Lawyers in Italy

Francesco Bruno

Founding Partner

B-HSE Società tra Avvocati

Francesco Buoso

Francesco is mainly dedicated to advising clients operating in the industrial and commercial sectors, both in their extraordinary transactions (such as M&A, investment transactions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures) and in their ordinary operations. In particular, he has gained experience in the biomedical, manufacturing, construction, engineering, energy and trade sectors, assisting both Italian and foreign clients in the preparation and negotiation of their commercial contracts and in the management of their pre-litigation disputes. In addition to assisting listed companies as well as those with a narrow shareholder base, his work with private business groups has enabled him to develop over time a deep knowledge in the organization and structuring of private or family assets.

LCA Studio Legale

Francesco Calabria

Francesco is a managing associate in the real estate practice group, based in Rome. He has been practising in the field of real estate since 2007. After a couple of years’ experience in the legal office of a public housing entity, he started his path in the private sector, where he specialized on all types of contracts relating to real estate investments, both in the field of investments/divestments and in the asset management’s advice.

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato

Francesco Campochiaro

Associate

LegisLAB

Francesco Capitta

Francesco Capitta provides tax assistance to domestic and foreign corporate groups, banks and private equity funds as well as HNWIs. His areas of expertise include M&A and reorganisation, corporate taxation, international taxation, real estate taxation, financial taxation, management incentive plans, assistance in pre-litigation procedures, tax litigation and private wealth.

Facchini Rossi Michelutti Studio Legale Tributario

Francesco Carrara

Senior Associate

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Francesco Casamassa

Partner Francesco Casamassa specialises in arbitration and litigation, with particular focus on commercial law, civil law, bankruptcy law, antitrust (follow-on actions), corporate law, M&A and extraordinary financial transactions, company takeovers, liability of corporate bodies. Key sectors are construction and infrastructures, fashion and luxury, transport and logistics, TLC, media, insurance, banking and private equity. He is a member of the Private Equity Focus Team and of the Competition Litigation Task Force.

BonelliErede

Francesco D\'Alessandro

Francesco offers Italian and international clients out-of-court advice and in-court assistance in all major areas pertaining to white-collar offences with a focus on criminal corporate law, finance, bankruptcy, taxation and environmental issues, and as well as corporate criminal liability. As a lawyer entitled to practice before the Supreme Court since 2010, for over ten years Francesco has advised major companies operating in the banking and finance, environmental, energy, petrochemical, mass distribution, telecommunications, and construction industries. He has been involved in cases concerning crimes against property, public administration, and complex Italian and international proceedings involving bribery and corruption indictments. He has drafted and updated various organisational and management models under Legislative Decree No. 231/2001 while acting as Chairman of the Supervisory Body.

Chiomenti

Francesco Dagnino

Managing Partner | Head of Capital Markets; head of Corporate & M&A; Co-head of FinTech, Crypto-Assets and Blockchain.

LEXIA

Francesco De Blasio

Francesco de Blasio joined Linklaters in September 2021 as Head of the Real Estate department in Italy. Francesco’s experience, gained over 20 years of activity in the Real Estate sector, varies from advising clients on the acquisition of complex property portfolios, directly or through investment structures such as real estate investment funds - to corporate joint ventures aimed at real estate developments. Francesco also focuses on the main commercial Real Estate contracts, with particular regard to specific categories of properties such as hotels, sports facilities and logistic facilities. He has also gained significant experience on real estate restructuring and NPLs transactions, advising major specialized investors.

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato

Francesco De Gennaro

Partner

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Francesco De Michele

Senior Associate

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Francesco Di Bari

Francesco Di Bari is Partner of Alma and has over 20 years of significant experience in the tax structuring of investments, co-investments and divestments both in the Italian market and in international transactions. Francesco has also gained extensive knowledge in tax planning, negotiation and implementation of complex transactions for domestic and international groups, including banks, investment funds and asset managers. Specialised in debt capital market transactions, securitisations and structured finance, financing transactions of any kind, such as real estate financing, acquisition finance, project finance and multi-jurisdictional syndicated loans, he has assisted numerous clients in major real estate and private equity transactions. Francesco has also provided legal assistance to prominent industrial and financial groups in tax litigation cases and in administrative relations with the Italian tax authorities (including tax inspections, agreements upon assessment and ruling requests). He was admitted to the Italian Bar in 2007 and to the Supreme Court in 2020.

