Gitti and Partners

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Of CounselAlessandro provides legal counseling. He has worked for around ten years in a leading Italian law firm, focusing on legal opinions and assistance in civil, contractual, corporate, financial, banking and environment law, also on domestic and international arbitrations. He is author of two books and around 50 papers covering different areas of Civil Law; he regularly lectures and speaks at academic and professional conferences. Alessandro is Professor of Private law at the Catholic University of Milan; he teaches also Private law (Contract Law and Tort law) at the University of Pavia and the Bocconi University (especially in postgraduate courses) .

Angelo Gitti

Partner Angelo provides assistance in relation to corporate transactions of an extraordinary nature, also in the ambit of bankruptcy (and similar) procedures and special administration, and in relation to banking and finance and debt restructuring. Angelo also deals with international and EU law, devoting himself to the preparation of opinions and contracts. Since 2006, Angelo is a researcher in international law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pavia, where he teaches International Law and European Information Law.

Camilla Ferrari

PartnerCamilla deals mainly with civil and commercial law, assisting in the drafting of legal opinions and contracts. She advises in relation to ordinary and extraordinary corporate transactions as well as to listing operations, public tender offers on behalf of issuers and underwriters. She also specialises in issues related to the regulation of the utilities and energy sectors, with particular reference to the electricity and gas area, advising leading domestic and foreign operators.

Carlo Andrea Bruno

Partner Carlo Andrea is one of the founding partners of the Firm. Previously, he has been a partner of a leading law firm in Milan from September 2009, after having worked for eight years in a primary international law firm in Milan and, before that, having worked for ten years in a primary notary public firm in Milan. Carlo Andrea has extensive knowledge of corporate law and real estate, land development and urban planning matters, as well as real estate investment funds and renewable energy matters. Carlo Andrea also specialises in all corporate, notarial, cadastrial, land registry and urban planning topics connected to real estate transactions and related structures. He has considerable expertise in lease agreements, sale and leaseback arrangements and real estate security instruments. Carlo Andrea has been mentioned in Who's Who Legal Italy - Real Estate & Construction for the 2019 Edition: "Carlo Andrea is a very good choice for transactions..."

Chiara Perego

PartnerChiara specialises in corporate law and real estate, development projects as well renewable energy matters and real estate investment funds. Chiara’s expertise focuses also on public registry topics connected to real estate transactions and town planning matters, commercial and residential lease agreements, going concern lease agreements, deeds of contribution and security instruments.

Cristina Cavedon

Partner Cristina is a partner of the Corporate Department of the Firm since 2015 and assists in all aspects of corporate law, with particular reference to M&A transactions, both local and cross border, transfer of business, corporate restructuring and private equity transactions; she also advises in areas relating to banking and insurance regulatory compliance. Cristina also gained experience specializing in the field of civil and commercial agreements, both local and international, in relation to litigation disputes as well as extrajudicial transactions. Between 2007 and 2008 Cristina worked for a law firm located in Verona, specializing in civil and commercial litigation. In 2009 she joined a primary international law firm in Milan, assisting in corporate law transactions.

Daniele L. Cusumano

PartnerDaniele advises multinational companies, investment and commercial banks and other financial intermediaries such as private equity and alternative investment funds. In the ambit of the Corporate Finance Department of the Firm, he focuses on M&A, banking and finance and restructuring transactions.

Diego De Francesco

Partner Diego has consolidated a relevant experience in the field of international taxation and cross border transactions, in relation to which he assists Corporate and Private clients. In particular, he specializes in M&A and Private Equity, assisting major investment funds operating in Italy. His expertise focuses on the structuring of investments, management and monitoring, as well as divestments (exit). Diego specializes also on debt restructuring as well as corporate turnaround transactions.

Domenico Patruno

Partner Domenico, partner of the Firm, focuses his practice on banking and finance transactions (acquisition, real estate and corporate financing) as well as on M&A and private equity. He has an over ten years' experience in debt and equity transactions, advising national and international banks, financial institutions, investment funds and corporations. Prior to joining the Firm, he practiced at leading Italian and international law firms.

Elisa Mapelli

Partner Elisa is partner of the Firm where she has been collaborating since its foundation. She is specialized in employment law, trade union matters and labour litigation. In particular, she assists and advices domestic and international companies in relation to all aspects of employment and self-employment relationships, including the hiring phase, remuneration and incentive plans, company welfare, disciplinary procedures, individual and collective dismissals, temporary and permanent lay-off procedures and, in general, termination of the relationship. Moreover, Elisa carries out the labour-related activities concerning M&A transactions and restructuring for domestic and international clients. She also advises in relation to issues connected to health and safety at work as well as independent/service contracts. Before joining Gitti and Partners, Elisa worked in the labour departments of primary Italian and international law firms based in Milan.

