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Giorgio Fantacchiotti

Giorgio Fantacchiotti

Work Department

Corporate, M_A and private equity

Position

Giorgio specialises in transactional work with a focus on cross-border public and private M&A, joint ventures,  and private equity transactions. He regularly advises corporations in their national and cross-border M&A activity, and  leading Italian and international private equity and credit funds in their downstream work and portfolio management. Since January 2017 Giorgio co-heads the global consumer sector of the firm and is dual qualified in Italy and in the UK.

Career

May 2014 to date: Partner, Corporate M&A Private Equity,  Linklaters

2004-2014: Partner, Corporate M&A, Private Equity, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo

1997-2004: Associate, Corporate M&A, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo

Jan 1998-April 1999: Secondment to Herbert Smith London

Languages

Italian, English

Memberships

Admitted to the Italian Bar Association and Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Education

1998 - 1999: Solicitor, BPP Law School 1993 – 1996: Masters in Comparative law, University of Turin 1988 – 1993: JD from the University of Turin (magna cum laude)

Personal

Leading Italian legal journal, Legal Community lists him as one of the Top 20 M&A lawyers in Italy (LegalCommunity MAG, October 2015) and lauds him for being "responsive, thorough and very quick at grasping the commercial implications of the legal side.

Mentions

Italy

Commercial, corporate and M&A

Italy

Private equity

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