In January 2024, Pedersoli Studio Legale and Gattai, Minoli, Partners merged to become PedersoliGattai, which covers IPOs, and equity-linked, convertible, mandatory convertible and subordinated bonds. Leveraging the combined bench strength of ECM experts Marcello Magro, Carlo Re and Nicola Brunetti, also features tender and exchange offer specialist Marta Sassella; Francesca Leverone and Leonardo Bonfanti, who assist with IPOs, rights issues, and listings on regulated markets and multilateral trading facilities; and senior associate Federico Tallia, who maintains an ECM transactions practice. The firm was further bolstered by the recent arrival of Carlo Montagna and Alessandro Capogrosso from BonelliErede.
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Legal assistance to domestic and international industrial groups, banks, private equity funds and financial institutions, in their extraordinary operations on capital markets, corporate finance, disposal and reorganization. Considerable experience in dealing with IPO transactions, public offerings, sale and purchase of financial products, as well as advice on corporate and commercial law, and banking and finance matters. Assistance in connection with corporate governance issues.
Leading individuals
Strong expertise assisting corporations, banks, funds and financial institutions in connection with capital markets, corporate finance and capital raising (including strengthening of assets and funding of banks) as well as corporate and M&A transactions. Advice in connection with corporate governance matters and international commercial agreements.
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He is a corporate lawyer with extensive experience in Capital Markets, Private Equity and M&A deals. His practice focuses on public M&A deals, business combinations, tender offers, leveraged buy-outs, initial public offerings, rights issues and private placements of equity and debt securities. He specialises in financial institutions having advised over the years financial sponsors, investment banks and other financial institutions on a wide range of complex investments and extraordinary transactions. Master’s Degree in Law from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan (2013). Mergers & Acquisitions Program, Harvard Business School (2023). Management Development Program, SDA Bocconi School of Management (2023). Finance and Accounting Program, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2020). He was admitted to the Milan Bar (2015).
Considerable experience in IPO transactions, sale and purchase of financial products in public offering, extraordinary transactions, more broadly, on regulated markets and multilateral trading systems. Moreover, experience in corporate governance and regulatory compliance, as well as corporate and commercial law, with particular regard to the regulation of listed issuers. Assistance in M&A transactions of listed and unlisted companies, with particular attention to the equity capital market sector and the regulation of financial markets.
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Marcello Magro, Carlo Montagna