Eugenio Mastropaolo

Counsel Eugenio started his professional activity with primary Italian international banks, then he started his private practice joining primary Italian and international law firms. Soon after he was nominated Head of Legal & Compliance of a primary payment institution. As a freelance consultant he advised Italian law firms and management consulting companies. Eugenio holds positions of responsible of controlling functions in outsourcing regime, member of supervisory body pursuant to Italian Law 231/2001 and director in corporate bodies. His expertise focuses on banking and financial law and in particular on financial instruments, investment services, payment services, traditional lending and fixed income transactions, internal controls systems, planning and controls execution, Italian Law 231/2001 organizational models and AML. Currently he teaches Economy Law and Banking Law at Pegaso Web University – Naples. Eugenio wrote numerous articles and essays and two books on “Investment Services” (2003) and “Controlling Functions” (2013).

Flavio Monfrini

Partner Flavio assists multinational companies in their Italian and cross-border operations, advising on a wide range of issues of corporate law, commercial law and regulatory issues. He has been involved in important merger and acquisition projects, and has assisted clients in a number of international transactions in the fields of renewable energy and life sciences.Flavio is also experienced in drafting and negotiating commercial agreements of different kinds and has tackled complex matters involving delicate aspects of labor and insolvency law. Flavio has developed a strong sensitivity to compliance issues, fostered by his membership of compliance committees, especially within life sciences companies.

Francesca Bogoni

Partner Francesca is partner of the firm since 2023. Prior to joining Gitti and Partners, she was a partner for more than a decade in a leading Italian law firm. She has extensive and in-depth expertise in the Renewable Energy sector. She assists primary national and international clients in all phases of development, implementation and construction of investment projects, as well as in extraordinary and M&A transactions. In this context, she has assisted primary groups with reference to all types of contracts including asset sales and SPVs, complex joint venture and co-development agreements, investment agreements, contracting related to the sale of energy (power purchase agreements) and contracting of areas and works (EPC, supply, procurement and subcontracting contracts). In addition, she has gained significant and in-depth specialized experience in investment transactions - assisting both buyers and sellers - in the logistics and data center sectors.

Francesca Andrea Cantone

Partner Francesca has a strong expertise in commercial and corporate law. She has been involved in major corporate reorganizations and assisted multinational companies in their reorganization and restructuring operations, including stock acquisitions, conversion of companies and mergers, asset liquidations and collective dismissals. Francesca is also experienced in contractual law and provides assistance to clients in drafting contracts and agreements in complex commercial relationships, including advices on regulatory matters. Francesca has also developed considerable experience in commercial and banking litigation. She regularly assists Italian and foreign banks in in disputes arising from their retail transactions concerning investment services, financial and banking products. She also litigates labor and agency disputes.

Giacomo Pansolli

PartnerGiacomo assists in all aspects of corporate law, with particular reference to private equity and M&A transactions (both local and cross border), corporate restructuring, equity capital markets and structured finance.Giacomo is specialized in civil and criminal litigation.

Gianluigi Strambi

PartnerGianluigi experiences and skills vary on the direct and indirect taxation of many areas which include corporate and real estate, private equity, reorganisations, banking and finance, securitisations, structured finance, debt restructuring, real estate, transfer pricing and energy.

Gregorio Gitti

Managing Partner He is name partner and managing partner of the Firm as well as one of its founders. He is professor of civil law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Milan and, in view of his academic role, has often received assignments as an independent lawyer, for advice and legal opinions pro veritate by major financial institutions, banks, insurance companies as well as public entities and independent and governmental authorities. Gregorio was involved in several privatization deals and he offers advice regarding commercial and civil law to leading banking and financial institutions and industrial groups, assisting them in significant transactions such as integrations and mergers. In recent years, Gregorio was able to acquire a particularly significant experience in the field of utilities, assisting some of the most important Italian multi-utilities, both in the context of mergers and acquisitions and in capital markets transactions.

Jessica Fiorani

Partner Jessica works in the Corporate Department of the Firm, where she collaborates since its foundation, and is specialized in M&A, private equity, corporate and commercial matters, which include support for day-to-day business needs, drafting and negotiating of civil and commercial agreements, corporate transactions, joint ventures/transfer of assets and businesses. Jessica has also developed expertise in legal aspects related to real estate transactions which involve the acquisition, management and disposal of both large and small real estate portfolios, as well as developiment transactions. Jessica also advises clients on investment funds and other regulated entities (corporate and real estate) as well as on regulatory aspects related to all the above.Before joining Gitti and Partners, Jessica was senior associate in the corporate department of primary domestic and international law firms based in Milan.

