Lawyers in Italy

Tommaso Ubertazzi

Partner

Studio Ubertazzi

Tommaso Zanirato

Counsel

Simmons & Simmons

Tonio Di Iacovo

Partner

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Ugo Calò

DLA Piper

Ugo Malvagna

Ugo is a Counsel in our Financial Markets department in Milan. He is associate professor (and full professor qualified) of Economic and Financial Markets Law at the University of Trento (where he is deputy director of the Phd School of Comparative and European Legal Studies), as well as in charge of courses and lectures at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, on Market Abuse, Sustainable Finance, Bank Resolution, Digital Finance and DeFi. Ugo has developed strong expertise on regulatory issues, including insurance and bank regulatory capital, digital and decentralized finance (blockchain and AI) issues as well as transition finance (ESG). He advises on such relevant aspects a number of market players, including banks and regulated intermediaries, trading venues, clearing systems, issuers, borrowers, lenders, underwriters, investors on both equity and debt instruments, including the full range of products from structured finance and securitisations through to commercial papers (CP), hybrid instruments and debt issuance programmes, high yield bonds and equity capital markets products (right issues, mandatory bids, convertible and exchangeable bonds) and the issuance of other debt instruments (such as promissory notes or registered bonds), as well as on restructurings, liability management and on regulatory issues, including insurance and bank regulatory capital. He assists Banks, Asset Managers, Public Institutions, Listed and Close Companies on an extended range of regulatory, corporate and commercial issues, with a strong focus on banking and financial regulation in its full scope (MiFID, PSD, MAR, CRD IV and CRR, BRRD, CCD, MCD, securitization law, law on usury, Non-Financial Disclosure), including litigation on administrative sanctions (market abuse) and on the exercise of supervisory powers. Ugo is also Member of public bodies and committees, eg the Arbitrator for Financial Controversies (ACF), the Italian Financial Markets Authority's (Consob) financial ombudsman; by appointment of the Italian Minister of Economy and Finance, he has been Member of the Technical Commission of the Italian Savers Indemnification Fund (Fondo Indennizzo Risparmiatori). Ugo regularly liaises and assists key players in the European market, including industry associations and institutional bodies (Single Resolution Board, the Bank of Italy, the Italian Government, CONSOB) and is member of transnational research hubs as the European Law Institute (Wien) and the European Banking Institute (Frankfurt). Ugo has obtained a PhD in Finance and Securities Law from Bocconi University, Milan, and has been a Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg. Ugo joined us in 2023.

Simmons & Simmons

Ugo Molinari

Equity Partner

Molinari

Ugo Orsini

Ugo is a corporate Partner based in Milan who regularly assists major investment banks, financial institutions and corporates on a variety of capital markets transactions, including equity and equity-linked transactions (e.g. convertible and exchangeable bonds), right issues and various debt deals. He assists both issuers and underwriters and has considerable experience in advising listed companies in establishing and maintaining effective corporate governance structures.

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato

Umberto Antonelli

Partner

Ashurst

Umberto Borzi

Umberto advises Italian and international clients (banks, funds, listed companies and other regulated entities) on Corporate law – M&A and real estate transactions with a particular focus on company law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint venture, real estate acquisitions, asset management, real estate companies listings, and extraordinary capital transactions.

Chiomenti

Umberto Musso

Senior Associate

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Umberto Nicodano

Partner Umberto Nicodano specialises in corporate governance and M&A (public and private), focusing on private equity, luxury, automotive, insurance, banking and manufacturing of industrial products and machinery sectors. He is member of the Private Equity, Private Clients and the Digital Innovation (strategic support) Focus Teams. He is also member of the Board of Directors of beLab S.p.A. (a public limited company wholly owned by BonelliErede) since July 2020.

BonelliErede

Umberto Orso Giacone

Associate Partner

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Umberto Penco Salvi

Umberto Penco Salvi heads the Italian Energy & Infrastructure Group and specialises in M&A, joint ventures, tender offers, restructuring, construction and project contracts with a focus on regulated sectors such as Energy & resources, Healthcare, Life Sciences & Chemicals and Telecommunications, Media & Technology. He regularly advises both senior management and boards of directors when facing sensitive situations and on all aspects of corporate governance. Umberto represents clients in court and arbitration proceedings, and has served both as an attorney and arbitrator for disputes involving M&A matters.

Clifford Chance

Umberto Piattelli

Partner and Co-Head of the Banking, Finance & Regulatory Department

LCA Studio Legale

Valentina Bonomo

Partner

L&B Partners Avvocati Associati

Valentina Canalini

Valentina Canalini is specialized in the energy, transport and infrastructure sectors, assisting clients in corporate and M&A transactions as well as project finance and PPP contracts. She has more than ten years experience in assisting Italian and foreign clients (sponsors, developers, lenders. etc) in the various development phases (authorization proceedings, procurement process, operation and maintenance, etc) and in the financing of numerous infrastructure and energy projects as well as in the sale and purchase of plants for the production of energy, both from renewable and conventional sources. She assists public and private companies in relation to regulatory and administrative aspects in the regulated strategic sectors (including, for example, the legislation on the so-called, golden power). She has recently collaborated on various telecommunications, broadband and 5G operations. Graduated in law with honors from the Università degli Studi of Milan, she attended the University of California Berkeley as a Visiting Scholar in 2007 and achieved a PhD in Corporate law and Financial Markets at the Università di Bologna in 2014. From January 2017 to June 2018 she was appointed as Legal Advisor of the Prime Minister at Palazzo Chigi during the Gentiloni’s Government, where she had the opportunity to collaborate in the drafting and review of the main laws and decrees. Since May 2020, she’s a member of the Board of Directors of Terna S.p.A.. She collaborates with several universities, she is part of numerous “think tank” and she is the author of various legal publications.

Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici

Valentina Capucciati

Registered with the Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts in Milan since 2015. Has been with Studio Baldazzi Zattera & Associati since 2012, providing ordinary and extraordinary tax consulting for Italian and foreign companies, with a focus on international groups. Specialized in M&A transactions and accounting, tax, and financial due diligence.

Baldazzi Zattera & Associati

Valentina Lattanzi

Partner

PedersoliGattai

Valentina Marengo

DLA Piper

Valentina Mazza

DLA Piper

Valentina Simonelli

Partner

Pavia e Ansaldo

Valentino Biasi

Partner at DL-LAW (since June 2024).

DL-Law Avvocati Giuslavoristi

Valeria De Lucia

Valeria advises Italian and International corporate clients in different business sectors on employment and labour law matters, including planning and implementation of collective dismissal and redundancy plans, senior executive appointments and terminations, data protection in employment relationships. She has also gained a wide experience as a litigator.

Chiomenti

Valeria Mazzoletti

Senior Partner

Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati