Osborne Clarke

Alexander Dlouhy

Alexander is a Partner in the Cologne office and heads the Energy & Utilities group in the German offices of Osborne Clarke. He advises national and international companies and investors on M&A transactions, restructurings and joint ventures with a special focus on the energy sector. He also advises power and gas sector companies on power-plant, infrastructure and storage projects, both in the area of conventional power production and renewable energies. Alexander also advises on regulatory aspects and energy supply agreements. · Energy & Utilities

Alexander Kirschstein

Alexander acts for national and international companies in all types of commercial disputes in both litigation and arbitration.He deals mainly in cases with an international or cross-border dimension. He also advises on all real estate related aspects of corporate and property transactions, particularly in renewable energy projects. · Commercial Litigation

Alexandre Glatz

Partner - https://www.osborneclarke.com/lawyers/alexandre-glatz/ · Competition Law

Alexandre Le Mière

Partner - https://www.osborneclarke.com/lawyers/alexandre-le-miere/ · Administrative and Public Law

Andrea Mezzetti

Andrea is a member of the AI & Digitalisation team in Italy and specialises in Information Technology and Telecommunications. He assists Italian and international operators in the Electronic Communications and Information Technology sector on strategically important regulatory and contractual issues. He supports the main players in the sector in managing the regulatory aspects of new technologies and in drafting and negotiating strategic contracts for the launch of new services and the definition of sector agreements. His expertise covers the entire field of technology law: from electronic communications services to digital services, from Information Technology to Artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity. He also provides assistance in extraordinary transactions where technology plays a strategic role. His clients include some of the world's leading Big Tech companies, Italian and foreign companies, and innovative start-ups. As an expert in the field, Andrea is often invited to participate in technical round tables at independent and ministerial authorities, and is a member of several industry associations. He is also regularly invited by prestigious Italian universities to give lectures on topics related to technology law. · Information Technology

Andrea Pinto

Andrea Pinto has worked for leading global law firms and finance institutions, acquiring a solid and international expertise that enables him to lead complex and cross-border transactions. He is Head of the Italian Financial Services sector. His legal experience spans the breadth of the finance and restructuring & insolvency sectors. Andrea assists both lending institutions and borrowers in real estate finance, project finance, acquisition finance and restructuring matters. He represents banks, financial institutions and corporate clients in very high value and sophisticated commercial and industrial debt restructuring transactions. He also assists clients in turnaround transactions and in the preparation, negotiation, and implementation of corporate and debt restructuring plans. He has gained significant experience in restructuring structured finance debt (e.g. CMBS, REF, leverage financings). Prior to joining Osborne Clarke, Andrea practised as a partner at a global US firm and spent one year on secondment at the international lending department of Barclays Bank PLC in London. · Banking and Finance

Andrea Schmoll

Dr. Andrea Schmoll is a partner in our IP team. She advises national and international clients on all matters of intellectual property law with a particular focus on the commercialisation of IP rights. Andrea has longstanding experience in advising and representing national and international clients on technology transfer, in particular as regards the in- and out-licensing of IP Rights as well as research and development collaborations and antitrust issues. Among her further areas of expertise are trademark and unfair competition law. A special focus of her activity is the field of employee invention law. She has extensive experience with the IP-aspects of M&A transactions. · Intellectual Property

Angelo Maria Quintieri

Angelo Maria focuses mainly on infrastructures, public utilities law and public contracts. Angelo Maria is a member of the Infrastructure Services & Public Law team in Italy. He provides strategic support to public administrations (and to those entities that are otherwise subject to the public evidence rules) in the design of procedures for the awarding of public contracts for works, services and supplies and provides assistance in relation to concession contracts and other forms of public-private partnership (PPP), including project financing. He also supports Italian and foreign economic operators in matters arising from their participation in public procedures and contract performance. · Infrastructure Law

