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Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici Offices

PIAZZA BORROMEO 8
20123 MILAN
Italy
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Franco Barucci
Work Department
Mergers and acquisitions, Financial markets and securities investments
Position
Franco advises both Italian and foreign companies in M&A transactions, capital markets and corporate law matters. In particular, he specializes in acquisitions and disposals of shareholdings and business, within the context of extraordinary transactions, involving listed companies and banks, as well as assisting them in corporate governance matters and in their relations with the Bank of Italy.
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Private equity
Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici acts for banks, mezzanine funds and management groups with leveraged and management buy-out and buy-in deals. It also advises on private equity-related investment management, financial institutions regulation, and tax. The team is co-led by private equity specialist Gianni Martoglia and M&A expert Andrea Giardino. The practice further includes highly-rated civil and commercial law practitioner Carlo Pavesi; M&A, capital markets and corporate law practitioner Franco Barucci; and Silvia Palazzetti, an adviser on corporate law in the private and public sectors. In January 2024, Filippo Sola was made partner.
Italy > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading partners)Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici is consistently involved in telecoms, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, and banking and finance sector-related transactions. Francesco Gatti‘s broad expertise encompasses corporate law and M&A; Carlo Pavesi
is a renowned civil and commercial law specialist; Stefano Valerio is a corporate deal expert; Franco Barucci advises on acquisitions and disposals of shareholdings and businesses; and Andrea Giardino ‘stands out’. Other key figures are Gianni Martoglia, Federico Cenzi Venezze, Federica Munno, Riccardo Salerno, Filippo Sola, and Vittorio Cavajoni. Maria Cristina Storchi is a 2024 recruit from White & Case (Europe) LLP, while Livia Cocca joined from Chiomenti in February 2025.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Italy
- Leading partners Italy > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Private equity Italy