Mr Francesco Stella > Hogan Lovells International LLP > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Francesco Stella

Work Department
Corporate M&A
Position
Partner
Career
Clients say ‘Francesco is really reliable, business-minded and able to bring ideas for structuring the deal. He is dedicated, smart and does a high-quality job’. With this attitude and mind-set, for over 20 years, Francesco Stella has accompanied an impressive number of large international corporates and financial institutions in their merger and acquisition moves into the Italian market, and top Italian clients in their growth abroad through acquisitions and joint ventures.
Languages
English, Italian
Memberships
Italian Bar
Education
Law Degree, Università Cattolica, Milan, 1992
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Hogan Lovells International LLP’s corporate and M&A team is experienced in major domestic and cross-border transactions, particularly energy, insurance and financial institution-related matters. Luca Picone has a ‘solid M&A background’; corporate M&A specialist Paola Barometro is a February 2024 recruit from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; and Francesco Stella‘s track record encompasses acquisitions and joint ventures. Martina Di Nicola, Pierluigi Feliciani and Francesco De Michele are also key individuals in the team. Andrea Pretti joined the firm from White & Case (Europe) LLP in early 2025.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Capital markets: Equity
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property
- Capital markets: Equity
Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Capital markets: Debt
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency
- EU and competition law
- Industry focus: Energy
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- Employment
- Capital markets: Equity