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Filippo Frabasile

Filippo Frabasile is a senior counsel in Dentons' Milan office and a member of the global Corporate and M&A practice. He advises private equity funds and industrial groups on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and joint-ventures, providing assistance in relation to corporate governance, commercial and regulatory matters. Filippo also assists corporate entities on capital markets transactions, including capital increases, IPOs and public offerings. His ordinary activities include drafting and negotiating domestic and international contracts (trademark license agreements, distribution agreements, lease agreements, and settlement agreements), as well as drafting legal opinions for domestic and international clients. Filippo also deals with civil, corporate and commercial litigation.

Alessandro Dubini

Alessandro Dubini is a partner in Dentons' Milan office and co-head of the Corporate M&A practice in Italy. He primarily advises major industry groups, leading financial institutions and private equity funds on both domestic and international extraordinary transactions regarding mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, corporate finance and corporate reorganization. Alessandro has gained considerable experience through the years in IPOs, public offerings, purchase and sale of financial products as well as in corporate and commercial law, banking and finance. He also deals with corporate governance matters and commercial contracts. He is often invited to participate as a speaker at conferences and seminars in the field of company law and financial markets.

Alessandro Engst

Alessandro Engst is a partner in the Banking & Finance practice and the Head of the Financial Services area in Italy. Alessandro focuses on financial institutions regulation, derivatives and investment funds. He has a broad range of experience advising banks, fund managers, broker-dealers, investment firms, insurance companies, payment institutions, fintech companies and pension funds on the establishment and regulation of investment funds (including NPL and private debt funds), on a wide range of derivative transactions and on regulatory matters (including advising on MIFID II, CRR/CRD IV, UCITS V, EMIR, IDD, PSD2 and ELTIF regulation). He is the author of various banking and finance law manuals and scientific articles.

Alessandro Fosco Fagotto

Alessandro Fosco Fagotto is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and Head of the Italian Banking and Finance practice in Italy and in Europe. He gained great experience in advising lenders (his clients are almost all the most representative Italian banks, international banks providing financial support in Italy), financial sponsors (private equity and private debt funds), investors, other financial institutions and borrowers, in connection with a very broad range of financing transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance, structured finance, real estate finance, general corporate lending and refinancing. His experience also covers debt restructuring transactions, in particular, transactions designed to preserve the going concern (i.e. consolidation agreements, restructuring agreements, distressed M&A, sale of bank credits), as well as in all kinds of financing to be granted to distressed companies (bridge finance, interim finance and finance granted in the framework of restructuring plans). He also assists industrial groups interested in investing in distressed companies, in all consolidation path steps. He is broadly acknowledged as one of the leading finance lawyers in Italy for his strong presence, during the last 20 years, in the Italian debt market.

Andrea Fiorelli

Andrea Fiorelli is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and Head of the Tax practice in Italy. He advises on the tax aspects of corporate and finance transactions. Andrea has extensive experience of advising on: the fiscal treatment of financial products and UCITS (harmonized and non-harmonized); international taxation and planning; tax issues arising in the context of corporate finance and merger and acquisition and real estate transactions; the taxation of individual assets; and tax litigation.

Anna Gava is an associate in our Milan office and a member of the global Public Law and Regulatory practice. Anna provides legal assistance, both in and out of court, in different areas of administrative law, with a particular focus on public contracts.

Annalisa Feliciani

Annalisa Feliciani is a debt capital markets partner in Dentons’ Rome office and a member of the global Banking and Finance practice. She provides legal assistance to major Italian and international banks, financial institutions and companies in connection with the structuring, offering and listing of a wide range of financial instruments for both retail and institutional investors. These include: fixed income products (Eurobonds and domestic bonds); structured notes, warrants and certificates; credit and fund-linked securities; mini-bonds and commercial papers (including STEP compliant); and ESG products (social, sustainability and green bonds). She assists in the establishment and update of issuance programs and stand-alone issuances (public deals and private placements); retail public offers in Italy; debt capital markets and liability management transactions. Annalisa is experienced in the structuring of transactions and related regulatory issues. She provides high level transactional and regulatory advice vis-à-vis financial regulators (Consob, Bank of Italy, CSSF, Central Bank of Ireland), the main financial market lobbies, as well as Stock Exchanges and MTFs in Italy and in other European countries (e.g. Luxembourg and Ireland).

