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Leading organizations turn to global law firm McDermott Will & Schulte for a better way to address legal challenges, connect with those at the forefront, and drive stronger outcomes. Working across more than 20 offices globally, our 1,750+ lawyers act on data-driven insights, deep relationships, and unmatched industry experience to deliver on our commitment of Always Better. Main areas of practice: Antitrust and competition: As clients around the world experience increasing antitrust activity, cross-jurisdictional government investigations and private litigation, we meet these multifaceted challenges head-on. Our lawyers are deeply familiar with all major US and international regulatory frameworks and dispute-resolution forums. Providing effective, coordinated counsel on US antitrust law, EC competition law, China’s Anti-Monopoly Law and other competition regimes worldwide, our lawyers help clients eliminate roadblocks and achieve business goals. Corporate and transactions: Our seasoned lawyers represent the full spectrum of corporate interests around the world, from global corporations to family-owned businesses to privately held companies. Our lawyers thrive on solving the most complex business problems facing their clients today and mapping out strategies to drive clients’ success tomorrow. Our broad capabilities include seamless transactional services, such as negotiating cross-border acquisitions or outsourcing deals, representing issuers in public offerings, securing preferred financial credit arrangements for borrowers or navigating a business restructuring. Employment: We pair deep resources with broad geographic coverage, to meet the rapidly evolving needs of employers in virtually every sector, including manufacturing, financial services, health care, education and construction. Our lawyers help clients attract and retain workers at every level, enter and exit markets as business conditions warrant, develop and implement effective employment policies, identify and protect trade secrets and other confidential information, and negotiate and enforce employment contracts. Global privacy and cybersecurity: Our lawyers advise clients on the statutory, regulatory and enforcement regimes that govern the collection, use and disclosure of data in the United States, Europe, Asia and elsewhere. With extensive experience advising on the full range of data privacy and protection laws, industry standards and issues, our lawyers regularly counsel clients on US and international data-use issues and conduct in-depth privacy/cybersecurity risk assessments, often in the context of mergers, acquisitions and other domestic and cross border transactions. Employee benefits and executive compensation: Our lawyers help clients maximise the value of and return on their investments in human capital while avoiding exposure to liability. The team provides strategic day-to-day counsel on matters such as executive compensation, health/welfare plan compliance, qualified retirement plans, privacy and data protection, executive employment and severance, cultural diversity, full compliance with relevant laws, including ERISA legislation, among other general employee-relations matters. Healthcare and life sciences: Our team provides unparalleled legal acumen rooted in decades of experience and forward growth powered by unconventional thinking. With a deep bench that includes lawyers at the cutting edge of digital health, the firm partners with clients on the full range of health-care-related issues, including physician practice management, health care litigation and the evolving regulatory landscape — both in the United States and internationally. As a top-ranked law firm for health and a leader in life sciences, we help clients navigate the issues that matter when it comes to achieving missions and solidifying positions in the market. Intellectual property: Our top-notch team of IP lawyers, partners with clients to identify and secure their creative assets, maximize the value of their IP portfolios, and enforce or defend their rights in courts and tribunals virtually everywhere their products are made, distributed and sold. Whether you’re building the next iconic brand, protecting game-changing new technology or creating new revenue streams from your established IP assets, our team can help you achieve your business goals at every stage of the IP lifecycle. We are business savvy, technically skilled and steeped in high-stakes experience. We speak fluent CFO, CSO, CPO, CMO and Tax—skills honed over decades and maintained by understanding and embracing diverse perspectives. We are fearless and relentless advocates for your business, always pursuing a return on your IP investments. Our lawyers prioritize our partnership with you and believe service is a 24×7 proposition. We help our clients respond quickly and offer actionable solutions designed to mitigate risk and capitalize on opportunity. Litigation and dispute resolution: Our litigation and dispute resolution lawyers are always ready to roll up their sleeves and deliver the sound, practical legal strategies necessary for both short- and long-term success. Based