Expertise

• Corporate law, with particular focus on:
  • mergers and acquisitions of listed and non-listed companies in Italy and abroad
  • acquisition and sale of business units
  • extraordinary transactions
  • joint ventures
  • leveraged buyouts
  • governance issues
• Private Equity
• Insurance law, with particular focus on:
  • extraordinary transactions involving insurers and insurance intermediaries
  • regulatory issues
  • product structuring
  • relations with the supervisory authorities
• Assistance to international clients in investing in Italy
• Key sectors:
  • insurance
  • banking
  • fashion/luxury
  • chemicals
• Foreign languages: English, French, Spanish

Background

• Team Leader of the Insurance Focus Team
• Member of the Banks Focus Team
• Member of the Debt Capital Markets Focus Team
• Member of the Private Equity Focus Team
• Country partner for China, Japan and South Korea
• Made partner in 2005
• Visiting foreign lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York (2000-2001)
• Joined Erede e Associati in 1998, which evolved into BonelliErede

• Lecturer on corporate law, extraordinary transactions and insurance law

Ranking and Awards

The Chambers & Partners international legal directory lists Stefano as one of Italy’s major experts in insurance law.

Testimonials

“He is a prompt and pragmatic lawyer with an entrepreneurial vision”

(Chambers & Partners)

Qualifications

• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
• Member of the Italian Bar
• Master in law and economics from Tor Vergata University of Rome
• Law degree from the University of Pisa