Claudia Parzani > Linklaters Studio Legale Associato > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato
Via Fatebenefratelli, 14
20121 Milano
Italy

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Specialized in corporate matters, Claudia has assisted and advised many of the most important Italian and international banks and corporates in the context of complex extraordinary transactions and currently her main focus is on strategic and corporate governance issues and ESG-linked topics.

Career

Partner at Linklaters, Claudia is also Chair of the Italian Stock Exchange after having been Deputy Chair and, previously, non-executive director. She is also Deputy Chair of Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A. From April 2017 to April 2022, she was Chair of Allianz S.p.A., having been a non-executive director of the company for the preceding 3 years.

In the past, she has served as Western Europe Managing partner and Global BD & Marketing Partner at Linklaters.

Languages

Italian, English

Memberships

Milan Bar Association

Education

Claudia is graduated at Università degli Studi di Milano in law degree J.D. with magna cum laude

Personal

Always extremely passionate about inclusion and social matters, Claudia is a member of the advisory board of UNHCR Italy, sits in the Comitato Scientifico (Supervisory Committee) of Parks – Liberi e Uguali and is the Chair of the Strategic Council of Fondazione Italia per il Dono (a non-profit foundation). She was member and then Chair (from 2013 to 2016) of the board of Valore D (the leading Italian association committed to supporting female leadership) and, together with Valore D and other partners, she structured and launched “In the Boardroom”, preparing women to step into board positions. She is the founder of “Breakfast@Linklaters”, a large network of female executives, and is the ambassador in Italy for the Inspiring Girls campaign to support young female talent

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Capital markets: Equity

(Hall of Fame)

Claudia ParzaniLinklaters Studio Legale Associato

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato‘s ECM team of Italian, UK and US-qualified lawyers remains consistently sought out for high-profile deals in Italy. Recent examples include advising the joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners on the Lottomatica Group IPO. The practice is jointly led by Claudia Parzani, the current chair of the Italian Stock Exchange; and Ugo Orsini, who acts for major investment banks, financial institutions and corporations on capital markets transactions, including equity and equity-linked deals. At managing associate level, Francesco Eugenio Pasello also specialises in ECM transactions.