Angelo Molinaro

Angelo has almost 20 years' full-time expertise in the field of consumer law, advertising and competition law. He is the Head of Retail & Consumer in Italy and has extensive experience in the field of competition law, consumer law and unfair commercial practices. His expertise also focuses on business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain. Angelo represents companies in proceedings before the European Commission and the Italian Antitrust Authority, as well as administrative and civil courts. He has significant experience in designing and implementing compliance programmes, performing audits and conducting training activities. In particular, he advises a wide range of clients operating in the retail and consumer goods industry such as consumer goods manufacturers, fashion companies, luggage manufacturers and retailers, and the largest supermarket chains. His expertise also extends to emerging areas such as e-mobility. · Consumer Law

Anke Freckmann

Anke is a Partner in the Cologne office of Osborne Clarke, advising high-profile domestic and foreign companies in all areas of employment law, and also acting for major players. She has wide experience in restructuring, the consequences of transfer of businesses (TUPE), litigation against unfair dismissal, modification of employment contracts, works councils agreements and collective bargaining agreements, leading negotiations with works councils and trade unions. · Employment Law

Annabel Lehnen

Annabel is experienced in individual and collective employment law, ranging from initial advice through to trial stages. She provides advice to a variety of professional groups and individuals, creating employment contracts, in relation to protection from unfair dismissal, collective dismissal, TUPE issues, as well as works closures and negotiation with members of works councils. Additionally, she advises on takeovers and a variety of wage-related issues. As a German Rechtsanwältin, who has also studied Spanish law extensively, she is perfectly suited to advise companies undertaking cross-jurisdictional work, as well as on domestic matters. She is the author of many employment law articles, which have been published in various magazines and newspapers. Further to this, Annabel works closely with a number of TV and press journalists, aiding them with their programme content relating to employment issues. · Employment and Benefits

Anne-Laure Laroussinie

Anne-Laure specializes in corporate law and M&A. Anne-Laure intervenes in particular in the context of M&A operations (acquisitions and disposals of French or international companies and assets), whether on domestic, cross-border or multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions. In addition to her in-depth technical skills, she has developed over the years an extensive experience in the management of teams set up in the interest of clients and in-house lawyers regardless of their country, their culture and their specialities. Anne-Laure intervenes mainly in the Transport & Automotive sector, the Aeronautics sector, the Retail sector and the Digital sector. Her demanding management and structured approach to cases is a welcome complement to her legal expertise. · Corporate Law

Antonio Fugaldi

Antonio assists clients across a wide range of banking and restructuring matters, having acquired key experience on complex international transactions. He is a member of the Italian Financial Services team and Banking & Finance department. Antonio advises financial institutions, industrial, financial and real estate companies groups in relation to domestic and cross-border financing transactions. He has a particular focus on real estate finance, acquisition finance, leveraged finance, and project finance transactions, as well as restructurings of the financial indebtedness (including by way of reorganisation plans, debt restructuring agreements and compositions with creditors). In addition, he has advised international and domestic banks in the context of structured finance transactions, with particular focus on securitisation transactions. Antonio's experience has developed with his career: from being an associate in a U.K. magic circle law firm, to a senior associate in a U.S. law firm where he worked on some of the most complex restructurings, leverage finance and financing transactions. · Banking & Finance

Antonio Racano

Antonio specialises in Information Technology and Intellectual Property law and, more in general, his expertise extends to the legal matters related to technology issues. He advises on consumer law, IT, regulatory and data protection issues for Italian and foreign clients, operating in a wide variety of industry sectors, from traditional business to the most innovative companies. Antonio advises businesses on the main regulatory aspects related to media and platforms (with a focus on intermediaries' liability), e-commerce, eHealth, artificial intelligence, copyright law and advertising law. He also assists clients in matters of outsourcing and in software and commercial contracts. · Information Technology

Axel van der Staak

Banking and Finance: Borrower Side

Bas Beenen

Real Estate

Benedetta Mussini

Benedetta specialises in administrative law and focuses on town planning and construction, environmental law and energy. She assists public bodies and organisations and private companies in the operational management of real estate assets and in the completion of administrative procedures for the approval of town planning variants and urban development plans, as well as in obtaining planning permission in connection with the realisation of redevelopment and real estate development projects. Benedetta assists some of the most important real estate and construction companies in administrative planning procedures and in environmental procedures for reclamation, waste disposal, strategic assessment, environmental impact assessment, environmental impact assessment, integrated environmental authorisation and, more generally, in issues relating to public administration decision-making processes. Her skills extend from procedures for the realisation of strategic works, major international events and energy infrastructures, to public works and services contracts, to the awarding of local public services, also under commercial and liability profiles. Benedetta has been a member of the Scientific Committee of Hospitality Law Lab since 2025, and is a member of the Justice Commission of the Milan Bar Association and of Assoimmobiliare's Urban Planning Table. · Administrative Law

