mergers, litigation, arbitration and ADR. Renato is regularly appointed as arbitrator and advises and represents clients in complex commercial disputes both in arbitration and court proceedings. Renato’s experience covers various sectors including transport, pharmaceuticals, financial services, manufacturing, IT and new economy markets, heavy industries, consumer goods and retailing. He advised major Italian and foreign clients on cartel investigations (including one of the first leniency cases in Italy), abuses of dominance, access to infrastructure in the telecoms sector and functional separation and unbundling in the energy sector. Prior to joining LMS, Renato was Of counsel at the London office of Bonelli Erede Pappalardo where his practice focused on advising international corporations on Italian and EU competition law as well as on arbitration and international litigation. Previously, he was Deputy Director at the UK Office of Fair Trading where he also worked with a number of European and international institutions including the European Commission, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). While at the Office of Fair Trading, Renato led on major areas of enforcement and policy, including financial services, damages actions in competition law, and the review of the policy on abuse of dominance under Article 102 TFEU. Renato is Professor of Law at King's College, London, where he teaches competition law and commercial arbitration. He published more than 50 articles and book chapters on competition law and international commercial arbitration as well as a number of books including Concurrent Proceedings in Competition Law: Procedure, Evidence and Remedies (Oxford, OUP 2004) e The Foundations of European Union Competition Law: The Objective and Principles of Article 102 (Oxford, OUP 2011)
Partner Roberto Tallarita has been with LMS since its foundation and is a partner since 2012. Roberto focuses his practice on corporate, public and private M&A, private equity and transactions on distressed assets. His recent practice includes assistance in multi-jurisdiction LBOs, counselling public and private companies on corporate and regulatory issues and cross-border restructuring transactions. He also advises on complex debt restructuring matters involving sophisticated equity and debt structures and the utilization of consensual restructuring procedure under the Italian Bankruptcy Law. Before participating in the foundation of LMS, Roberto worked at Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners in Rome. He was a Visiting Foreign Lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York.
Virginie Colaiuta is a partner of the London office of LMS Legal LLP. She acts as counsel, advocate and arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings in construction and energy projects, also based on investment treaties. She regularly lectures at the MSc Programme of King’s College London on “Investment Treaty Protections” and “Conflicts of Laws” relating to construction projects. Virginie is admitted to practise as Solicitor in England & Wales, as Avocat à la Cour in Paris (France) and Attorney at Law in New York (NY, USA). She has also an Italian law degree from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Virginie is the ICP Committee Editor of the International Bar Association law magazine titled “Construction Law International”. As a result of her experience, she has an excellent understanding of the differences between civil law and common law rules applicable to construction projects. Her track record in construction law and international arbitration has led her to being recommended as a leader in her practice by all major legal directories, such as “Chambers & Partners” and “Who’s Who Legal” where she is also listed among the “Thought Leaders for 2019”.