Latham & Watkins LLP

Alessia De Coppi

Alessia De Coppi structures and executes a range of complex financings on behalf of private equity firms, financial institutions, and companies. Drawing on her experience in multifaceted and novel transactions, Ms. De Coppi handles the full spectrum of banking and finance matters on behalf of Italian and international entities. She serves a number of leading private equity and institutional clients as well as a mix of financial institutions, including commercial banks, investment banks, and direct lenders. Ms. De Coppi’s practice work includes:  Acquisition finance  Debt capital markets  Direct lending  Corporate finance  Private equity finance  Restructuring Ms. De Coppi brings particular experience navigating intricate and cross-border financings involving bespoke deal structures. She collaborates effectively with multijurisdictional teams to close transactions in an expeditious manner, while achieving clients’ broader business and legal objectives. Ms. De Coppi serves as local leader of the Women Lawyers Group in Latham’s Milan office. She has previously served as a member of the firm’s Mentoring and Training & Career Enhancement (TACE) Committees.

Antongiulio Scialpi

Antongiulio Scialpi is a partner in the Milan office. He represents Italian and international clients in leveraged finance and debt capital markets matters, with a particular focus on acquisition financings and public to private transactions. Mr. Scialpi delivers practical and commercially driven counsel to a range of lenders and borrowers, including commercial banks, investment banks, private debt funds, private equity firms, and corporate clients. He advises clients throughout all stages of a financing, from the initial structuring stages to the negotiation of financing agreements to closing. An internationally renowned finance practitioner, Mr. Scialpi regularly helps clients structure and execute their most complex financings. He brings particular experience navigating financings of public to private transactions. Drawing on his understanding of the needs of different parties in a transaction, Mr, Scialpi facilitates closings in an expeditious manner. Mr. Scialpi serves on Latham’s Pro Bono Committee in Milan. His pro bono work includes advising nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations seeking assistance on contract and bylaw reviews. He also handles a variety of civil rights and human rights matters.

Antonio Coletti

Antonio Coletti advises clients on a variety of capital markets, M&A, and general corporate matters, with a particular focus on equity and debt offerings. Widely recognized as one of Italy’s leading corporate lawyers, Mr. Coletti advises a mix of private equity firms, companies, and investment banks that do business in Italy. He handles a range of notable transactional matters, including equity and debt capital markets offerings and public mergers and acquisitions. His work also includes public company representation matters. Drawing on more than two decades of capital markets experience, Mr. Coletti combines sophisticated legal and regulatory knowledge with a pragmatic and commercially driven approach. He regularly advises on some of the highest-profile capital markets transactions in the Italian market. His capital markets work includes: Primary and secondary offerings, listings (initial public offerings, rights issues, and accelerated book build offerings) Public M&A, including stake buildings and take-over bids Bonds issues (investment grade, high yields, and convertible) Liability management (tender offers and consent solicitation) Structured finance transactions, including equity derivatives Mr. Coletti also advises clients on sales and acquisitions of public companies, as well as general corporate representation, reorganization, and compliance matters. Mr. Coletti previously served as Local Chair of the Corporate Department in Mila

Cataldo Piccarreta

Cataldo Piccarreta is a partner in the Milan office. He specializes in private equity, corporate finance, and real estate. Mr. Piccarreta has extensive experience advising private and public companies and private equity funds on a wide variety of private equity, corporate finance, and real estate transactions.

Cesare Milani

Cesare Milani is a partner in the Milan office of Latham & Watkins with particular expertise in public and administrative law and regulated sectors. He is a member of the firm’s Environment, Land & Resources Practice. Mr. Milani advises clients on public and administrative law, including contentious and non-contentious matters. He has considerable experience advising private equity funds, financial institutions, and industrials on: Regulated sectors in general Public law concessions, authorizations, and permits Italian foreign investment regulation Public procurement matters Environmental law and energy law

Erika Brini Raimondi

Erika Brini Raimondi advises clients across a broad range of complex financing transactions. Ms. Brini Raimondi leverages extensive experience to guide clients on: Acquisition finance Restructuring Private equity finance Corporate finance Debt capital markets Direct lending A recognized leader at the firm, Ms. Brini Raimondi serves as local leader for the Diversity Leadership Committee and was previously local leader of the Women Lawyers Group.