Björn Hürten

Björn advises medium to large enterprises on corporate law issues.He also has in-depth experience in transactions, financings and restructurings, as well as corporate, M&A and litigation, and advises both financial and strategic investors. Björn spent six years working in the corporate department of a leading German law firm in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt am Main. He also worked in the legal department of a German DAX listed group. · Corporate Law

Camilla Capaldo

Camilla Capaldo is specialised in legal, regulatory and corporate advisory services for both Italian and foreign banks and financial intermediaries. She provides assistance in the exercise of regulated activities, including on a cross-border basis, with particular focus on the regulation of financial products and services and compliance profiles with respect to supervisory regulations. She also advises on extraordinary transactions, supporting clients in the drafting of complex contracts, in relations with the supervisory authorities, in authorisation procedures and in inspection and sanction processes. Her work also extends to the field of commercial law, with a cross-cutting approach oriented to the management of legal risks related to the operations of intermediaries on a national and international scale. · Banking and Finance

Carsten Dau

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Carsten Schneider

Carsten specialises in contentious and non-contentious cross-border work in both corporate and commercial matters. He provides advice to numerous international clients on large M&A deals, helping them to establish subsidiary businesses in Germany, as well as on day-to-day corporate and commercial work. · M&A

Catherine Olive

Partner - https://www.osborneclarke.com/lawyers/catherine-olive/ · Mergers and Acquisitions

Chiara Brayda

Chiara specialises in intellectual property law. She assists national and international clients in the field of copyright law with a focus on music law, trade marks, domain names, and know-how. She advises on advertising and oversees the intellectual property aspects of extraordinary transactions. Chiara also advises on contentious and non-contentious matters with particular reference to disputes concerning misleading and comparative advertising and unfair competition. · Intellectual Property

Christoph Torwegge

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Claire Bouchenard

Partner - https://www.osborneclarke.com/lawyers/claire-bouchenard/ · Intellectual Property

Claudio Grisanti

Claudio specialises in tax law and offers extensive experience in all areas of taxation, with a specific focus on the field of M&A Insurance. He is part of the Italian tax team. He regularly advises Italian and foreign clients on the structuring of M&A, private equity, financing, restructuring and real estate transactions, as well as on the design of complex financial instruments and on the establishment of European and Italian fund structures. Claudio represents clients in tax audits, settlements and appeals and is skilled in drafting and negotiating rulings and APAs. He is a member of the IFA and is regularly invited as lecturer in post-graduate courses and conferences. He is also admitted to practice before the highest Italian and EU courts. · Tax Law

Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen

Daniel Riopérez

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Daniel Stein

Daniel is part of the firm's commercial group. His work includes providing advice on a wide range of aspects of German and European competition and trade law. Specialising in matters of distribution law, Daniel drafts and negotiates commercial agreements, advises clients in their international business relations and represents them in contentious proceedings. He also has extensive experience of advising on competition (antitrust) issues arising out of contractual and unilateral business practices. His clients include a variety of major and mid-sized corporations in Germany and abroad. · Competition And Antitrust

David Haccoun

Partner - https://www.osborneclarke.com/lawyers/david-haccoun/ · Corporate Law

David Haex

Partner & Head of Life Sciences, Belgium David specialises in every aspect of corporate transactional work, such as public and private M&A, venture capital transactions, general corporate lending, public offerings and general company law. A significant proportion of David’s work focuses on the digital business, life sciences and biotech sectors. · Corporate

