Riccardo Lonardi

Riccardo Lonardi is a Director of PwC Legal & Tax Italy. He has over 14 years of experience in M&A, private equity and venture capital, advising on complex transactions across the middle market and cross-border landscape. Riccardo provides comprehensive legal support on buy-side and sell-side transactions, coordinating multidisciplinary teams on both domestic and international deals. His sector expertise spans industrial, consultancy, and transport/logistics. He has developed a strong specialisation in advising start-ups and venture capital operators on investment rounds, with particular focus on early-stage financing instruments, including SAFE agreements. He regularly assists clients in the drafting and negotiation of SPAs, investment agreements, shareholders' agreements and joint venture arrangements. Additionally, Riccardo provides ongoing corporate and commercial support to portfolio companies, including the negotiation of complex commercial contracts. He has participated as a Lecturer at academic institutions for several courses in the field of Italian Corporate Law and M&A. · PwC Legal & Tax Italy

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Director at PwC Legal & Tax Italy with over 14 years' experience in M&A, private equity and venture capital, advising on complex middle-market and cross-border transactions. He advises on buy‑side and sell‑side deals, start‑ups and VC financing (including SAFE agreements), drafts SPAs, investment and shareholders' agreements and provides ongoing corporate and commercial support to portfolio companies; he also lectures on Italian corporate law and M&A.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&APrivate EquityVenture CapitalCommercial ContractsJoint Ventures

Office

Italy

PwC Legal & Tax Italy · Riccardo Lonardi is a Director of PwC Legal & Tax Italy. He has over 14 years of experience in M&A, private equity and venture capital, advising on complex transactions across the middle market and cross-border landscape. Riccardo provides comprehensive legal support on buy-side and sell-side transactions, coordinating multidisciplinary teams on both domestic and international deals. His sector expertise spans industrial, consultancy, and transport/logistics. He has developed a strong specialisation in advising start-ups and venture capital operators on investment rounds, with particular focus on early-stage financing instruments, including SAFE agreements. He regularly assists clients in the drafting and negotiation of SPAs, investment agreements, shareholders' agreements and joint venture arrangements. Additionally, Riccardo provides ongoing corporate and commercial support to portfolio companies, including the negotiation of complex commercial contracts. He has participated as a Lecturer at academic institutions for several courses in the field of Italian Corporate Law and M&A.

Italy

Expertise

Industrial sectorConsultancy sectorTransport & Logistics sectorStart-ups and early-stage financingSAFE agreementsPortfolio company corporate and commercial support

Education

Harvard Business School | Negotiations - 2022
University of Milan | M&A Specialisation - 2020
University of Milan | Corporate Law Specialisation - 2019
Il Sole Business School | International Business Law - 2012
Maastricht University | Graduate Exchange Program - 2010
Bocconi University | J.D

Admissions

Italian Bar Association – Milan

Languages

EnglishItalian