About
Co-Managing Shareholder focusing on corporate law, M&A, banking and finance, corporate governance, litigation, and arbitration. Advises on multi-jurisdictional transactions including joint ventures, spin-offs, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, and restructurings. Serves high-profile clients in cross-border M&A across banking, energy, financial, healthcare, chemical, and manufacturing industries. Assists financial institutions with securities transactions, tender offers, and IPOs. Founder of Italian Desk in New York; previously at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP (1997-2005) and founder/managing partner of Studio Legale Santa Maria.
Practice areas
CorporateMergers and AcquisitionsBanking and FinanceCorporate GovernanceLitigationArbitrationInternational Arbitration and LitigationInternational TradeRestructuring and Bankruptcy
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Expertise
CorporateMergers and AcquisitionsBanking and FinanceInternational Arbitration and LitigationInternational TradeRestructuring and Bankruptcy
Education
- LL.M., Fordham University School of Law, 1993
- J.D., summa cum laude, University of Milan, 1991
Admissions
- Italy (admitted to Supreme Court)
Languages
Italian (Native)English (Fluent)