David Plitt

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Dorothée Chambon

Dorothée heads the tax practice of Osborne Clarke in Paris. · Tax

Eduard Arruga

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Enrico Fabrizi

Enrico is an internationally recognised expert in Italian and European competition law. A former official of the Italian Antitrust Authority, he advised Italian and foreign clients on a number of matters resulting in leading precedents. He is the Head of the Italian Competition, Antitrust & Trade team, the Italian member of the International Council of Osborne Clarke, and the Head of the Osborne Clarke office in Rome. His legal experience covers the entire spectrum of antitrust activities, from merger control to cartel investigations and proceedings for abuse of dominance. Enrico represents companies, active in several economic sectors, before the European Commission and the Italian Antitrust Authority in the context of investigation proceedings for cartels, other restrictive practices and abuse of dominance, as well as in relation to the lodging of complaints and merger control filings. He assists clients in the appeals of the decisions of the EU Commission before the EU Courts (General Court and Court of Justice) and of those of the national Authority before the Italian administrative Courts. He also represents clients in civil law proceedings relating to antitrust infringements (actions for damages and nullity of contracts or contract clauses). Enrico has significant expertise in designing and implementing specific compliance programmes, performing competition law audits and conducting training activities. He also developed extensive experience in the field of unfair commercial practices and misleading advertising. He has been consistently ranked by Chambers & Partners Europe, regularly speaks at leading industry conferences and is a frequent contributor to publications on antitrust matters. He received a Master’s Degree (LLM) from the University College of London. Enrico is admitted to appear before the Italian Supreme Courts. · Competition & Antitrust

Eva Otaegui

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Federica Fischetti

Throughout her professional career, Federica has specialised in public law, with a particular focus on public procurement and public services law, both judicial and non-judicial. She has accrued considerable experience in the award and enforcement of public contracts and concessions, as well as services of general economic interest, with particular reference to regulation and procurement of water service, public lighting, gas distribution, local public transport and environmental hygiene services. Federica advises and assists economic operators, public bodies and companies providing public services, as well as central purchasing bodies before the Administrative Courts. Federica also advises on the public law aspects of corporate transactions, including M&A insurance. After graduating at the University of Milan, in 2008 Federica obtained her PhD in European Union law. She joined Osborne Clarke in the summer of 2019, having worked with leading law firms in the field of administrative law. Federica is admitted to appear before the Italian Supreme Courts. · Administrative Law

Federica Greggio

Federica has, from the outset, played a fundamental role in Osborne Clarke: firstly, in setting up the firm’s banking practice and now, alongside her work as a lawyer, as the firm’s inclusion and diversity champion. She is a member of the Italian Financial Services team. Her main focus is corporate banking, an area in which she specialised after having accrued over a decade of experience in company law advising corporates. She has acquired significant expertise, advising banks and businesses both in times of market expansion and financial crisis. Federica advises major financial institutions, in relation to structured finance transactions: acquisition financing, real estate financing, and project financing with a particular focus on renewable energy. She also advises on debt restructuring. Before joining Osborne Clarke, Federica worked for almost ten years in one of the leading international ‘magic circle’ firms. · Banking and Finance: Borrower Side

Federica Milioto

Federica advises on competition law, on issues of consumer protection and on Golden Power rules. She advises clients in proceedings before the Italian Antitrust Authority and the European Commission relating to cartels, abuses of dominant positions and other restrictive practices. She also assists in the preparation of compliance programmes and training. She also advises on proceedings relating to unfair commercial practices, misleading advertising and comparative advertising, with particular reference to business relations in the food supply chain. Federica also analyses transactions that are likely to fall under the Golden Power regulations, preparing the necessary notifications where appropriate. In 2018 she obtained a Masters in "Food & Wine Law and Management" from the Sole 24 Ore Business School, followed in 2023 by a Postgraduate Diploma with merit in EU Competition Law, from King's College, London. · Competition Law