internationally, our nimble and creative lawyers are dedicated to providing passionate client advocacy through superior trial skills and incisive industry knowledge. The synthesis of skill and experience, flexibility and strength — plus track record of success in high-stakes controversies — makes McDermott a go-to firm for large-scale, complex litigation. Our white-collar team has tried hundreds of cases in courts throughout the United States and internationally, and draws on the unmatched insights of its lawyers who previously served as senior federal prosecutors. Private client and wealth management: From the global to the personal, the firm brings its full-service network to bear in helping closely held business owners and high-net-worth individuals effectively structure their assets, meet their wealth transfer and planning goals, and make their mark philanthropically. As clients make the critical decisions that shape their personal, business, tax, civic and charitable concerns around the world, we will be at their side with creative, customized solutions. Regulatory: Our lawyers marry legal skill with political savvy to turn regulatory risks into forward-looking business solutions. Based in government and trade capitals around the world, our lawyers support companies traversing the increasingly complex international trade landscape, and tackle rising global antitrust activity in all major US and international forums. Wherever the business reaches, our talented regulatory lawyers can help position the your organization for success. Tax: Our lawyers advise some of the world’s most successful companies on tax matters, including more than 60 percent of the Fortune 100. With a unique combination of tax practitioners, strategists and creative thinkers who can validate sound strategies and offer innovative solutions it helps clients advance their organization’s growth plan — with senior partners involved at every step — 365 days a year with a 360-degree view of the evolving tax landscape. ### Languages - All main business languages ### Staffing Figures - 0 Number of lawyers - 23 at this office
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Milan
McDermott Will & Schulte Via Dante 15 20123 Milan Milan Italy
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Lawyers in this office
Agata Todarello
Agata Todarello has significant experience in debt and equity transactions, working with domestic and international banks, corporations, financial institutions and investment funds on financing transactions, debt restructuring, acquisitions and disposals of portfolios of non-performing loans and assets, in bankruptcy proceedings, as well as extraordinary corporate transactions (mergers and acquisitions) and market transactions (listings, placements of financial instruments, public M&A – OPAs and OPAS). She also advises companies (large or medium-sized, listed or unlisted, and family-owned companies) on a continuous basis in all phases of their business activity, with a particular focus on the organisation of corporate structures and the definition of all aspects of corporate governance and, in relation to regulated companies, compliance issues, as well as the definition of commercial contracts. · Banking and Finance
Alessio Persiani
Alessio Persiani advises Italian and non-Italian resident medium-size and large companies on a wide range of tax matters, covering corporate income tax, value-added tax (VAT), and other indirect and municipal taxes. He advises corporate clients on their ordinary and extraordinary activities, providing assistance in tax litigation as well as in extra-judicial matters. Alessio is a member of several international research groups focused on tax implications of the national implementation of EU law in the field of taxation. He often lectures on particular aspects of International and EU taxation systems at the collegiate and post-graduate levels, and has authored several publications in major tax periodicals and Italian economic and financial newspapers. · Corporate Income Tax
Andrea Tempestini
Andrea is a partner, he advises clients on domestic and international tax issues relating to mergers and acquisitions transactions, corporate restructurings and the use of financial instruments, as well as other tax matters relating to their ordinary activities. He represents Italian and international companies from various industries on a broad spectrum of tax matters and often leads teams of tax advisors from various jurisdictions working on cross-border projects. For further details of Andrea's biography, please view McDermott website: https://www.mwe.com/en/team/t/tempestini-andrea · Tax
Carlo Maria Paolella
Carlo is a partner, he heads the Firm's Italian office and leads the Italian tax practice, where he advises clients on domestic and international tax issues relating to mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, capital markets and collective investment vehicles, and tax controversy. He also regularly advises on the tax profiles of employee incentive plans, debt restructuring and financial instruments. Carlo advises Italian and multinational companies on numerous tax law issues, providing opinions in both Italian and English. For further details of Carlo's biography, please view McDermott website: https://www.mwe.com/en/team/p/paolella-carlo-maria · Tax