Antida Cutuli is a counsel in our Milan office and a member of the global Banking and Finance practice. Antida Cutuli is experienced in the banking and finance sector. She regularly advises national and international lenders as well as borrowers, on a broad range of financing transactions, with a focus on national and cross-border real estate and property finance.

Antonella Brambilla

Antonella Brambilla is a partner in Dentons' Milan office and a member of the global Corporate M&A practice. She advises listed and non-listed companies and professional investors on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and domestic and international corporate transactions, with a particular focus on the equity capital market sector. Antonella’s legal advice includes extraordinary transactions of listed companies in EU and extra EU regulated and non-regulated markets, public offerings, IPOs and takeover bids. Her assistance also covers corporate governance matters as well as capital market aspects of restructuring transactions.

Antonio Legrottaglie

Antonio Legrottaglie is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Corporate M&A practice. With a proven track record in M&A transactions, Antonio supports clients on a variety of matters, including acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. He mainly supports Italian and foreign private equity funds and club deals. Clients appreciate his proficiency in assisting founders and financial sponsors of build-up projects—supporting them both in the creation of the initial corporate structure and in the multiple acquisitions that are included in the project pipeline. Also active in the venture capital and start-up sector, Antonio regularly assists Italian and foreign investors in all types of investment rounds and in providing assistance to startups and scale-ups marked by strong technological development. In addition, he has many years of experience supporting clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors.

Arnaldo Bernardi

Arnaldo Bernardi is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. He is part of the white-collar crime team in Italy. He regularly advises clients in the oil and gas, luxury, retail, telecommunications, and financial sectors on internal investigations, corporate compliance and business and human rights.

Barbara Urselli

Barbara Urselli is a partner in Dentons' Rome office and a member of the global Corporate M&A group.

Bianca Chiara Sinisi

Bianca Chiara Sinisi is a counsel in our Rome office and a member of the global Banking and Finance practice. Specialized in structured finance and debt issuances, her main activities include legal advice in securitization transactions, covered bond programs, bond issuances, repos, securities lending, structured financial products and factoring. Furthermore, she assists clients in relation to debt restructuring and liability management transactions, with regard to both banks’ and financial intermediaries’ debt issuances and public entities’ debt. Bianca has also experience in ESG products (i.e. social, sustainable and green bonds, ESG securitisations and sustainability linked repo and securities lending transactions). She also provides advice on banking and financial regulation, with particular reference to the issues concerning BRRD, CRR, MiFID 2, ESG-products, securitisations and derivative instruments. Furthermore, Bianca assists both local and regional authorities and potential or existing investors in the field of public finance, as well as in the context of structured finance transactions involving public debt or other claims vis-à-vis public authorities and administrations.

Camilla Rosi is a senior associate in our Milan office and a member of the global Intellectual Property, Data and Technology practice. She assists national and international clients in relation to both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and copyright-related matters, with a focus on trademarks, patents, design, copyright, software and trade secrets. Camilla gained extensive experience in negotiating commercial arrangements pertaining to intellectual property rights, including license agreements, co-existence agreements, supply and distribution agreements, IP rights assignment agreements and in the assistance of both private clients and corporate institutions in the context of extraordinary transactions and IP related asset deal. She also advises clients on a broad range of IP-related judicial cases, including trademark, design and copyright infringement and unfair competition.

Carlo Merisio is a partner in our Milan office and a member of the global Real Estate practice. He assists clients, both Italian and international, in relation to major domestic and cross-border investments. His assistance covers the full spectrum of asset classes and deal structures, including asset and share deals, sale and lease-back, joint ventures, forward-funding structures as well as real estate investment funds schemes. Carlo also regularly advises clients on the negotiation of construction agreements, in the context of new development projects.

Carsten Steinhauer

Dr. Carsten Steinhauer, LL.M. is a partner in Dentons’ Rome and Milan offices and Co-Head of Europe Energy Sector Group.