Federico Banti FCIArb

Federico has accrued wide-ranging experience advising businesses in dispute resolution both in and out of court and before arbitration tribunals; his practice mainly relates to international disputes. He is the Head of the Italian Dispute Resolution team and a member of the International Arbitration Group of Osborne Clarke, which handles international multi-jurisdictional arbitration proceedings. His legal expertise includes all types of corporate and commercial disputes with a particular focus on those involving foreign parties. Federico always dedicates special attention to the procedural strategy. Federico advises on corporate matters predominantly in relation to disputes involving shareholders, corporate management and supervisory bodies. He has considerable experience in disputes relates to restructuring and insolvency procedures. He also has niche experience in litigation related to financial intermediaries and insurance matters, and with reference to the role of fiduciaries. Federico has considerable experience in both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations (under the International Court of Arbitration (ICC), London Court of Arbitration (LCA) and Milan Chamber of Arbitration (CAM) rules) also acting as an arbitrator. He is a key member of the Italian focus group on third party litigation funding, a practice that is only just taking its first steps within the Italian market but which offers great potential for the firm’s litigation and arbitration clients. Federico is admitted to appear before the Italian Supreme Court. Federico is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. · Litigation

Federico M Ferrara

Federico Ferrara has over 25 years’ experience in Intellectual Property law, acquired working alongside leading companies in a wide number of sectors and with a particular focus on media and entertainment. Federico is the Head of the Italian Intellectual Property team. His practice covers IP rights, strategies, policies, and disputes. He assists key operators in the Tech, Media and Comms, Tourism, Life Sciences and Retail sectors. Federico has accrued niche expertise in the areas of audio-visual works, publishing and music law. Breaches of third-party Intellectual Property are also frequently connected with issues of unfair competition, an area in which Federico has built up significant experience. In matters of industrial property, he has acted on cases involving counterfeiting, exhaustion of rights (parallel imports), licensing and passing off. His practice involves both contentious and non-contentious matters and he has accrued an in-depth knowledge of time-sensitive procedures such as interim injunctions, search orders, and seizures. Federico also has considerable experience as a corporate and commercial lawyer, advising on JVs and M&A transactions, in which Intellectual Property constituted a key element of the corporate assets. He advises on compliance issues relating to advertising, consumer and e-commerce law, as well as in the relevant proceedings before the Italian Advertising Standards Authority and the Italian Competition Authority. · Intellectual Property

Federico Milani

Federico has extensive experience in the field of administrative and public law, both contentious and otherwise. His practice focuses on public procurement and concessions contracts, public utilities, energy and environment, life sciences, and urban planning. He regularly advises Italian and foreign private and public companies, corporations and public administrations on a wide range of administrative and public matters, including litigation before the Administrative Courts and extraordinary transactions. · Public and Administrative Law

Filippo Canepa

For over 20 years Filippo’s work in the field of insolvency has been driven by one overarching objective: to preserve business continuity of clients across a wide range of industry sectors. He is the Head of the Italian Restructuring and Insolvency team. His practice focuses on debt restructuring, advising both in and out of court, through a wide selection of procedures. Filippo assists important names in a broad number of industry sectors: manufacturing, commerce, publishing, real estate, energy, fashion, logistics/distribution and automotive, contributing to the restructuring and reorganisation of key business entities, with a keen eye on small and medium sized enterprises. He also advises in and out of court on general corporate and commercial matters. · Insolvency

Filippo Palmieri

Filippo assists Italian and international clients, including listed companies, in domestic and cross-border acquisitions as well as in mergers, demergers, joint ventures and complex corporate reorganisations. He operates in all major market sectors, with a strategic focus on the packaging industry (where he advises numerous market players) as well as the energy and media industries. A PhD in Comparative Private Law and EU Private Law, Filippo has also always been involved in the academic field. He was a researcher at the Centro di Documentazione Europea 'Altiero Spinelli'. He collaborates with the University of Macerata as an adjunct lecturer for courses on Comparative Private Law and European Union law, including Energy law. He is the author of numerous publications on corporate and comparative private law issues, as well as a monograph on corporate structures in the world of Anglo-Saxon law firms. · Mergers and Acquisitions

Flemming Moos

Please see full biography at: http://www.osborneclarke.com/lawyers/moos-flemming/ · Information Technology

