ITALY Law and Practice Contributed by: Roberto Bonsignore, Paolo Rainelli, Gerolamo da Passano and Nicole B. 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 of - fices in Rome and Milan offer a wide range of Italian, pan-European and global transactional, regulatory and litigation advice. They have deep knowledge of local law and business customs, and a global reputation for handling headline transactions across several industries. The team co-ordinates firm-wide efforts across cor -
porate, securities, finance, antitrust, tax and ex - ecutive compensation to advise companies and their boards on all kinds of public and private M&A and governance matters. Recent M&A highlights in Italy include assisting F2i on its co- investment in the EUR22 billion acquisition of TIM’s fixed telecommunications network; acting for Asterion in its acquisitions in 2i Aeroporti and Telecom Italia Sparkle; and advising Eni on the cross-border merger of Subsea7 into Saipem.
Authors
Roberto Bonsignore focuses his practice on public and private
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
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 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.
the Polytechnic University of Turin and 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 at the LLM in International Trade Law. Paolo joined Cleary in 2006 and became counsel in 2020. He is a member of the Turin Bar, sits on the National Executive Board of AIDA and is a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute.
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