Ferigo Foscari > White & Case (Europe) LLP > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

The large US, English, and Italian capital markets team at White & Case (Europe) LLP advises on IPOs, rights issues, secondary offerings, accelerated book buildings, private investments in public equity and equity-linked products. At the Milan office, Ferigo Foscari brings experience working on semiconductor and microelectronic manufacturer Technoprobe’s IPO. Milan and London-based Michael Immordino regularly acts for investment banks and issuers on public and private equity offerings. Other key figures include Piero de Mattia and Italian and US-qualified lawyer Evgeny Scirtò Ostrovskiy. Alessandro Picchi and Pietro Magnaghi were promoted to partner in January 2024.

The US, English and Italian capital markets practitioners at White & Case (Europe) LLP cover EMTN and GMTN programmes, Eurobonds and Euro and private placements, along with high-yield and Yankee bonds, and green, social and sustainable bonds. The practice also brings expertise to matters involving hybrid securities, project bonds, liability management deals and structured products. The department is co-led by securitisation specialists Giuseppe Barra Caracciolo and Gianluca Fanti, along with capital markets experts Ferigo Foscari, Michael Immordino, Tommaso Tosi, Francesco Scebba and Evgeny Scirtò Ostrovskiy. Also of note are Pietro Magnaghi and Alessandro Picchi, who were promoted to partner in January 2024.

White & Case (Europe) LLP’s one-stop corporate and M&A practice in Milan has Italian, New York and English law capabilities. The team’s key figures are public M&A deal expert Ferigo Foscari; Leonardo Graffi, a corporate, M&A and private equity specialist; London and Milan-based Michael Immordino; and Alessandro Seganfreddo, who assists with cross- border and domestic mandates. Other names to note are Maria Cristina Storchi, an adviser to listed companies on sizeable M&A and restructuring transactions; Andrea Pretti, who ‘has an incredible work ethic’; and Caitlin Powell Gimpel and Sara Scapin.

Advising leading private equity and alternative capital provider firms, White & Case (Europe) LLP‘s Milan team consistently acts on major private equity transactions. Ferigo Foscari focuses on public M&A deals; Leonardo Graffi has extensive private equity sector experience; Michael Immordino divides his time between London and Milan; and Alessandro Seganfreddo is regularly involved in significant cross-border and domestic matters. The group also fields Andrea Pretti, who acts on deals in the pharmaceutical, financial services and TMT sectors, and Sara Scapin, an active adviser to Italian and international private equity sponsors.