François-Régis Fabre-Falret

Partner · Real Estate

Geoffrey Beurskens

Gereon Abendroth

Gereon is a Partner in the Osborne Clarke Technology Team and advises clients in the energy and utilities sector on commercial and civil law issues. He provides legal consulting in the area of renewables and energy innovation technology. He supports renewable energy projects in Germany and abroad and takes on the legal project management for clients. Gereon has special expertise in drafting procurement and supply agreements as well as EPC and operation and maintenance contracts in the renewable energy sector. His clients include investors, component manufacturers, and EPC providers. · Renewable Energy

Gianluigi Marino

Gianluigi represents a leading voice in the ambit of digital transformation – supporting both traditional businesses now facing the process of digitalisation, and the more disruptive models driving the change. He is the Head of Digitalisation in Italy, Head of the Italian Tech, Media and Comms team and Data Protection practice. His legal experience includes privacy, intellectual property and technology law, both contentious and non-contentious. Gianluigi assists clients through the digital transformation of business processes and the mitigation of risks associated with information security and information management. He advises some of the major international companies on legal issues relating to privacy and personal data processing, information technology, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, wearable technology, CRM, eHealth and telemedicine, as well as the "right to be forgotten". Furthermore, he has gained substantial experience in drafting and reviewing personal data protection compliance programmes and in providing assistance during and following Data Protection Authority raids. Gianluigi also advises on media regulatory issues, platform regulation, e-commerce, producer guarantees and consumer rights, misleading advertising, prize promotions, commercial contracts, outsourcing, information technology, internet service providers’ liability, copyright and counterfeiting issues. · Data Protection

Giorgio Lezzi

Giorgio represents a reference point in the Italian infrastructure services sector, also thanks to his expertise in all areas of public and administrative law. Giorgio is Head of the Italian Infrastructure Services team and Public Law team. His legal expertise spans administrative law, public procurement, public services law, and local entities law. He assists public entities, public bodies and companies involved in the management of local public services, infrastructures, urban regeneration and in the preparation of tender notices concerning the assignment of concessions and public contracts (even in project finance or other public-private partnerships),and has acquired a recognized expertise with reference to public procurements (work, supply and service contracts). Giorgio provides judicial protection and assistance in proceedings before both administrative Courts, assisting in particular public entities and private operators involved or taking part in tenders, and before ordinary Courts, with reference to judgments arising from the execution of public contracts. In addition, Giorgio has accrued solid experience in the public utilities sector: public lighting, gas distribution, district heating, waste management and water management. He is frequently a lecturer or speaker at conferences, seminars and training masters and is the author of numerous publications. Giorgio is admitted to appear before the Italian Supreme Court. · Administrative Law

Giorgio Telarico

Giorgio is a Partner in the Italian Office and leads the Project Finance team in Italy. He provides specialised legal assistance in the field of project finance, in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors, as well as in construction finance. He assists lenders and sponsors in major project financing and general contractor transactions in Italy and abroad. He also has experience in corporate transactions, structured finance and global loans. · Project Finance

Giovanni Luca Andriolo

Giovanni specialises in financial regulation and fintech, with a particular focus on crypto-asset services, access to the Italian market for international operators and the DORA Regulation, having assisted numerous financial intermediaries in their compliance with digital operational resilience requirements. He assists financial intermediaries across the entire spectrum of regulated activities – from investment and payment services to credit, from crowdfunding to crypto-assets – providing strategic legal and regulatory advice. In particular, he has a strong specialisation in crypto-asset services, assisting national and international operators in relation to the sector's regulatory framework – MiCAr, DLT Pilot Regime and Fintech Decree. Giovanni has also gained consolidated experience with European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSPs), having contributed to the filing of the first application in Italy and the authorisation of the first Italian ECSP authorised for both lending crowdfunding and the non-binding offer of securities. · Bank Regulatory

