Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini

Practice Areas

Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini is active in public and private M&A, financial services regulation, EU state aid law, enforcement and litigation matters.

Giuseppe started our Italian corporate practice in the early 90’s. Since then, he has worked on numerous privatizations through equity offers and auctions, debt exchange offers by sovereign issuers, takeover bids, negotiated acquisitions, restructurings, divestitures, joint ventures and private equity investments, particularly in regulated sectors such as financial services, energy, media, telecoms and airlines. He advises on corporate governance, EU state aid law and financial services regulation. He is also active in enforcement and private investigation matters, litigations and arbitrations.

Career

Giuseppe joined the firm in January 1988, Partner in 1996. and initially resident in our Brussels office; transferred to Rome in July 1998 to open our first Italian office.

Professional Memberships

Rome and New York Bars.

Publications

“Tariffs in the Legal Professions and Article 101 TFEU: Cases C-128/21 Lietuvos notarų rūmai and C-438/22 Em Akaunt,” Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, April 2024 (co-author); The Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation Review, 4th Edition, October 25, 2023 (co-author of Italy chapter); “Regulation of Foreign Investment in Italy,” Practical Law, October 25, 2024 (co-author); “White-Collar Enforcement in Italy,” In-House Lawyer, February 24, 2023 (co-author); “Regulation of Foreign Investment in Italy.”, appeared in Practical Law, July 2022; (co-author) The Foreign Investment Regulation Review (Italy chapter), 2013-2020; “Foreign Direct Investment in Strategic Assets and Activities in Italy,” Thomson Reuters Practical Law, October 2020 (co-author); The Public Competition Enforcement Review (Italy chapter), 2016, 2018

Awards