Giancarlo D’Ambrosio

Giancarlo D’Ambrosio is a partner in the Milan office of Latham & Watkins. He primarily advises clients on corporate, M&A, private equity, capital markets, and financial transactions. Mr. D'Ambrosio represents private equity funds and their portfolio companies, publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as financial institutions on: Mergers and acquisitions Joint ventures Investments Divestitures Strategic structured finance transactions Corporate governance and public company representation Capital markets transactions (primary and secondary offerings, listings, bond issues, and liability management transactions) His experience spans a broad range of industries, including sports, fashion, entertainment, and media. Mr. D’Ambrosio serves on the firm’s local Recruiting Committee.

Giorgia Lugli

Giorgia Lugli advises multinational private equity firms, financial institutions, and companies doing business in Italy on a range of investments, M&A transactions, and restructurings. Drawing on her experience in complex, cross-border transactions, Ms. Lugli delivers pragmatic and creative counsel to international and Italian clients. She regularly navigates multifaceted transactions in tight timeframes by effectively managing multiple work streams and collaborating closely with clients’ legal counsel. An accomplished private equity practitioner, Ms. Lugli counsels clients throughout every stage of the investment lifecycle — from negotiating investment agreements to assisting clients on corporate governance matters to executing sales. She fosters strong relationships with stakeholders from target companies across diverse industries to help ensure efficient deal closings. Ms. Lugli brings particular experience in cross-border transactions involving companies in highly regulated sectors. Ms. Lugli’s practice work also includes joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and acquisitions of insolvent companies.

Giorgio Ignazzi

Giorgio Ignazzi advises clients on leveraged finance, international capital markets transactions, and securities regulation. Mr. Ignazzi represents private equity sponsors, issuers, private credit funds, and investment banks in: Public and private offerings of debt and equity securities Acquisition financings Liability management transactions Before joining Latham, Mr. Ignazzi worked at another global law firm in London, focused primarily on capital markets transactions. In 2018, he joined Latham & Watkins in London and subsequently transferred to the Milan office.

Giovanni Sandicchi

Giovanni B. Sandicchi represents Italian and international clients in a range of private equity and M&A transactions, often in a cross-border context. Drawing on his sophisticated market knowledge and broad-based transactional experience, Mr. Sandicchi advises leading private equity and infrastructure funds, as well as family-run companies and venture capital funds. He regularly navigates transactions across a multitude of industries, including aerospace, defense, and healthcare sectors. His practice includes: Mergers & acquisitions Private equity Infrastructure funds transactions Distressed M&A Joint ventures Corporate governance Strategic commercial contracts Mr. Sandicchi also regularly provides pro bono counsel to nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations seeking assistance corporate governance matters.

Giovanni Spedicato

Giovanni Spedicato represents private equity sponsors and leading industrial players in complex mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Spedicato combines his sophisticated business expertise with broad legal knowledge to advise clients on: M&A, joint ventures, and private equity transactions Divestitures Strategic commercial contracts Corporate governance Venture capital He strategically approaches every negotiation and designs pragmatic solutions that allow his clients to meet their business expectations and needs. A recognized thought leader, Mr. Spedicato regularly lectures at top universities on M&A. Before joining Latham in 2011, Mr. Spedicato was teaching assistant of Corporate Law at LUISS Guido Carli University.

Guido Bartolomei

Guido Bartolomei focuses primarily on corporate finance (equity and debt capital markets), corporate governance, and public company representation, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bartolomei is particularly experienced in equity and debt capital markets offerings, public company representation, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions. He assists private companies, sponsors, investment banks, and investment funds on a wide range of public and private, domestic, and cross-border transactions.

