Alessandro Villa, a specialist in company and commercial law, has been a key element in the growth of Osborne Clarke’s Italian office, which has grown in parallel with Alessandro’s own career path. He is the Head of the Italian Mobility and Infrastructure team. His legal experience focuses on company law, corporate finance and M&A transactions, with a keen eye for international transactions. He provides highly specialised advice to leading businesses in the automotive sector, operating in a wide number of areas, from the transformation of the raw materials to the distribution of the end products. His experience also extends to the wider energy sector, with a particular focus on renewables. This wide-ranging background in these naturally overlapping sectors fuels his interest in the decarbonisation transformation driver and some of its cutting-edge new technologies such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS), Vehicle to Grid (V2G) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV). Alessandro assists businesses as well as professional, industrial and private equity investors, both Italian and foreign. He has developed an expertise in financial restructuring in the context of insolvency proceedings, advising clients in resolving the corporate aspects deriving from those transactions.
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Andrea Pinto has worked for leading global law firms and finance institutions, acquiring a solid and international expertise that enables him to lead complex and cross-border transactions. He is Head of the Italian Financial Services sector. His legal experience spans the breadth of the finance and restructuring & insolvency sectors. Andrea assists both lending institutions and borrowers in real estate finance, project finance, acquisition finance and restructuring matters. He represents banks, financial institutions and corporate clients in very high value and sophisticated commercial and industrial debt restructuring transactions. He also assists clients in turnaround transactions and in the preparation, negotiation, and implementation of corporate and debt restructuring plans. He has gained significant experience in restructuring structured finance debt (e.g. CMBS, REF, leverage financings). Prior to joining Osborne Clarke, Andrea practised as a partner at a global US firm and spent one year on secondment at the international lending department of Barclays Bank PLC in London.
Antonio assists clients across a wide range of banking and restructuring matters, having acquired key experience on complex international transactions. He is a member of the Italian Financial Services team and Banking & Finance department. Antonio advises financial institutions, industrial, financial and real estate companies groups in relation to domestic and cross-border financing transactions. He has a particular focus on real estate finance, acquisition finance, leveraged finance, and project finance transactions, as well as restructurings of the financial indebtedness (including by way of reorganisation plans, debt restructuring agreements and compositions with creditors). In addition, he has advised international and domestic banks in the context of structured finance transactions, with particular focus on securitisation transactions. Antonio's experience has developed with his career: from being an associate in a U.K. magic circle law firm, to a senior associate in a U.S. law firm where he worked on some of the most complex restructurings, leverage finance and financing transactions.
Claudio specialises in tax law and offers extensive experience in all areas of taxation, with a specific focus on the field of M&A Insurance. He is part of the Italian tax team. He regularly advises Italian and foreign clients on the structuring of M&A, private equity, financing, restructuring and real estate transactions, as well as on the design of complex financial instruments and on the establishment of European and Italian fund structures. Claudio represents clients in tax audits, settlements and appeals and is skilled in drafting and negotiating rulings and APAs. He is a member of the IFA and is regularly invited as lecturer in post-graduate courses and conferences. He is also admitted to practice before the highest Italian and EU courts.
Cristina is a corporate and commercial lawyer, who has achieved outstanding expertise in M&A Insurance as well as in M&A transactions. She is a member of the Italian Corporate team, and her legal expertise lies in corporate law, commercial law, contract law and real estate. Cristina has developed relevant experience in M&A, extraordinary transactions and private equity. She has also developed key know-how in matters related to M&A Insurance: in particular Warranty & Indemnity policies, insurance policies to secure indemnification obligations in M&A transactions as well as contingent risk products. Through her career, Cristina has practised in international law firms of primary standing and developed the M&A Insurance practice of an Italian boutique firm.
