Maurizio Delfino

Corporate and Financial Services

Maurizio Delfino is a Senior Counsel in the Corporate and Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, the founding partner of Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (“D-WFG”), and the Chairman of D-WFG Executive Committee.

Maurizio’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions of listed or unlisted companies, including distressed, joint ventures and public/private partnerships, corporate governance and general corporate and securities law matters.

Maurizio has been the lead corporate lawyer in a number of high profile transactions, including hostile takeover bids and buy outs on behalf of Italian or international clients of the firm. He has represented government owned corporations, public and private companies and financial investors in a wide range of Italian and cross border transactions. He has also assisted the Italian Treasury on a number of privatizations. In addition, Maurizio has advised board of directors and board committees on a variety of corporate governance issues.

The industries where Maurizio has acted for either strategic or financial investors in Italy are diverse and include banking and insurance, various infrastructure, steel, oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical, automotive, aerospace and defense, food, design. He has also assisted on various Italian SPAC projects.

Maurizio has written monographs and published articles in law reviews and is a frequent lecturer in the fields of ESG compliance, corporate finance and the protection of minority shareholders.