Expertise

M&A
Corporate law
Tenders
Commercial contracts, particularly renting and leasing of business units

Key sectors:
- real estate
- energy
- gas

Foreign languages: English

Background

Member of the Construction & Engineering Focus Team

Joined the firm in 1999
Worked as senior counsel for GDF Suez, dealing with contracts and offering advice in the energy sector (2008–2009)
Seconded to Simpson Thacher Bartlett LLP in New York, dealing with private equity operations and public takeover bids (2004)

Qualifications

Member of the Italian Bar
Master’s in international business law from the University of London
Law degree from LUISS University of Rome

Knowledge Sharing

Waiting for the much-desired Supreme Court’s clarification of Section 1782 discovery applications in international commercial arbitration

The discovery application in private international arbitration, as provided for under Title 28 of the U.S. Code, Section 1782, has been debated in US Federal Courts, with conflicting decisions from the Circuit Courts. The clarification from the U.S. Supreme Court in Servotronics Inc. v. Rolls-R …

Golden Power: current landscape in the EU about "Foreign Direct Investment"

Foreign direct investment control mechanisms around the world vary in both substance and procedure. But what about in the EU? Even though it boasts a very open regime, concern about foreign investors, including state-owned companies, in strategic businesses is growing: their role in cross …