Giovanni Penzo

Giovanni is an expert in corporate and commercial law, advising Italian and foreign clients, and in particular public-owned companies (multi-utilities), focusing on the energy and waste & water sectors. Giovanni is a member of the Italian Energy & Utilities team and heads the focus area group dedicated to Waste & Water. His legal expertise focuses on the wide range of corporate and commercial practices, covering both transactional and advisory work. He assists Italian and foreign clients operating in the energy sector on domestic and cross-border M&A as well as joint ventures, extraordinary finance, and general commercial matters. He has a consolidated experience in dispute resolution, both at litigation and arbitration, specifically with regards to the rules related to disputes in the Environment and Waste & Water sectors. He has a consolidated experience in dispute resolution, both at litigation and arbitration, as well as in the specific rules relating to disputes in the Environment and Waste & Water industries. Giovanni has developed expertise in advising publicly owned companies (multi-utilities), listed and otherwise, mainly operating in the Waste & Water sectors and has an in-depth understanding of the management and administrative issues applying to these companies, and of the relevant issues relating to the liability of directors in publicly owned companies. He has advised not only on a variety of M&A transactions involving companies owning waste disposal and recovery plants (landfill site and waste-to-energy plants), but also advises companies in the sector on issues including corporate governance. · Energy and Utilities Law

Giulia Verusio

With significant expertise in commercial and corporate law, Giulia has a well-balanced perspective on the life sciences and healthcare sector, thanks to considerable experience on both the legal and commercial issues of the pharmaceutical industry. Throughout a well-rounded career, she has gained expertise in various legal fields, including civil and administrative litigation, with particular reference to pharmaceutical law which has been the focus of her practice for some years. Playing a key role in Osborne Clarke’s life sciences and healthcare team, Giulia provides advisory services on regulatory issues, including the production and sale of pharmaceutical products, active product ingredients, medical devices as well as food supplements. She is also well versed in drafting contracts relating to clinical trials, market access, and supply and distribution. Giulia has also spent some time seconded to an in-house role within a multinational company, giving her invaluable practical insight into the internal dynamics of large organisations and meaning she takes a business-oriented approach to her work. Alongside her life sciences and healthcare specialism, Giulia has extensive experience in drafting commercial agreements, including real estate contracts, and has assisted Italian and foreign clients (including multinationals, and leaders in the pharmaceutical, dental and cinema industries) providing ongoing advice on ordinary and extraordinary corporate transactions, including M&A and the complex restructuring of corporate groups. She is authorised to appear before the Italian Supreme Courts. · Commercial Law

Giuliana Caira

After a significant experience accrued in both commercial and employment matters, Giuliana's practice now focuses on employment law. Giuliana advises Italian and foreign clients operating in a variety of industry sectors (including multinationals operating in the cinema industry and retail), in litigation before the employment tribunals, including the Supreme Court. She also advises on day-to-day issues affecting HR departments relating to the management of employment relationships and assists clients in negotiations with Unions within collective redundancy procedures, transfers of undertakings, outsourcing transactions, etc. Giuliana was admitted to appear before the Supreme Court in 2016. · Employment Law

Giuliano Lanzavecchia

Giuliano is a key point of reference in M&A and Private Equity transactions, thanks to his comprehensive experience advising leading companies and multinationals. He is a member of the Corporate team in Italy and his legal expertise lies in extraordinary M&A and Private Equity transactions. Giuliano assists multinationals, companies, private equity funds and national and international businessmen in the ambit of extraordinary transactions: acquisitions and sales of companies and branches of business, mergers, buy-outs, investments, joint ventures. He also provides general company and commercial legal advice. He has developed consolidated experience in turnarounds, company and debt restructuring, and the management of a wide range of insolvency procedures (arrangements with creditors and other procedures ex art. 182 bis and 67 Insolvency Law). Giuliano is appreciated for his competence and ability to identify and evaluate the technical aspects as well as for his pragmatic approach, oriented to identifying the best solution for the conclusion of the transaction. · Private Equity

Grégoire Dumas

Grégoire is a counsel with extensive experience in technology and data protection matters. · Data Protection

Hadrien Chef

Partner, Belgium Hadrien specialises in corporate and security law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), venture capital, public offerings and corporate reorganisations. Hadrien also acts as a litigator in these matters and in market abuse disputes. Hadrien also assists in setting-up, reorganising, acquiring, or liquidating business ventures in Belgium. · Corporate Law

Hendrik Schöttle

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Herke van Hulst

Commercial, Corporate and M&A