Lawyers in Italy

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Michele Motta

Michele Motta, Equity Partner, specializes in corporate and commercial law, with particular regard to M&A and Private Equity. He regularly assists leading national and international players, operating in various industrial fields, with respect to extraordinary management transactions (e.g. sales and contributions of shares, sales, contributions and leases of businesses and lines of business, corporate capital increases, mergers and demergers, joint venture, start-up investments etc.), with a special focus on luxury&fashion, retail, e-commerce, and consumer industries.Michele also advises on an on-going basis both Italian and international clients and primary companies’ groups on all legal aspects of corporate and commercial law and commercial contracts pertaining to their ordinary management activities.

ADVANT Nctm

Corporate / M&APrivate Equity+1

ItalyItalian, English

Michele Odello

Michele is a Law Partner of the firm, Head of the Regulatory practice and leader of the FSO (Financial Services Organisation) Law department for EY Italy. He has 20+ years of legal acumen – focusing his practice on providing Banking Law and Financial Regulatory counsel. Of note is his wealth of experience advising regulated entities in the banking, financial, investment and insurance fields. In particular, Michele handles for his clients a wide range of sophisticated legal and regulatory aspects, including: - advisory and management of legal and regulatory matters related to the provision of investment, banking, financial, payment and insurance services (licensing for banks, financial and insurance institutions; passporting of EU banks, insurance and financial institutions, - licenses into and from Italy for the provision of banking, investment, financial, payment and insurance services, prudential requirements); - structuring and implementation of collective investment management schemes and offering of units/shares of Italian and foreign funds; - analysis and management of legal and regulatory aspects connected to the issuance and offering of banking, financial, payment and insurance products in Italy; - assistance in the drafting and negotiation of banking, financial, payment, investment and insurance services agreements and related issues (including outsourcing and separate accounts agreements); - assistance to Italian/foreign insurance companies and intermediaries with the structuring of their business and distribution models and the drafting of documentation for the offering of insurance-financial products as well as with cross-border transactions;ù - assistance in relation to M&A transactions involving regulated entities and with respect to the applicable licenses and authorization filings and post-closing duties; - assistance in the pre-litigation phases of sanction procedures applied to banks, insurance and financial institutions and their key officers for any breaches of the applicable regulations; - assistance to regulated entities on anti-money laundering, market abuse and ESG connected issues; - assistance to Fintech institutions and start-ups with respect to any legal and regulatory issue connected to their activities and/or projects (i.e.: legal implications on blockchain, tokens, NFT, etc.).

Banking & FinanceFinancial Services Regulation+6

ItalyItalian, English +1

Michele Papa

Senior associate

IP Law Galli

TrademarksDesigns+6

ItalyItalian, English

Michele Petriello

Partner of the Restructuring & Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Departments

LCA Studio Legale

Restructuring & InsolvencyDispute Resolution+2

Italy

Michele Santocchini

Michele Santocchini co-heads the tax practice of Baker McKenzie Italy. He joined Baker McKenzie's Rome office as counsel in 2013. A certified public accountant, he is knowledgeable in international tax planning, including supply chain restructuring, cross-border reorganization and acquisitions, financial restructuring and transfer pricing. Mr. Santocchini also has vast experience in M&A matters, such as acquisition structuring, merger reorganizations and leveraged buyout. He has made several presentations on tax matters in events organized by the Rome CPA’s Association, and also lectures on advanced tax law at the University La Sapienza of Rome. Mr. Santocchini's practice focuses on international tax planning. He advises multinational and Italian companies with respect to cross-border transactions, international and local tax planning and tax litigation.