Marco Ettorre

Partner He is a proven and significantly experienced defender attorney in front of the Italian Courts and in the rulings proceeding with Italian Tax Authorities, agreement proceedings, mutual agreement procedures, arbitration transfer pricing proceedings provided for by Tax Treaties and Multilateral Transfer Pricing Tax Treaties in force.

Marco Rizzo

Partner Marco is a litigator with significant experience in the areas of banking and capital markets law. Marco assists a number of major banks acting as issuers or distributors of banking and financial products and services on the Italian market. His practice is mainly focused on liabilities arising from financial instruments or banking and insurance products, as well as labor and agency disputes in the banking industry. Marco has also been involved in the negotiation of highly complex financing agreements and has advised financial intermediaries and credit institutions with respect to various commercial and regulatory matters, as well as to debt restructuring. He has recently provided assistance to primary Italian and foreign banking institutions, also operating on line, in transactions regarding the assignment of receivables, securitizations and distribution of social lending (peer-to-peer loan) on the Italian market. He is active as speaker at conferences on banking law and litigation.

Mariano Delle Cave

Partner Mariano Delle Cave is a partner and joined the Firm in 2017, after having worked for over fifteen years with leading law firms in Milan. Mariano focuses his activity on employment and agency matters. Particularly he has been dealing with restructuring processes, transfer of undertaking, executives’ employment agreements, non-compete covenants, smart working, company welfare, private pension funds, as well as relevant labor and agency dispute. His clients belong to the sectors of large retailers, IT, trade, transportation, food and public companies. He is author of several publications and speaker at conferences and workshop in employment law.

Matteo Treccani

Partner Matteo is active in the areas of civil, commercial and financial markets, as well as national and international arbitration. He mainly deals with extraordinary corporate transactions, private equity, negotiated solutions to the business crises, and contracts and legal opinions on civil and commercial matters. The Lawyers Matteo is PhD in Comparative Law and European Law and a researcher in Private Law at the University of Brescia, where since 2008 he teaches courses on contracts of companies in crisis, Civil Law (mergers and acquisitions), International Contracts Law and Tourism Law, all in the department of Private Law. He previously worked as an assistant at the University of Pavia and the University of Milan. He teaches seminars in Civil and Commercial Matters and is author of scientific publications on the subject of contracts in general, business contracts, arbitration and competition law, corporate crisis and investment funds.

Paola Sangiovanni

Partner Paola, a partner of the firm, mainly focuses on contracts, corporate law and regulatory matters. She has developed considerable experience in negotiating and drafting complex international contracts, including share purchase agreements, joint venture contracts, licenses and high-tech services contracts. She has also gained significant experience in the field of compliance, personal data protection and anti-corruption legislation, and guides her clients in legal matters in highly regulated areas. Paola mainly assists companies active in the healthcare and life sciences sectors (both in the pharmaceutical and med-tech fields), but also companies offering new technologies, renewable energy and advanced services that require sophisticated and innovative legal solutions. Paola was recognized every year between 2013 and 2023 by “Who’s Who Legal - Life Sciences” in the “Transactional” and “Regulatory” sections as "a sterling practitioner who is endorsed by peers for her regulatory expertise and experience in the life sciences area", "frequently recommended by peers for the superb standard of her regulatory work in the sector" and "a life sciences specialist, revered for her distinguished practice which sees her involved in a range of licensing, joint ventures and M&A transactions". She has also been recommended by “The Legal 500”. In 2023, “The Legal 500” identified Paola as a Leading Individual in the practice “Healthcare and life sciences”: “Led by experienced Milan-based Paola Sangiovanni, Gitti and Partners predominantly assists multinational medical device and pharmaceutical product manufacturers, along with healthcare sector start-ups, and Italian and foreign hospitals. The practice’s scope of expertise includes corporate and commercial law, M&A, regulatory issues, data protection compliance, and litigation. Sangiovanni is experienced in national and international contracts, stock acquisitions, and joint venture, licensing and high-tech services agreements”.

