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Commercial, corporate and M&A

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato

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Linklaters Studio Legale Associato’ Italy corporate team is well-known for its advice on public takeovers, cross-border and multi-jurisdictional M&A, joint ventures, and other corporate advisory matters. It is particularly active on behalf of clients from the financial institutions, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, energy, retail, luxury, and telecoms sectors. The principal figures are corporate law specialist Pietro Belloni, renowned M&A expert Roberto Casati, and Giorgio Fantacchiotti, who heads the private equity practice. Alessandra Ghezzi was a new arrival in early 2024.

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Key clients

  • Perfetti Van Melle
  • Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.
  • Ambienta SGR
  • Telemos Capital Limited
  • Three Hills Capital Partners
  • Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
  • Sibelco NV
  • Davidson Kempner
  • Novo Banco, SA
  • CDP Venture Capital SGR S.p.A.

Lawyers

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Roberto Casati
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Roberto Casati practice focuses on securities, corporate, banking, EU, and international business law. He has extensive experience in Italian and cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions as well as joint ventures. He is also quite active in international arbitrations, both as counsel and arbitrator. He has written and lectured extensively on EU and Italian law in the US, Europe, and the Far East. He represents some of the largest Italian listed companies and gives advice to management and the board of directors on strategic issues and corporate governance matters. Roberto joined Linklaters in March 2018. With his previous firms, he has handled several of the largest Italian M&A and joint venture deals.
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Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Alessandra Ghezzi
Linklaters Studio Legale Associato
Alessandra Ghezzi is a Counsel based at Linklaters' Milan offices specialized in corporate law advice to domestic and international clients, particularly on mergers & acquisitions and other extraordinary transactions. She gained nearly twenty years of experience in advising both corporate and PE clients in some of the most complex Italian M&A transactions in recent years.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Giorgio Fantacchiotti, Roberto Casati, Pietro Belloni

Other key lawyers

Alessandra Ghezzi

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