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie

International Tax PlanningSupply Chain Restructuring+9

ItalyEnglish, Italian

Milena Linguanti

Partner

Nunziante Magrone

Real EstateConstruction+1

ItalyEnglish, Italian

Milena Prisco

Partner With a solid experience in the sectors of tech M&A and Venture Capital, Milena is an active member of associations promoting the issues of ESG, gender parity and a member of international steering committees for the promotion of sustainable fashion. Milena Prisco, a corporate lawyer of two decades’ experience and a former head of Corporate and M&A at Studio Previti, joined the firm in Match 2022 to head our new Environmental Sustainability and Governance (ESG) department and to continue her corporate practice especially in the hi-tech industry. ESG compliance has rightly become a critical issue for investors, organisations and corporations across the globe. Milena’s hire brings the expertise of a lawyer of immense pedigree in the area, and superb experience in the venture capital and hi-tech sectors, whose knowledge of sustainable finance and niche areas of Italian ESG compliance such as the Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (the PNRR - National Recovery Resilience Plan) will be an invaluable asset to our clients. Moreover, she provides assistance to listed companies and SMEs in relation to corporate governance policies, to corporations in the acquisition of the status of benefit companies, investment funds in ESG policies in investment processes, performs ESG due diligence in extraordinary transactions and sustainability strategies. With a long experience in M&A, mainly dealing with Italian and cross-border acquisitions in the form of share and asset deals, equity transactions, joint ventures, over the years Milena has specialized in extraordinary transactions in high tech sectors such as fintech, AI, life science, medtech and fashiotech, thanks to a long and consolidated experience in Venture Capital starting from the assistance to startup projects up to the advice to VC funds, scale up, club deal and nowadays listed companies in corporate venture capital operations through acquisitions, equity investments, convertible and semi-equity debt instruments (SFP), incentive and remuneration plans. She regularly advises on corporate law matters and provides assistance in the drafting of typical contracts and agreements in the hi-tech industry (e.g. SaaS, white label contracts). She is a lecturer in several masters and seminars in Italy, where she collaborate with prestigious universities and abroad and author of articles and publications on M&A, venture capital, ESG. She is a regular contributor of IBA for articles on M&A and ESG topics. She is a member of International Bar Association.

Pavia e Ansaldo

Corporate / M&AVenture Capital+4

ItalyItalian, English

Mileto Mario Giuliani

Mileto Mario Giuliani is a partner in Dentons' Rome and Milan offices and a member of the Project, Energy and Infrastructure business unit in Italy.

Dentons

EnergyInfrastructure+5

ItalyItalian, English +1

Mirella Di Carlo

Mirella has wide-ranging expertise in relation to regulated markets. Mirella is a senior associate in our financial services regulatory team within the Financial Markets group in Milan. She focuses on financial markets (including the insurance market and insurance products), where she has a strong expertise of investment services, financial instruments, structured products and derivatives (both credit and equity derivatives), asset management, investment funds and market regulation. Mirella regularly provides advice in relation to cross-border regulatory projects, including passporting procedures and the obtaining of the required local licences from relevant regulators. A key part of this process is ensuring that applicable EU legislation (including MiFID, MiFID II, Insurance Distribution Directive and EMIR) is adequately reflected in the operations of domestic and international financial institutions operating in Italy. She regularly assists ETFs in listing on, and delisting from, the ETFPlus market managed and regulated by Borsa Italiana and provides advice in relation to listing on-going requirements. She also provides advice in relation to Brexit implications in financial services and payment services directive and payment means.

Simmons & Simmons

Financial Services Regulation

Italy“”, Italian +11

Miriam Loro Piana

During her professional growth, Miriam focused on the protection of intellectual and industrial assets by assisting national and international clients in litigation on copyright, trademark, patent, know-how and trade secrets protection, unfair competition, advertising and in administrative proceedings for the reassignment of domain names. She is experienced in drafting and negotiating patents and know-how licenses and assignments related thereto. She provides ongoing assistance to several communication agencies and companies involved in the public relations sector, providing them with legal support aimed at creating advertising, real time marketing and influencer marketing campaigns compliant with the regulatory and self-disciplinary provisions on the matter. She advises national and international clients active in the art field (namely heirs, galleries, artists, foundations, etc.) about the exploitation and protection of their copyrights and personality rights.

LCA Studio Legale

Intellectual PropertyLitigation+5

ItalyItalian, English

Miriam Steets

Miriam Steets is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department, focusing on private equity/venture capital investments as well as cross-border and national mergers and acquisitions. Miriam represents both, private equity/venture capital investors and corporate clients in connection with growth oriented investments as well as transaction situations and general corporate matters. In addition, she advises clients on capital market related matters. Prior to joining Willkie, Miriam was a senior consultant at a Big Four accounting firm.

Studio Legale Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Private EquityVenture Capital+3

Italy

Mirna Izzi

Associate Partner

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

TaxIndirect Tax+2

ItalyEnglish, Italian

Moira Gamba

Moira is a Counsel in our Corporate & Commercial group in Milan and specialises in international corporate and private equity transactions, including M&As, joint ventures, partnerships, and shareholder and management agreements across a broad range of industry sectors. She advises major private Italian and international private equity houses on extraordinary transactions, including cross-border investments and divestments (majority or minority stakes) throughout the related process (including club deals and add-on acquisitions), including with respect to the minority re-investments and the implementation of management incentive schemes. She also provides legal assistance in relation to the negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements.

Simmons & Simmons

Corporate / M&APrivate Equity+2

Italy

Monica Barbieri

Associate Partner

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Italy