Chiara Bocchi is a counsel based in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Intellectual Property, Data and Technology. Chiara assists national and multinational clients active in a number of different sectors including ICT, fashion, retail, e-commerce, advertising, media and telecommunications, as well as banking and insurance, in both contentious and non-contentious matters. She advises on commercial contracts (B2B and B2C) and on various legal issues concerning technology, media and telecommunications, focusing also on digital transformation and artificial intelligence. She is also experienced in data protection and holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) certificate through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). The activities in this field range from the drafting of compliance documents (e.g. privacy policies, organizational procedures, joint controllership and data processing agreements) and the organization of dedicated training on privacy matters, to the provision of strategic advice on complex issues and multi-jurisdictional projects (e.g. behavioral advertising, processing of biometric data, automatic individual decision-making processes, data transfers).

Christian Fabricatore

Christian Fabricatore is a senior counsel in Dentons’ Rome office, a member of the Project, Energy and Infrastructure business unit in Italy and a member of the Italy-Germany Collaboration Group. Christian is a transactional lawyer assisting international clients in M&A transactions, corporate restructurings and joint-ventures. He provides legal assistance aimed at finding tailored investment and transaction structures through efficient risk allocation. Christian also focuses on Insolvency and Restructuring matters. He assists international clients with acquisitions of insolvent companies or distressed assets subject to either Italian or German jurisdiction and the management of Italian companies and foreign shareholders in connection with situations of financial distress or liquidation. As native German speaking lawyer and member of the Italy-Germany Collaboration Group, Christian provides specific assistance in German language to German or German speaking clients, offering the full range of Dentons’ Italian legal and tax capabilities in almost every industry sector.

Davide Boffi is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and the Head of the Employment and Labor practice in Italy and Europe. Davide has significant experience in employment and labor law, as well as in agency contracts. He provides judicial and extrajudicial assistance to national and international clients and advice on reorganization processes, incentive plans, and collective agreements. He also advises on retention and stock option plans. Davide’s assistance includes drafting privacy policies, internal procedures and disciplinary codes.

Davide Traina is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. He gained significant experience in the real estate sector, assisting national and international clients in complex real estate transactions and in the establishment of funds, as well as in the pre-contentious and contentious phases of commercial transactions, also in case of arbitration. Davide frequently deals with real estate and corporate litigations, as well as with post-closing claims and disputes on real estate development transactions.

Edoardo Galeotti

Edoardo Galeotti is a partner in our Milan office and a member of the global Banking and Finance practice. Edoardo advises leading domestic and international banks, financial institutions, private equity and private debt funds and corporations (listed and unlisted), among others, on matters including acquisition and leveraged finance and corporate and syndicated lending. He focuses on real estate finance, mainly advising funds (borrower side), as well as on fund finance. Edoardo is highly proficient in complex domestic and cross-border leverage buyout transactions involving banks and financial institutions. He also assists clients with regard to all kinds of financing transactions in the context of distressed situations and debt restructuring processes.

Enrico Troianiello

Enrico Troianiello is a partner in Dentons' Milan office and a member of the global Corporate M&A practice.

Fabrizio Capponi

Fabrizio Capponi is a partner in Dentons’ Milan and Rome offices, the head of International Tax in Italy and a member of the global Tax practice. Fabrizio specializes on corporate and tax law, assisting companies and large groups in complex financial transactions, corporate reorganizations and debt restructuring (reorganization agreements relating to distressed loans), as well as on private equity and M&A transactions. He also assists investment banks and securities firms, with a specific focus on taxation of financial products, and provides sellers and buyers with advice on tax due diligence. Fabrizio has handled some of the most important tax settlement and transfer pricing cases in Italy over the last few years. In August 2023, he was appointed as a member of the Technical Committee established by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance for the implementation of the Tax Reform.

