Eliana Catalano > BonelliErede > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Acting for several leading Italian companies, BonelliErede advises on the gamut of business and corporate law matters, including high-stakes M&A. Giulia Bianchi Frangipane is a corporate law specialist; Andrea Carta Mantiglia focuses on the healthcare, life sciences and TMT sectors; Eliana Catalano is ‘a star lawyer’; and Silvia Romanelli’s practice encompasses corporate and business law, M&A, takeover bids, joint ventures, and extraordinary transactions. Other active practitioners are private client focus head Gianpiero Succi, Gianfranco Veneziano, who spearheads development of the firm’s Egyptian practice, and corporate law expert Nicola Marchioro. M&A specialist Alessandro De Nicola was hired from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in February 2024.

BonelliErede‘s multi-disciplinary team advises on the gamut of private equity work, including public and private M&A. The group also comprises experts in Italian and cross-border fund formation, tax and regulatory issues, lending, and the tax structuring of acquisitions, reorganisations and exits. M&A practitioner Eliana Catalano leads the private equity-focused team, which includes corporate law experts Giulia Bianchi Frangipane and Stefano Nanni Costa; luxury sector specialist Umberto Nicodano; M&A, corporate law and business contract expert Augusto Praloran; and Francesca Ricceri, who advises on M&A, private equity and commercial agreements.