Alma LED

Commercial, Corporate and M&A

Marco Nicolini is Equity Partner at Alma LED and Head of the Corporate M&A team.
Marco provides legal assistance in corporate and M&A transactions and he is an international advisor to leading multinational companies.

He has more than 30 years of experience in providing out-of-court assistance to institutional investors and companies, with particular reference to real estate and infrastructure development transactions and related financing. Thanks to his experience in corporate matters, he has been involved in numerous M&A projects concerning acquisitions and divestments of Italian companies by Italian and foreign investors. In this context, his activities include setting up joint ventures, drafting shareholders’ agreements, corporate reorganisation, project finance, leasing agreements, banking and financial advisory and capital markets transactions. Marco has also been involved in numerous transactions in the Energy & Infrastructure sector, in particular in various acquisitions of assets or companies, including both renewable and non-renewable energy plants.

Marco has assisted Italian and foreign companies in listing on regulated markets, in the initial public offering of shares, and in the placement of securities and bonds, dealing with legal aspects; he has also handled relations with the relevant supervisory authorities, in particular Consob and Borsa Italiana.

He provided legal assistance to the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) in the activities related to the recapitalisation and capital strengthening of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena as well as the sale of the shareholding held by the MEF in the same.

2023 - today: Alma LED – Equity Partner

2022 - 2023: Alma Società tra Avvocati – Founding Partner

2009 - 2022:  Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Europe LLP – Partner and Head of the Italian M&A and Private Equity department and member of the Italian Management Board

1994 - 2009:  Studio Legale Tonucci & Partners – Founding Partner

Italian, English, Spanish

2002:  Admitted lawyer before "Corte di Cassazione", the highest judicial authority in Italy

1992:   Admitted to the Bar of New York, USA

1989:   Admitted to the Italian Bar

Other Memberships:

2021 - today: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of A.S. Roma Calcio S.r.l.

2021 - today: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Aboca S.p.A.

2013 - today: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Coca Cola HBC Italia

Also member of:

- Member of the Organizational Committee of the Conference on Energy Law, promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development, the GSE – Manager of Energy Services and the University of Rome

- Member of "Commissione Arbitrale" of Federazione Europea di Nuoto

- Chairmain of the Supervisory Body of Borsa Elettrica

- Member of the Board of Directors of Cassa di Risparmio dell’Umbria (Intesa Sanpaolo Group)

- Member of the Board of Directors of Enertad (now Erg Renew)

1992:  LL.M., Harvard Law School

1989:  Columbia University NYC/Amsterdam, Summer Law Program Abroad

1986:  Degree in law, Università del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Milan