Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Firm leadership

Lucantonio N. Salvi is Chairman of Sheppard Mullin.

Prior to his election as Chairman of Sheppard Mullin in March 2021, Mr. Salvi practiced in the areas of corporate law, corporate finance, securities law and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Salvi represents companies, investment banks, and private equity firms in corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities offerings and financings. He has developed extensive expertise in acquisition and financing transactions on behalf of private equity firms and other leveraged buy-out sponsors, as well as firms in aerospace, defense, healthcare, communications, luxury goods, candy and retail industries. Mr. Salvi has represented both public and private sector clients in the United States and abroad, with a practice specialization that includes cross-border transactions (particularly involving Italian and other European companies).  Mr. Salvi has lived and worked in the United States, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Poland and Italy and speaks fluent Italian. 

Italian

Member, International Law & Practice Section, American Bar Association; Member, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF); Past Vice-Chair, Law Institute, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF); Past Member, Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, New York City Bar; Past Member, Committee on Professional Ethics, New York County Bar; Past Member, Board of Trustees, Academia Bilingue de la Ciudad (ABC) Bilingual Public Charter School, Washington, D.C.

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1995; MALD, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1994; B.A., Georgetown University, 1990, cum laude