Paolo Iemma

Partner Paolo specialises in banking/financial/investment services, insurance and asset management business as well as in market abuse regulation. He provides advice and assistance to listed issuers in relation to their on-going duties, including disclosure requirements and treatment of price sensitive information. He also advises on regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering. He provides advice and assistance to fintech intermediaries in relation to the development of new business models and setting up plans. Paolo works on both customer and counterparty disputes, regulatory investigations and disciplinary proceedings in banking/financial/investment services and the insurance field and provides assistance in extraordinary transactions of regulated entities, particularly in the banking, financial and insurance field. Paolo worked in the Legal Department of CONSOB, the Italian public authority supervising and regulating the financial markets and the investment services sector. Paolo has written several articles on financial and banking services regulation and regularly lectures on the same topics.

Paolo Ferrandi

Partner Paolo has gained a deep experience in Private Equity markets, providing tax advice to primary European funds acting both in Italy and abroad, related also to the structuring of acquisitions – both in the investing, holding and exit phase - and incentive packages, as well as in tax due diligence activities and financing and re-financing of the SPVs and the target companies. In terms of international taxation, Paolo has assisted multinational enterprises based in Italy in their M&A activities to reach the control and/or implement the re-organization of foreign target companies, as well as high net worth individuals moving their residency from/to Italy and related the voluntary disclosure programs.

Riccardo Sciaudone

Partner He is head of the competition law practice. He represents clients in proceedings (mergers, anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance, State aid and abuse of economic dependence) before the European Commission and the Italian Competition Authority, as well as in litigation, both before Italian and European Union courts. He represents clients before the European Court of Human Rights. Riccardo also advises clients on regulatory matters, including national and European public procurement and data protection. He worked at the European Commission in the State Aid Directorate and then in EuropeAid dealing with international procurement. He has been a partner in leading Italian law firms in Brussels and Italy. Riccardo writes for prestigious international and national law journals and is co-founder of the European Law Observatory.

Roberto Giustiniani

Of CounselRoberto assists construction companies in Italian and multinational infrastructure projects, as well as service companies and contractors for oil and gas activities and other operations in the power and logistics sectors.He heads the Africa, Oil and Gas markets and Administrative law and Tender department of the Firm. Roberto also advises in the energy and infrastructure sector and has been working for years with law firms located in Sub-Saharan Africa and in the Gulf.

Saverio Pizzi

Partner Saverio is a partner and has joined the Firm in 2018, after having worked for over fifteen years with a leading law firm in Milan. In particular, Saverio has gained a wide experience in the private equity market, providing tax advice to primary European funds acting both in Italy and abroad, within the structuring of acquisitions – both in the investing, holding and exit phase, as well as in tax due diligence activities and financing of the SPVs and the target companies. In terms of national taxation, Saverio assists multinational enterprises based in Italy within their day-by-day activity on corporate tax, VAT, customs matters and M&A activities. He also advises high net worth individuals who wish to move their residence from/to Italy. Saverio has provided advice and assistance in complex, large-scale tax litigation cases involving direct tax, VAT as well as indirect tax issues.

Stefano Roncoroni

Managing Partner Stefano has extensive knowledge in all aspects related to corporate law, M&A transactions (both local and cross border), joint ventures, corporate deal structures, private equity, corporate restructurings and reorganizations, matters concerning listed companies, turnaround and corporate finance. He also advises on investment funds (corporate and real estate) as well as on regulatory aspects related to all the above.

Valentina Compiani

Counsel Valentina's expertise focuses on both banking and finance and corporate law matters. Valentina started her career in a magic circle British law firm where she acquired significant expertise in loan transactions, also of a cross border nature, and debt restructuring. Afterwards, she dealt mainly with civil and commercial law. In particular, she advised companies and foreign corporations in M&A transactions (acquisition and disposal of shareholdings and businesses), corporate governance matters and civil and commercial agreements.

Vincenzo Giannantonio

Managing Partner He is one of the founding partners and member of the Executive Committee of the Firm. Previously, he has been a partner of a leading Italian law firm from September 2009, after having worked for eight years in two primary international law firms. Vincenzo focuses his activity on Corporate and M&A transactions with particular emphasis on private equity. His clients include private equity/venture capital funds as well as family businesses, entrepreneurs and management team involved in M&A transactions. He is regularly involved - assisting both sellers and buyers - in secondary private equity/venture capital deals (transfers of portfolio companies, units/quotas in closed funds/LPs).

Vincenzo Armenio

Partner Vincenzo, is head of the Equity Capital Markets department, gained significant experience in public offerings and private placements, assisting his clients in financial instruments placement transactions in Italy and abroad. He has a solid expertise of capital markets regulation, initial public offerings on European exchange markets and extraordinary transactions involving listed companies. In addition Vincenzo assists his clients such as primary capital markets players and venture capital investment funds in relation to M&A transaction related to start-up and scale-up companies in the technology and food industry.

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