Federico Fusco is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Intellectual Property, Data and Technology practice. He specializes in intellectual and industrial property matters and has gained significant expertise in handling national and cross border litigation concerning European and national patents, EU, International and national trademarks, trade secrets, designs, copyright and unfair competition. He has a deep understanding of the UPC system, which he has been studying for years before it entered into force, and he regularly assists Italian clients in the enforcement of their intellectual property rights in China and other Asian countries. He also provides out-of-court assistance in connection with corporate transactions involving mainly intangible assets, licensing and technology transfer agreements, commercial collaboration and co-branding. He deals with copyright and related contracts, including software contracts, and represents companies in negotiations with collective rights management societies as well as in disputes before the Italian courts, civil and administrative courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerning copyright levies, and in strategic advice concerning rights on press publications as defined by the Copyright Directive. His expertise includes advising Italian and international clients in high-end technology industries, such as automotive, energy, life sciences, but also in the luxury and consumer goods, publishing and entertainment sectors. Federico also gained relevant experience in advertising litigation and in advising Internet service providers in relation to possible infringements of third parties' rights by user-uploaded content, as well as publishers on pre-publication and post-publication advice.

Federico Sutti is Managing Partner of Dentons in Italy and Head of the Real Estate practice in Italy. He is also a member of the Europe Board and of the Global Board of Dentons. In 2023 he has been elected Chairman of the Europe Board of Dentons. Federico has extensive experience in M&A transactions, particularly in the Real Estate sector, advising Italian and international clients on the acquisition of assets and portfolios, as well as relevant, complex developments. In particular, these include some of the most prominent regeneration developments, as well as important projects in the residential, office, logistic, retail and hotel sectors. Moreover, Federico advised the lenders in the context of the most relevant development projects in Italy. His experience extends to the PFI/PPP sectors, pioneering the use of project finance techniques in the Italian and international infrastructure markets, with specific reference to the healthcare sector. During the last several years he has assisted leading banks, Italian companies and multinationals in various restructuring matters. Federico helped launch the Firm's Italian offices, leading an experienced and driven team working across many areas of business law.

Franco Paolo Gialloreti

Franco Paolo Gialloreti is a managing counsel in our Milan office and a member of the global Banking and Finance practice. He advises clients such as leading domestic and international banks, financial institutions, private equity funds, private debt funds and corporations (also listed) in matters relating to, mainly, acquisition and leveraged finance, corporate and syndicated lending, real estate finance, as well as debt restructuring. He focuses, in particular, in complex domestic and cross-border leverage buy-out transactions involving banks and financial institutions.

Giangiacomo Olivi

Giangiacomo Olivi is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and Europe Co-head of Intellectual Property, Data and Technology Group. He assists clients, such as national and international companies as well as industrial associations, providing strategical and commercial legal advice in relation to technology, media and communications matters, with a specific focus on data management and digital transformation. Giangiacomo handled some of the most relevant matters in relation to data protection, data privacy and GDPR compliance (including coordinating major projects from Italy also involving multiple jurisdictions). He also assists clients with regard to outsourcing and commercial transactions in a wide range of sectors. Giangiacomo is renowned as one of the best TMT lawyers in Italy.

Gianmarco Tortora

Gianmarco Tortora is a partner in Dentons' Milan office and a member of the global Tax practice.

Gianpaolo Garofalo

Gianpaolo Garofalo is a partner in Denton's Rome office and a member of the global Banking and Finance practice. He assists clients, including leading national and international banks and investment funds, providing advice on financial, regulatory, corporate and contractual legal issues. Gianpaolo has significant experience in structured finance, capital markets and banking, and has worked on numerous securitization and asset-backed transactions, bank financings, public offerings, EMTN debt programs and Italian local entities transactions. He also provides advice on Italian banking and financial services regulation, with particular reference to derivatives contracts, equity transactions, CRR and MiFID 2 regulations. He has also gained considerable experience in liability management and financial debt restructuring transactions. Furthermore, Gianpaolo assists both local and regional authorities and potential or existing investors in the field of public finance, as well as in the context of structured finance transactions involving public debt or other claims vis-à-vis public authorities and administrations.

