Dentons

Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions

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 including M&A and private equity, general corporate representation and real estate, advising clients on the participation to competitive bids, spin-offs and de-merger proceedings, drafting and negotiating, on either seller or buyer side, sale and purchase, joint venture and shareholders agreements, transfer of going concerns and commercial contracts.

He has also extensive experience in advising major Italian and international operators in connection with all aspects of deals in the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector, ranging from corporate, to regulatory and litigation issues.

Furthermore, he has advised several major clients in real estate transactions, including the purchase or sale of real estate portfolios, the establishment of real estate funds or joint ventures in connection with real estate deals and the negotiation of real estate commercial contracts, and has also gained considerable experience in restructuring and debt rescheduling transactions.

Luca Pocobelli joined Dentons in 2016 from Latham & Watkins, where he was a counsel since 2008. Prior to that, he was an associate at BonelliErede. In 2006, he was a visiting foreign lawyer at Latham & Watkins’ New York office. Between 2000 and 2002, he acted as external consultant of the Italian Authority for the supervision of public contracts for works, services and supplies. Previously, he was an associate at Negri Clementi Toffoletto Montironi e Associati (NCTM).

- Italian- English

Admitted to the Bar, Rome, 2000

University of Rome La Sapienza, JD, 1997