Masotti Cassella > Milan, Italy > Firm Profile
Masotti Cassella Offices
CORSO MAGENTA, 56
20123 MILAN
Italy
Masotti Cassella > The Legal 500 Rankings
Italy > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Tier 3
Masotti Cassella is accustomed to advising clients in a range of sectors, including medical devices, biotech and pharmaceuticals. The firm also advises on research and development and clinical trial agreements. Luca Masotti co-heads the firm’s life sciences department where he utilises his experience on corporate and M&A matters, including those involving international transactions. Joint co-head Carlo Piatti, is advises on banking, commercial, corporate, public law and litigation matters.Practice head(s):
Luca Masotti; Carlo Piatti
Key clients
Ab Medica S.p.A.
Pharmalex GmbH
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
Ab Medica France
Work highlights
- Advising Pharmalex on the Italian aspects of the 1.2 billion dollar sale of its shares to AmersourceBergen.
- Advising Glenmark on the acquisition of 100% shares in Sintesy Pharma SRL (cross-border transaction – Italy, Switzerland, India).
- Defending one of our most important clients in a complex series of procedures (value: over 18 million Euro) challenging a decision of the Italian Government which was based on an unprecedented and very controversial law recently issued in Italy, that has already raised a large number of litigations started by medical device companies, as well as several debates on a national level, with extensive media coverage.
Italy > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 6
With longstanding experience in inbound and outbound international deals involving Italy, Masotti Cassella’s department is co-headed by pharmaceutical and medical devices sector expert Luca Masotti; Mascia Cassella, whose career includes 10 years as general counsel to an international engineering group; and banking, commercial, corporate and public law specialist Carlo Piatti.Practice head(s):
Mascia Cassella; Luca Masotti; Carlo Piatti
Key clients
Pomini Rubber & Plastics – HF Mixing Group
Ab Medica S.p.A.
LULU Group – Y International
New Era Converting Machinery
Wienerberger AG
Pharmalex GmbH
Briarwood Products Group
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
Ab Medica France
Avico Group & HC
Work highlights
- Acting as Italian adviser to Wienerberger on the acquisition of Terreal.
- Co-advising H&C and Avico Group on Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd’s collaboration with Helicopter and Cooperation SAS (H&C) to strengthen the global presence of its European affiliate Weststar NDD.
- Co-advising TWT Group on the signing of an agreement for the sale of all its share capital to Unidata.
Masotti Cassella > Firm Profile
We are an international business law firm based in Milan, established in 1965.
Our firm comprises a multi-disciplinary practice of lawyers and tax accountants, with a diverse range of skills and backgrounds. Our team includes dual-qualified Italian and English lawyers together with Italian Dottori Commercialisti (qualified tax practitioners).
Many of our clients are fast growing and several are leaders in their industry sectors.
With established relationships with selected law firms in important business centres across the US, Europe and Asia, we provide our clients with a combination of in-depth local knowledge and a unique global perspective.
We are organized around the following practice areas: corporate and commercial (including M&A), corporate compliance, banking and finance, insolvency and restructuring, tax, life sciences, project finance, employment, administrative law and real estate, litigation and arbitration, and intellectual property.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Administrative and real estate | Francesca Masotti | ||
Administrative and real estate | Carlo Piatti | ||
Banking and finance | Mascia Cassella | ||
Corporate and commercial | Luca Masotti | ||
Corporate compliance | Mascia Cassella | ||
Employment | Barbara Cassol | ||
Insolvency and restructuring | Mascia Cassella | ||
Insolvency and restructuring | Francesca Masotti | ||
Life sciences | Luca Masotti | ||
Litigation and arbitration | Luca Masotti | ||
Litigation and arbitration | Carlo Piatti | ||
Project finance and energy | Mascia Cassella | ||
Tax | Francesca Masotti |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Avvocato Mascia Cassella | Avvocato, admitted to the Italian Bar (Milan). Areas of practice are M&A,… | View Profile | |
Avvocato Luca Masotti | Avvocato, admitted to the Italian Bar (Milan) and admitted as a Solicitor… | View Profile | |
Dott ssa Francesca Masotti | Commercialista, Italy (similar to Chartered Accountant or CPA) and Member of the… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of lawyers : 12 Number of Chartered accountants : 3 Staff : 6Languages
English French German Italian Portuguese SpanishOther
Other offices : RomeLegal Briefings
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