Enrico is an internationally recognised expert in Italian and European competition law. A former official of the Italian Antitrust Authority, he advised Italian and foreign clients on a number of matters resulting in leading precedents. He is the Head of the Italian Competition, Antitrust & Trade team, the Italian member of the International Council of Osborne Clarke, and the Head of the Osborne Clarke office in Rome. His legal experience covers the entire spectrum of antitrust activities, from merger control to cartel investigations and proceedings for abuse of dominance. Enrico represents companies, active in several economic sectors, before the European Commission and the Italian Antitrust Authority in the context of investigation proceedings for cartels, other restrictive practices and abuse of dominance, as well as in relation to the lodging of complaints and merger control filings. He assists clients in the appeals of the decisions of the EU Commission before the EU Courts (General Court and Court of Justice) and of those of the national Authority before the Italian administrative Courts. He also represents clients in civil law proceedings relating to antitrust infringements (actions for damages and nullity of contracts or contract clauses). Enrico has significant expertise in designing and implementing specific compliance programmes, performing competition law audits and conducting training activities. He also developed extensive experience in the field of unfair commercial practices and misleading advertising. He has been consistently ranked by Chambers & Partners Europe, regularly speaks at leading industry conferences and is a frequent contributor to publications on antitrust matters. He received a Master’s Degree (LLM) from the University College of London. Enrico is admitted to appear before the Italian Supreme Courts.
Federico has accrued wide-ranging experience advising businesses in dispute resolution both in and out of court and before arbitration tribunals; his practice mainly relates to international disputes. He is the Head of the Italian Dispute Resolution team and a member of the International Arbitration Group of Osborne Clarke, which handles international multi-jurisdictional arbitration proceedings. His legal expertise includes all types of corporate and commercial disputes with a particular focus on those involving foreign parties. Federico always dedicates special attention to the procedural strategy. Federico advises on corporate matters predominantly in relation to disputes involving shareholders, corporate management and supervisory bodies. He has considerable experience in disputes relates to restructuring and insolvency procedures. He also has niche experience in litigation related to financial intermediaries and insurance matters, and with reference to the role of fiduciaries. Federico has considerable experience in both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations (under the International Court of Arbitration (ICC), London Court of Arbitration (LCA) and Milan Chamber of Arbitration (CAM) rules) also acting as an arbitrator. He is a key member of the Italian focus group on third party litigation funding, a practice that is only just taking its first steps within the Italian market but which offers great potential for the firm’s litigation and arbitration clients. Federico is admitted to appear before the Italian Supreme Court.
Federico Ferrara has over 25 years’ experience in Intellectual Property law, acquired working alongside leading companies in a wide number of sectors and with a particular focus on media and entertainment. Federico is the Head of the Italian Intellectual Property team. His practice covers IP rights, strategies, policies, and disputes. He assists key operators in the Tech, Media and Comms, Tourism, Life Sciences and Retail sectors. Federico has accrued niche expertise in the areas of audio-visual works, publishing and music law. Breaches of third-party Intellectual Property are also frequently connected with issues of unfair competition, an area in which Federico has built up significant experience. In matters of industrial property, he has acted on cases involving counterfeiting, exhaustion of rights (parallel imports), licensing and passing off. His practice involves both contentious and non-contentious matters and he has accrued an in-depth knowledge of time-sensitive procedures such as interim injunctions, search orders, and seizures. Federico also has considerable experience as a corporate and commercial lawyer, advising on JVs and M&A transactions, in which Intellectual Property constituted a key element of the corporate assets. He advises on compliance issues relating to advertising, consumer and e-commerce law, as well as in the relevant proceedings before the Italian Advertising Standards Authority and the Italian Competition Authority.
For over 20 years Filippo’s work in the field of insolvency has been driven by one overarching objective: to preserve business continuity of clients across a wide range of industry sectors. He is the Head of the Italian Restructuring and Insolvency team. His practice focuses on debt restructuring, advising both in and out of court, through a wide selection of procedures. Filippo assists important names in a broad number of industry sectors: manufacturing, commerce, publishing, real estate, energy, fashion, logistics/distribution and automotive, contributing to the restructuring and reorganisation of key business entities, with a keen eye on small and medium sized enterprises. He also advises in and out of court on general corporate and commercial matters.
