Paolo Nastasi

Practice Areas

Paolo is co-head of the A&O Italian M&A and RE practices and has almost 20 years of experience in private capital-M&A / real estate-M&A deals, assisting a variety of clients (PE funds, listed and unlisted companies and real estate players) across a range of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and joint-ventures in different industry sectors. Since joining A&O, Paolo has also gained significant experience in cross-border transactions providing advice to international players on various Italian law aspects related to their projects in Italy. Paolo has been awarded “Emerging Corporate M&A Lawyer of the Year 2018” at the Italian Legalcommunity Corporate M&A Awards; “Lawyer of the year - Transactional Investments 2021” at the Italian Legalcommunity RE Awards; “Lawyer of the Year – RE 2022” at the Legalcommunity 40 Under 40 Awards; and “Lawyer of the Year - Private Equity 2023” at the Italian Legalcommunity 40 Under 40 Awards.

Clients highlight his “impressive technical knowledge and commercial awareness.” Chambers Global 2023 (Corporate M&A: Italy); Clients also maintain that Paolo is “very present, helpful and proactive. He is good at issue and problem management” Chambers Europe & Global 2023 (Corporate M&A: Italy), and that he has “extensive experience in the transactional field and remarkable attention to the details” Chambers Global 2022 (Corporate M&A: Italy).