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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Italy
What the Team is Known For
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has a strong M&A practice renowned for its ability to assist clients with cross-border mandates. The team is highly recommended for complex acquisitions, divestments and transfers of business, targeting a variety of industries including payment services and manufacturing. The law firm's client roster features energy powerhouses, private equity groups and funds.
Strengths
The team are showing a clear business-oriented mindset in a scenario which is very complex from a legal perspective.
They are very attentive to our needs and timescales, and find solutions that go above and beyond basic legal assistance and are tailored to our issues.
They are extremely aware of the commercial impact of various aspects of the transaction.
The team at Cleary Gottlieb is fully adequate to handle the complexity of the transaction and always very kind and responsive.
Work Highlights
Cleary Gottlieb advised F2i on the acquisition of TIM's fixed network.
Notable practitioners
Roberto Bonsignore is highly experienced in assisting local and international companies from the telecoms, energy and transport sectors with high-profile M&A.
Roberto Bonsignore is highly engaged and supportive.
Roberto has very strong personal skills, which are very helpful in the context of negotiations.
Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini is a well-regarded lawyer who handles sizeable M&A deals for multinationals from the banking and financial sectors. He is also skilled in corporate reorganisations.
Giuseppe has wide expertise, with a strong pragmatic approach that is to the benefit of his clients.
Matteo Montanaro is an established lawyer who handles cross-border acquisitions. He is also well equipped to advise on private equity deals.
He is a very structured and reliable professional you can count on for various matters.
Matteo Montanaro consistently demonstrates legal expertise and a remarkable ability to grasp complex legal issues quickly and develop innovative strategies to address them.
Matteo is always very kind and responsive.
David is very responsive and puts a lot of care into understanding the client's needs and expectations.
David is business-oriented and pragmatic, but also precise and sophisticated, which allows him to tackle complex legal, commercial and structural issues while keeping business goals in clear sight.