Ginevra Biadico

Ginevra Biadico is a managing counsel in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the Project, Energy and Infrastructure business unit in Italy. She is also part of the global Banking and Finance practice. She is experienced in administrative law with a specific focus on the energy and infrastructure sectors. Ginevra assists clients with both contentious and noncontentious matters, regularly advising international and Italian lenders, funds, investors, developers, employers and contractors on a wide variety of issues relating to energy and infrastructure projects. In particular, she has worked on a variety of renewable energy projects (including photovoltaic, wind farm, biogas, biomass and hydroelectric, solar rooftop and greenhouse, natural gas cogeneration, water desalination, energy storage and energy efficiency, landfill) as well as infrastructure projects (including hospital, roads, highways and schools). Ginevra has also navigated clients through private and public tender procedures as well as representing clients in litigation proceedings in the renewable energy sector. She is known for her work on many high-profile national and cross-border project finance and M&A transactions.

Giulia Giordano

Giulia Giordano is a senior associate in Dentons’ Rome office and is a member of the global Competition & Antitrust practice. Giulia advises on Italian and European antitrust law, state aid law and consumer law, including competition litigation before the Italian Competition Authority and administrative courts as well as before the General Court of the European Union. She also has experience in carrying out the assessment and notification of merger transactions as well as the assessment and notification of foreign direct investments (Golden Powers). She also deals with antitrust audit activities and compliance programs.

Giulia Ostan is an associate in Dentons’ Rome office and a member of the Project, Energy and Infrastructure business unit in Italy. She focuses on corporate matters and regulatory activities, with a specific expertise in the renewable energy sector. She supports international and domestic clients in relation to project development as well as in drafting-related sale and purchase agreements and project contracts. She also provides day-to-day assistance in connection with renewables portfolios.

Giuseppe Gagliardo

Giuseppe Gagliardo is a senior associate in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Public Law and Regulatory practice. He mainly focuses on administrative law and, for over twelve years, on town planning, building regulation, environmental law, public works and public contracts.

Ilaria Gobbato is a partner in Dentons' Milan office and a member of the Public Law and Regulatory practice. She deals with public law assisting (in and out the Court) private clients in all the matters involving public entities. She has a deep knowledge of the infrastructure and health care sector. She focuses on public procurement matters, assisting clients that participate in Italian public procurement bids for supply, services, concession of public service, construction and management under project financing, as well as in entrusting of local public services, providing legal assistance in relation to the various phases of the tender procedure and the performance of the awarded agreement.

Jacopo Brambilla Sica

Jacopo Brambilla Sica is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Public Law and Regulatory practice. Jacopo has developed extensive experience in administrative law with particular regard to town planning, building, environmental law and complex and negotiated planning. He regularly advises institutional investors and developers on town planning matters and authorization procedures, as well as on urban and environmental verification and framing activities. His clients include major funds, asset management companies and companies in the real estate sector.

Junyi Bai is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office, Head of Italy-China Collaboration Group and a member of the global Corporate M&A practice. His practice focuses on Italian corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investments, as well as on the legal system of the People's Republic of China. Junyi provides clients, including listed and/or state-owned companies, with legal advice on cross-border M&A transactions. In particular, Junyi has assisted leading financial, industrial and institutional entities in their investments in Italy or China, with support in structuring the transaction, conducting due diligence, setting up joint ventures or special purpose vehicles (also in different jurisdictions) and drafting the relevant bundle of contracts. In addition, Junyi has assisted multinationals in distressed M&A and out-of-court restructuring projects.

Lorenzo Toppini

Lorenzo Toppini is a counsel in the Banking and Finance practice, focusing on derivatives and structured products, as well as on financial markets regulation. He gained experience in the negotiation of derivatives, repo, stock lending and securitization transactions, corporate finance, project finance, leveraged finance and financial-insurance products, as well as in the structuring of unit-linked products and innovative financial instruments. Lorenzo advises financial institutions, insurance companies, asset managers, pension funds and social security institutions and provides assistance in connection with regulatory issues, including EMIR, Dodd-Frank Act, BRRD, SFTR, MiFID II and Brexit.