Jeffrey Lawlis

Jeff Lawlis, Global Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Capital Markets Practice, advises companies, sponsors, and investment banks on cross-border corporate finance transactions involving complex structuring issues. Mr. Lawlis serves as a go-to advisor to many clients on their full range of financing needs. He brings particular experience in leveraged finance and high yield bridge and bond transactions, as well as other debt and equity capital markets offerings, including private placements, and liability management transactions. Mr. Lawlis regularly advises on the financing aspects of M&A transactions, while also providing advice on general corporate and securities law matters. Drawing on more than two decades of on-the-ground experience in Europe, Mr. Lawlis delivers sophisticated and business-driven counsel with a focus on the Italian, Spanish, and Greek markets.

Marcello Bragliani

Marcello Bragliani is a partner in Milan and Regional Chair of the Finance Department in Europe. He advises Italian and international clients on a range of complex banking and corporate finance transactions. Drawing on his broad-based financing experience and sophisticated product knowledge, Mr. Bragliani represents a variety of private equity sponsors, banks, private debt lenders, and public and private companies. He brings particular experience in cross-border financings involving bespoke structures. Mr. Bragliani’s practice encompasses: Acquisition finance Corporate finance Debt capital markets Direct lending Restructuring A solutions-focused and commercially driven advisor, Mr. Bragliani builds long-term relationships with clients to help them navigate their full array of financing transactions.

Mario Orsenigo

Mario Orsenigo advises Italian and multinational clients on complex restructuring and special situations transactions, as well as related litigation and dispute resolution. Mr. Orsenigo draws on more than a decade’s experience representing institutional investors, banks, distressed credit, and private equity funds in: Complex restructuring and distressed transactions Litigation and pre-litigation matters related to civil, corporate, and insolvency law Before rejoining the firm, Mr. Orsenigo worked with leading international law firms and an Italian law boutique on complex, debt restructuring, insolvency, and litigation matters.

Paolo Bernasconi

Paolo Bernasconi is a partner in the Milan office and a member of the Capital Markets Practice. Paolo Bernasconi represents corporate clients, investment banks, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in cross-border corporate finance transactions involving complex structuring issues, with an emphasis on acquisition financings and issuances of high yield debt securities. He has represented issuers and underwriters in several industries, including: Telecommunications Aerospace Luxury design Energy Software and IT services Circular economy / waste management Nutraceutical Packaging Gaming Hospitality Metals Construction Railway and light mobility Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Paolo worked at leading US and Italian law firms, where his work focused primarily on capital markets transactions and financial regulatory matters.

Ryan Benedict

Ryan Benedict, a US securities and capital markets lawyer, advises public and private company issuers and underwriters on a range of equity and debt capital markets transactions in the US, EMEA, and beyond. Mr. Benedict is Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Retail & Consumer Products Industry Group. Drawing on his extensive product knowledge and on-the-ground experience working in London, Continental Europe, and New York, Mr. Benedict regularly counsels clients on their most complex and significant capital markets transactions. His work spans a variety of key industries, including technology and life sciences. Mr. Benedict’s practice work includes: Initial public offerings and follow-on offerings, including US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered offerings and Rule 144A/Reg S transactions Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transactions High yield and investment grade debt offerings Bank capital and financial regulatory matters Tender offers and liability management transactions Public company representation Mr. Benedict frequently advises on innovative transactions involving bespoke deal structures. He brings particular experience handling cross-border offerings, including US-registered transactions and listings on securities exchanges throughout Europe. Outside of his commercial work, Mr. Benedict takes a proactive role in helping industry participants successfully navigate the capital markets — including by organizing thought leadership initiatives and industry roundtables.

Stefano Sciolla

Stefano Sciolla is the Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins' Milan office. He is a member of the firm's Aerospace, Defense & Government Services Industry Group core team. He primarily handles corporate law matters, and he has considerable experience advising clients on: Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity deals Divestitures Strategic commercial contracts Corporate governance and public company representation Capital markets transactions He regularly advises Italian and international clients in cross-border corporate transactions. He also has considerable experience in the aerospace and defense business, as well as in the energy sector.