Enrico Raso
Enrico Raso focuses his practice primarily on corporate and real estate operations, with particular experience in international cross-border transactions, including M&A and private equity transactions. He advises clients from structuring the project to the drafting and negotiation of the relevant agreements. Enrico advises on the choice of vehicle, financing, and exit strategies. · Corporate
Ettore Scandale
Ettore is a partner, as an experienced legal adviser in corporate, banking and financial law, he helps his clients to build their commercial vision using complex, pan European financing strategies. Ettore is well known for his ability to intimately understand his clients’ business and the sectors they operate in and through this understanding he plays a key role in creating the right conditions for the success of all parties. Advising national and international corporations along with investment funds, financial institutions and high net worth individuals, Ettore's work extends across a range of sectors, from private equity to financial services, health care and life sciences, automotive, retail, industrial manufacturing and real estate. For further details of Ettore's biography, please view McDermott website: https://www.mwe.com/en/team/s/scandale-ettore · Corporate Law
Fabio Cozzi
Fabio Cozzi heads the Italian dispute resolution practice and focuses his practice on cross-border litigation, domestic and international arbitration, compliance, financial crime and international trade. He advises corporations, financial institutions and investment funds in complex disputes, often spanning multiple jurisdictions, as well as domestic and international arbitration proceedings in a range of commercial, corporate, real estate, energy, bankruptcy, financial and technology-related matters. Fabio also counsels corporate clients and financial institutions on compliance and international trade issues, assessing the risk deriving from trade restrictions, economic and financial sanctions and advising on internal investigations related to corruption and financial crime. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/fabio-cozzi/ · Arbitration
Fabrizio Faina
Fabrizio Faina focuses his practice on M&A and corporate law matters, with an emphasis on acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, private equity deals, and reorganizations. He regularly advises Italian and international clients in a variety of industry sectors on cross-border and domestic transactions. · Mergers and Acquisitions
Francesco Romeo
Francesco focuses his practice in real estate and acquisition financing, where he gained a 20-years’ experience mainly advising Italian and foreign lenders in both domestic and cross-border transactions. He has also assisted in complex debt restructurings transactions. · Real Estate
Giancarlo Castorino
Giancarlo Castorino focuses his practice on structured finance, with a specific focus on property and acquisition finance, where he mainly assists lenders in both domestic and cross-border transactions. His extensive client base consists of the foremost Italian banks, such as Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A and UniCredit S.p.A, international banks and investors whom he has assisted and advised in complex restructurings and in the sale of distressed debt portfolios. · Structured Finance
Giuseppe Mazzarella
Giuseppe Mazzarella provides tax consultancy for medium and large companies as well as for Italian and non-Italian resident individuals. He covers a broad spectrum of domestic and international tax matters in connection with corporate and personal income tax, transfer pricing, value-added tax (VAT), inheritance and gift tax, and other indirect taxes. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/mazzarella-giuseppe/ · Tax
Massimiliano Moruzzi
Massimiliano focuses his practice on providing legal advice in litigation both in State courts and arbitral proceedings (before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the Milan Chamber of Arbitration). Massimiliano has represented both Italian and foreign clients, covering a wide range of civil and commercial matters, with a specific focus on financial and corporate issues. · Litigation
Mauro Pisano
Mauro Pisano focuses his practice on corporate income taxation, VAT and other indirect taxes, International and European tax law, merger and acquisition taxation, financial taxation and tax litigation. · Corporate Income Taxation
Stefano Mechelli
Stefano Mechelli leads the Italian International Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Practice, with a focus on transnational and international litigation. He advises domestic clients involved in US and European litigation proceedings. Stefano is engaged in active pro bono practice, including litigations before Italian courts, as well as volunteering as an arbitrator and a mediator for the New York City Small Claims Court. He was formerly in the mediation roster for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. · International Dispute Resolution