Luca De Menech is a partner of Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Employment and Labor practice. Luca is specialized in labor and trade union law and he provides legal assistance to Italian and international companies operating in various industries, including the chemical, pharmaceutical, engineering, fashion, transport, services and credit sectors. He has gained significant experience in relation to all labor law matters concerning the ordinary and extraordinary management of companies, with particular reference to bankruptcy procedures and corporate reorganizations as well as aspects related to remuneration, incentive plans and compensation. He deals with both contentious and non-contentious work.

Luca Pocobelli is a partner in Dentons' Milan and Rome offices and a member of the global Corporate and M&A practice. Luca has a comprehensive expertise in the corporate sector, including M&A, private equity and general corporate representation across various industries, advising clients on the drafting and negotiation, on either seller or buyer side, of sale and purchase, joint venture and shareholders agreements, transfer of going concerns and commercial contracts, as well as in complex corporate reorganization transactions. Among the various industries, he has gained extensive experience in advising major Italian and International clients in a wide spectrum of transactions in the life sciences and health care sectors. In fact, in the past years, he has been involved in a very significant number of M&A transactions in these sectors, showing his deep knowledge of these industries. He has also gained an extensive experience covering all the aspects of in relation to complex real estate transactions and in the hospitality and leisure sector, advising, in particular, on the dismissal of real estate portfolios, the establishment of real estate funds and joint ventures in connection with real estate deals and the negotiation of real estate commercial contracts.

Luciano Niedda is a senior associate in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Public Law and Regulatory practice. Luciano advises Italian and international clients on administrative law matters, both in and out of court. He has extensive experience in construction and town planning, environmental, trade licensing and expropriation cases.

Luigi Costa is partner in Dentons’ Milan office, Head of the Project, Energy and Infrastructure business unit in Italy and a member of the global Banking and Finance practice.

Maria Paola Serra

Maria Paola Serra is a managing counsel in our Milan office and a member of the global Tax practice. She focuses on private wealth, family office services, trusts and estate, contracts, corporate law. She provides legal assistance to high net worth individuals in terms of inheritance and estate planning, wealth management and asset protection, transition of the family’s business to next generations. She is a qualified family officer registered with the Registry ex lege 4/2013, MISE list.

Maria Sole Insinga

Maria Sole Insinga is a partner in our Milan office and a member of the global Real Estate practice since the firm opened in Italy. Since the early 2000s, Maria Sole Insinga has been working in the real estate sector, providing assistance to leading Italian and international operators (asset management companies, investors, real estate funds, AIFM passports, credit funds and banks) in relation to a wide range of transactions, including acquisitions and disposals (assets and share deals), bid procedures, structuring of new investments in Italy, real estate portfolio reorganizations, redevelopment and development projects, repossessment and post-acquisition management of real estate portfolios. In particular, she has extensive experience in the office, retail and hotel sectors.

Marilina Di Lauro

Marilina is a counsel in our Milan office and a member of the global Corporate and M&A practice. She advises Italian and international clients on domestic and cross-border transactions, including industrial M&A, private equity, joint ventures, real estate and general corporate law matters. She is also experienced in commercial contracts.

Matteo Chinaglia

Matteo Chinaglia is a senior counsel in our Milan office and a member of the global Tax practice. He advises on M&A transactions (tax due diligence; structuring of acquisition for multinational and national groups) and international taxation (crossborder transactions; withholding tax application and double tax treaties application; advice on permanent establishment).

Matteo Vizzardi

Matteo Vizzardi is a partner in Dentons' Milan office and a member of the global Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. He is part of the white-collar crime team in Italy. He specializes in corporate criminal law, bankruptcy law, financial markets, corporate criminal liability, cybercrime, criminal tax law, environmental criminal law, and workers’ health and safety. Matteo advises several Italian and multinational groups in many sectors (chemicals, energy, pharmaceuticals, luxury goods, telecommunications, distribution, industrial production, etc.) both with regard to compliance issues and in criminal proceedings, assisting both the company and its representatives as defendants or civil parties in complex criminal proceedings. He is a member of Supervisory Boards pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001 in companies belonging to Italian and multinational groups.

Mattia Maestrini

Mattia Maestrini is an associate in Denton’s Milan office and a member of the global Employment and Labor practice. He supports the team in judicial and extrajudicial assistance of Italian and international clients on a variety of labor law matters, including individual and collective dismissals, employment litigation, internal audit and due diligence connected to mergers and acquisitions, drafting of employment and self-employment contracts and general settlement agreements.

Michele Carpagnano

Michele Carpagnano is a partner in Dentons’ Rome office and Head of the Competition and Antitrust practice in Italy. Michele provides national and multinational companies with legal advice and judicial assistance in all aspects of Italian, Spanish and EU competition law, consumer law, state aid law, merger control, public procurement and regulatory issues. He represents national and multinational companies as well as public institutions in administrative proceedings before the Italian Competition Authority and administrative courts. He also represents clients in competition/consumer laws litigation - both single and class actions claims - before Italian courts. He advised local, national and EU institutions on legislative/regulatory proposals related to competition and consumer laws. Michele assists clients in the design and implementation of tailored antitrust and consumer law compliance programs.

Mileto Mario Giuliani

Mileto Mario Giuliani is a partner in Dentons' Rome and Milan offices and a member of the Project, Energy and Infrastructure business unit in Italy.

Pasquale Annicchiarico

Pasquale Annicchiarico is a Partner in Dentons Milan office and a member of the global Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. He leads the white-collar crime team in Italy. He specializes in all matters of criminal law and white-collar crime and he has more than 25 years’ experience in crimes against the public administration, environmental criminal law, criminal tax law and bankruptcy. Among his most significant cases, he was involved in the well-known ILVA trial, which is the most important environmental trial ever held in Italy, and he has been assisting the Riva Group before the Courts of Milan and Taranto since 2014. In addition to national and international companies, he assists local authorities and public executives in relation to crimes against the public administration.

Pier Francesco Faggiano

Pier Francesco Faggiano is one of the founding partners of Dentons in Italy and co-head of the Corporate M&A practice in Italy.

Pierandrea Bonali

Pierandrea Bonali is a partner in our Milan office and a member of the global Banking and Finance practice. He advises clients in the banking and financial sectors with particular capabilities in the real estate and property finance markets. His activities include advising banks and credit institutions on financings, negotiating and granting mortgage loans for the acquisition, redevelopment and development of real estate assets.

Piergiorgio Leofreddi

Piergiorgio Leofreddi is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and he is Head of Debt Capital Markets Group in Italy. Piergiorgio has extensive experience in assisting Italian and international banks and companies in relation to debt capital markets and structured finance transactions, including Euro Medium Term Note issuance programmes (and transactions under the abovementioned programmes), stand-alone transactions, retail offers, purchase and exchange offers related to debt securities and related regulations. He also has significant regulatory experience and represents clients in their relations with regulators and stock exchanges, including Consob, Italian Stock Exchange, Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Irish Stock Exchange.

Riccardo Narducci

Riccardo Narducci is a counsel in Dentons’ Rome office and a member of the Project, Energy and Infrastructure business unit in Italy. He is a transactional lawyer who focuses on cross-border M&A deals and Renewable Energy, with a high knowledge and experience base in solar industry and real estate projects. He has significant experience advising investors, developers, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors and financial institutions on regulatory aspects inherent to renewable energy projects, and he addresses regulatory risks through contractual structures and drafting. He also supports clients in the drafting and negotiation of real estate contracts and in secondary market M&A transactions.

Roberta Moscaroli

Roberta Moscaroli is a partner in Dentons’ Rome office and a member of the global Tax practice. Roberta has extensive experience advising national and international companies and groups, financial institutions and investment funds in relation to M&A, deal structuring, banking and private equity transactions, covering a wide range of sectors, including IT, communications, media, fashion, design, medical and paramedical sector, energy, water, transportation, shipping, banking and insurance. She serves as a Member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of several Italian companies. She is a Qualified Chartered Accountant and Auditor.