Filippo assists Italian and international clients, including listed companies, in particular in domestic and cross-border acquisitions as well as in mergers, demergers, joint ventures and complex corporate reorganisations. He operates in all major market sectors, with a strategic focus on the packaging industry (where he advises numerous market players) as well as the energy and media industries. A PhD in Comparative Private Law and EU Private Law, Filippo has also always been involved in the academic field. He was a researcher at the Centro di Documentazione Europea 'Altiero Spinelli'. He collaborates with the University of Macerata as an adjunct lecturer for courses on Comparative Private Law and European Union Law, including Energy Law. He is the author of numerous publications on corporate and comparative private law issues, as well as a monograph on corporate structures in the world of Anglo-Saxon law firms. Expertise
Giorgio represents a reference point in the Italian infrastructure services sector, also thanks to his expertise in all areas of public and administrative law. Giorgio is Head of the Italian Infrastructure Services team and Public Law team. His legal expertise spans administrative law, public procurement, public services law, and local entities law. He assists public entities, public bodies and companies involved in the management of local public services, infrastructures, urban regeneration and in the preparation of tender notices concerning the assignment of concessions and public contracts (even in project finance or other public-private partnerships),and has acquired a recognized expertise with reference to public procurements (work, supply and service contracts). Giorgio provides judicial protection and assistance in proceedings before both administrative Courts, assisting in particular public entities and private operators involved or taking part in tenders, and before ordinary Courts, with reference to judgments arising from the execution of public contracts. In addition, Giorgio has accrued solid experience in the public utilities sector: public lighting, gas distribution, district heating, waste management and water management. He is frequently a lecturer or speaker at conferences, seminars and training masters and is the author of numerous publications. Giorgio is admitted to appear before the Italian Supreme Court.
Giovanni is an expert in corporate and commercial law, advising Italian and foreign clients, and in particular public-owned companies (multi-utilities), focusing on the energy and waste & water sectors. Giovanni is a member of the Italian Energy & Utilities team and heads the focus area group dedicated to Waste & Water. His legal expertise focuses on the wide range of corporate and commercial practices, covering both transactional and advisory work. He assists Italian and foreign clients operating in the energy sector on domestic and cross-border M&A as well as joint ventures, extraordinary finance, and general commercial matters. He has a consolidated experience in dispute resolution, both at litigation and arbitration, specifically with regards to the rules related to disputes in the Environment and Waste & Water sectors. He has a consolidated experience in dispute resolution, both at litigation and arbitration, as well as in the specific rules relating to disputes in the Environment and Waste & Water industries. Giovanni has developed expertise in advising publicly owned companies (multi-utilities), listed and otherwise, mainly operating in the Waste & Water sectors and has an in-depth understanding of the management and administrative issues applying to these companies, and of the relevant issues relating to the liability of directors in publicly owned companies. He has advised not only on a variety of M&A transactions involving companies owning waste disposal and recovery plants (landfill site and waste-to-energy plants), but also advises companies in the sector on issues including corporate governance.
Giuliano is a key point of reference in M&A and Private Equity transactions, thanks to his comprehensive experience advising leading companies and multinationals. He is a member of the Corporate team in Italy and his legal expertise lies in extraordinary M&A and Private Equity transactions. Giuliano assists multinationals, companies, private equity funds and national and international businessmen in the ambit of extraordinary transactions: acquisitions and sales of companies and branches of business, mergers, buy-outs, investments, joint ventures. He also provides general company and commercial legal advice. He has developed consolidated experience in turnarounds, company and debt restructuring, and the management of a wide range of insolvency procedures (arrangements with creditors and other procedures ex art. 182 bis and 67 Insolvency Law). Giuliano is appreciated for his competence and ability to identify and evaluate the technical aspects as well as for his pragmatic approach, oriented to identifying the best solution for the conclusion of the transaction.