ALMA SOCIETA' TRA AVVOCATI S.R.L.

Francesco Di Carlo

Managing Partner

FIVERS Studio Legale e Tributario

Francesco Dialti

Partner

CBA Studio Legale e Tributario

Francesco Eugenio Pasello

Francesco is a Corporate Counsel based in Milan, specializing in equity capital markets (ECM) and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a particular focus on public M&A, corporate governance, and listing rules-driven transactions. In the ECM sector, Francesco regularly advises clients on the entire range of ECM transactions, including initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings, rights issues, accelerated bookbuilding offerings (ABBs), private placements, and equity-linked transactions (such as convertible and exchangeable bonds). Within the M&A arena, he has developed a specialization in takeovers (inclusive of hostile/unsolicited bids), public tender offers (mandatory, voluntary, or partial), private investments in public equity (PIPEs), as well as business combinations (including de-SPAC transactions), mergers, spin-offs and corporate reorganizations involving publicly listed entities. Additionally, Francesco provides ongoing advice to both listed and private companies on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and general corporate law matters. His clientele includes investment banks, private equity firms, corporates, and other key stakeholders (such as, board members). Francesco is recognized in several legal directories, including Chambers Global, Chambers Europe and The Legal500, where clients praised his “right mix of subject matter competence, gravitas and empathy to guide clients and counterparties towards mutually acceptable compromises”, as well as his technical skills, positive attitude, responsiveness, and client focus. Prior to joining Linklaters, Francesco started his career at a leading Italian law firm, contributing to corporate and capital market transactions, including several listings on the AIM Italia (now, Euronext Growth Milan). His tenure included a secondment to the legal department of IDeA FIMIT SGR S.p.A. (now DeA Capital Real Estate SGR S.p.A.), where he broadened his experience in general corporate assistance and in dealing with the Italian regulators (CONSOB and Bank of Italy).

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato

Francesco Facchini

Name partner and co-founder of FRM. Francesco Facchini provides tax assistance to domestic and foreign corporate groups, banks and non-profit entities. His areas of expertise include corporate taxation, M&A and reorganisation transactions, financial taxation, private clients and tax litigation. He is member and president of the board of auditors of various companies.

Facchini Rossi Michelutti Studio Legale Tributario

Francesco Falco

Partner, Head of Compliance

DWF

Francesco Faldi

As the head of the firm’s Italian Banking & Restructuring practice, Francesco advises on major restructuring and insolvency deals, focusing on non-performing loans (NPLs), including securitisation and sales of NPL portfolios. He was closely involved in structuring the first two schemes of arrangement of Italian companies. Francesco also has prowess in real estate finance, working in collaboration with the firm’s real estate practice, as well as experience in leveraged finance and general banking transactions.

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato

Francesco Florio

Partner

Legance - Avvocati Associati

Francesco Gatti

Francesco is first and foremost one of the ltalian top experts in corporate law as well as in M&A transactions. He has developed an broad experience in corporate and financing law, corporate litigation and arbitration, being involved in several of the most important transactions in the last years. He has written several articles on corporate law, and has lectured in seminars on competition law and law and economics.

Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici

Francesco Gianni

Founding Partner

Gianni & Origoni

Francesco Goisis

Francesco Goisis is a member of the Firm’s Environmental Law, Public Law, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Law and Real Estate practice groups. A member of the Milan Bar Association, he was admitted to represent clients before ordinary courts and Supreme Courts in 2001 and 2008, respectively. He is a tenured full professor of administrative law at the State University of Milan, where he lectures on environmental law and public law and has been visiting scholar at the Universities of Cardiff and Nottingham (Public Procurement Research Group). Mr. Goisis has authored and co-authored several scientific and practical publications on public, European, environmental and administrative law. Mr. Goisis regularly advises on administrative, environmental and energy, pharmaceutical and real estate law, with specific regard to public law issues. He frequently works on public contracts and public concessions, authorizations and permits, public utilities, energy, environmental law, planning law, as well as proceedings before Italian regulatory authorities, especially in relation to antitrust cases.

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie

Francesco Horvat

bureau Plattner