Roberto Lipari is a partner in Dentons’ Rome office and Head of Europe Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Roberto has extensive experience in litigation and international arbitration and regularly represents sovereign entities, as well as domestic and foreign clients in a broad range of disputes involving corporate, commercial, white-collar crime, investigation, investment and financial matters across different industries and jurisdictions. He has served as legal counsel for companies and sovereign states in numerous international commercial and investment arbitrations, under various procedural rules (e.g., UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, ICC Arbitration Rules, Arbitration Rules of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Arbitration Rules of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute). He is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution for the period 2024-2027.

Sara Poetto is a partner in our Milan office and a member of the global Real Estate practice. Sara has extensive experience in real estate law and regularly advises leading Italian and international operators in a wide range of transactions, including acquisitions and dismissals, both asset and share deals, redevelopment and development projects, repossession and post-acquisition management of real estate portfolios for various asset classes (including office, retail, logistics, hospitality and residential).

Silvia Pacchiarotti

Silvia Pacchiarotti is a counsel in Dentons' Milan office and a member of the global Corporate M&A practice. She advises international and Italian corporate clients as well as investment banks on a wide range of corporate, financial and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on equity capital market sector. Silvia’s legal advice include extraordinary transactions of listed companies in EU and extra EU regulated and non regulated markets, public offering, IPOs and takeover bid. She frequently assists listed companies in relation to general corporate and compliance matters.

Silvia Lazzati is a senior associate in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the Project, Energy and Infrastructure business unit in Italy. She is also part of the global Banking and Finance practice. Silvia specializes in administrative law with a specific focus on the energy and infrastructure sectors. She gained experience in the field of renewables (e.g. photovoltaic, wind, biogas, biomass, biomethane and e-mobility projects) and infrastructure (e.g. logistic centers, ports and roads). Much of her work has been assisting private entities (such as Italian and international funds, investors and contractors) as well as public administrations, on contentious and noncontentious matters related to permitting, town planning, environment, construction, cultural heritage and landscape, expropriation for public utility, healthcare and public procurement. She also routinely advises clients on matters relating to multifaceted Italian public procedures, with particular reference to transparency and anti-corruption legislation, as well as public employment contracts.

Stefano Belleggia

Stefano Belleggia is a partner in Dentons' Milan office and a member of the global Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. He focuses on litigation related to banking, financial and insurance law. He assists banking institutions, financial intermediaries and insurance companies in all phases of litigation, arbitration, as well as in proceedings instigated by supervisory authorities.

Stefano Ambrosioni

Stefano Ambrosioni is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Corporate M&A practice. Stefano possesses wide-ranging experience in mergers and acquisition transactions with both listed and unlisted companies, in addition to his deep knowledge of corporate and general commercial law, partnerships and extraordinary corporate transactions. He regularly advises national and multinational companies in drafting and negotiating acquisition agreements, joint venture agreements, shareholders' agreements and commercial agreements in a variety of industries, including mechanical engineering, banking and finance, automotive, insurance, gaming, pharmaceutical, energy and real estate. Stefano also advises clients active in the private equity sector, focusing on investment transactions, leverage buyouts, management buyouts, exits and IPOs.

Tommaso Zanirato

Tommaso Zanirato is a counsel in our Milan office and a member of the global Banking and Finance practice. He advises clients including leading domestic and international banks, financial institutions, private equity funds, private debt funds and corporations (also listed) in matters relating to, mainly, acquisition and leveraged finance, corporate and syndicated lending and real estate finance, as well as debt restructuring. He focuses, in particular, on complex domestic and cross-border leverage buy-out transactions involving banks and financial institutions.

Valerio Lemma is an of counsel in the Banking & Finance practice. He focuses on asset management, banking, financial and insurance regulation. Valerio has extensive experience in structuring and implementing investment funds (including credit and real estate funds) and regularly advises financial institutions and other regulated entities with respect to a broad range of regulatory matters and dealings with regulators. He is also highly experienced in the field of Fintech, Insurtech and digital payment services, where he provides assistance in relation to legal and regulatory issues. He authored several scientific papers and a monograph focused on the Fintech sector (“Fintech Regulation: Exploring New Challenges of the Capital Markets Union” Springer, 2020) and also participated in primary roundtables and conferences on this topic.