ITALY Law and Practice Contributed by: Roberto Bonsignore, Paolo Rainelli, Gerolamo da Passano and Nicole Puppieni, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers located in major financial centres around the world. Lawyers in Cleary’s Italian offices in Rome and Mi - lan offer a wide range of Italian, pan-European and global transactional, regulatory and litigation advice. They have deep knowledge of local law and busi - ness customs, and a global reputation for handling headline transactions across several industries. The team co-ordinates firm-wide efforts across corpo -
rate, securities, finance, antitrust, tax and executive compensation to advise companies and their boards on all kinds of public and private M&A and govern - ance matters. Recent M&A highlights in Italy include assisting Sixth Street in its acquisition of a 38% stake in Sorgenia and EF Solare Italia; acting for F2i and Ardian on the EUR5.5 billion sale of gas distribution group 2i Rete Gas to Italgas; and advising Eni on the cross-border merger of Subsea7 into Saipem.
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Roberto Bonsignore focuses his practice on public and private M&A, private equity and infrastructure deals. He is ranked in Band 1 for Corporate/M&A High-end Capability in Italy by both Chambers Global and
Gerolamo da Passano focuses his practice on corporate matters, particularly cross-border and domestic M&A, with a focus on public M&A, private equity and infrastructure transactions involving domestic and
Chambers Europe, and is recognised as a leading private equity lawyer in Italy by Chambers Europe. Roberto joined Cleary in 1996 and became a partner in 2005. He is a member of the Rome and New York Bars.
international institutional investors, corporate joint venture deals, and other corporate reorganisations. Gerolamo joined Cleary in 2004 and became a senior attorney in 2013. He is a member of the Milan and New York Bars.
Paolo Rainelli focuses on advising Italian and international clients on private and public M&A, corporate governance and insurance regulation. He is a Professor of Business Law at the Polytechnic University of Turin
Nicole Puppieni advises international and Italian corporate clients and investment banks on a wide range of corporate and financial matters, public M&A, IPOs and other capital markets transactions (including
and has lectured on the PhD and Master’s programmes of the University of Turin, at the post- graduate School for Legal Professions, at ESCP Europe Business School and on the LLM in International Trade Law. Paolo joined Cleary in 2006 and became counsel in 2020. He is a member of the Turin Bar and the European Corporate Governance Institute, and sits on the National Executive Board of AIDA.
private and public equity and debt offerings), corporate governance and securities regulatory issues. She is recognised as an Associate to Watch for Capital Markets: Equity in Italy by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe. Nicole joined Cleary in 2006 and was based in the New York office from September 2009 to July 2010. She is a member of the Milan and New York Bars.
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