In a legal career spanning more than 20 years, Maria Grazia has become a trusted point of reference for those multinational companies in the Life Sciences & Healthcare and Real Estate development sectors that intend to locate their business in Italy. She is Head of the Life Sciences and Healthcare team in Italy and as Osborne Clarke’s Italian specialist in each of these sectors, she heads up an experienced team that counsels a multinational client base. Her practice also focuses on real estate and leisure. Her specialism in life sciences and pharmaceuticals draws on technical acumen acquired while working with the industry, and it’s this practical knowledge that means her clients receive razor-sharp insight and guidance daily. The advice she provides covers the many complex areas, including litigation, facing the sector, such as: the production and sale of pharmaceutical products, active ingredients, medical devices, and food supplements; regulatory procedures for the granting of market authorisation, pricing and reimbursement of medicinal products; and representing clients before the regulatory agencies and in proceedings before the administrative courts. Maria Grazia also counsels Italian and international companies in the development, construction, and operation of real-estate complexes to be used for office, sanitary, retail and leisure use. At the same time, she has built over two decades’ experience assisting clients in the cinema sector, including advising on cinema advertising. She received her J.D. cum laude from the Sapienza University of Rome and she is admitted to appear before the Italian Supreme Court.
Nunzia has practised financial services and banking law since 2000 and heads the Banking&Finance Regulatory department in Italy. She specialises in fund formation, asset management, investment services and the activity of financial intermediaries both on a local and cross-border basis. She has also a deep knowledge of legal and regulatory developments affecting lending platforms, payments and crypto – currencies industries. She operates with a particular focus on cross-border issues within the European Union and to and from the UK and Switzerland. She holds administration and auditing positions with financial intermediaries, banks and listed companies and is a speaker at training courses and conferences relating to her professional activities. She was the founder of the Milan – Lugano Chapter of the “100WomenInFinance” association.
Riccardo’s career with Osborne Clarke has taken him all the way from his law degree, to his current position as Managing Partner and Head of our Milan Office. An expert in corporate and commercial law, Riccardo is one of the many reasons a number of Osborne Clarke’s most long-standing clients return to the firm for its services time and again. With an uncanny ability to predict and uncover emerging industry trends, his own knowledge is backed by a deep bench of talent across his Milan team. His own wide-ranging corporate practice covers both transactional and advisory work, and he regularly advises on domestic and cross-border M&A work, growth and venture transactions, acting for institutions, management teams and corporates.
In addition to being a transaction lawyer dealing with all corporate and commercial aspects of complex Real Estate deals, Sara also advises on the planning aspects of property projects. She is a member of the Italian Real Estate & Infrastructure team and she has consolidated experience in real estate and construction law, as well as in corporate and commercial matters. She acts for property companies, developers and corporate occupiers on all aspects of real estate law, with a particular emphasis on the industrial and retail sectors. She has developed a particular focus on work for developers, which she combines with her considerable public and administrative law expertise, critical for getting major projects off the ground. She is also active in the renewable energy sector, where she has acted on some very important deals, including the construction of one of the biggest rooftop PV portfolios in Italy. Sara sits on the Board of Directors of Pininfarina S.p.A. – an internationally renowned Italian company in the automotive sector - and is a member of the IBA international construction projects committee. Sara is admitted to appear before the Italian Supreme Court.
Simone has a comprehensive understanding of Urban Dynamics transformations, grounded in his long-standing experience in the real estate sector. His expertise spans multiple areas, including energy, infrastructure, and mergers & acquisitions. He is the Head of Italy's Urban Dynamics and The Built Environment teams. His legal experience is primarily rooted in mergers & acquisition with a particular focus on real estate and infrastructure. Simone provides highly specialised assistance and has a deep understanding of technical, regulatory, and financial issues relevant to energy, infrastructure and real estate projects. He assists long-term investors in all phases of the investment cycle, from the setting-up of the appropriate investment structures, establishment of joint ventures with co-investors, to the acquisition, development, management and sale of assets.