Benedetto Lonato > LCA Studio Legale > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

LCA Studio Legale
VIA DELLA MOSCOVA 18
20121 MILANO
Italy

Work Department

Capital Markets

Position

Partner and Co-Head of the Capital Markets Department

Career

Benedetto is a member of the Firm’s Corporate Department. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity, IPO and capital markets transactions (ECM). He has significant experience in both cross-border and domestic transactions, as well as carve-outs, joint ventures, LBOs, and initial public (IPO) and other securities offerings (with particular focus on Euronext Markets). He also frequently advises companies and their boards of directors on corporate legal matters. He has advised a broad range of public and private clients across many industries, including technology and digital, web, software, industrial, media and advertising, private equity, and financial institutions.
He oversees the Global Mobility’s team of LCA.

Benedetto joined the Law Firm in 2007.
Since 2012, he has also been a member of the Genoa-located team. Previously to that, he had worked for the law firm Jacob J. Sapochnick in San Diego (USA) and afterwards for a primary law firm specialized in the shipping sector assisting P&I clubs, ship-owners and maritime agencies.

Benedetto regularly participates, as a speaker, in seminars and workshops related to Capital Market themes.
He usually writes articles on the topics of his interest. He is co-author with Alessia Ajelli of the Italian chapter of “The Corporate Immigration Review 2014” published by Law Business Research.

Languages

Italian, English

Memberships

He is a member of IBA – International Bar Association and of AILA.

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Genoa: leading firms

LCA Studio Legale is proficient in a host of practice areas including shipping and logistics, commercial, corporate, and M&A, and capital markets. The Genoa practice is led by Benedetto Lonato, Riccardo Massimilla, and Davide Magnolia . Lonato focuses on national and cross-border M&A and other corporate and commercial matters. Massimilla is also experienced in M&A and corporate governance as well as investment and finance. Magnolia advises on contentious and non-contentious matters in shipping and transportation.

Italy > Private equity

LCA Studio Legale‘s practice covers fundraising, buyouts and other investments, along with the creation of investment vehicles. In Milan, Roberto de Bonis advises entrepreneurs, managers and investors on private equity transactions; while Andrea Messuti is ‘a recognised lawyer in the market’. Over in Genoa, Benedetto Lonato assists with LBOs, while Riccardo Massimilla is experienced in private equity transactions in the energy, manufacturing, financial services and oil and gas sectors.

Italy > Capital markets: Equity

LCA Studio Legale’s equity capital markets practice covers Italian and international IPOs and secondary offerings on both regulated and unregulated markets, along with secondary listings and regulatory compliance advice. It also advises on dual listing processes. The group is co-led by IPO specialist Benedetto Lonato and Andrea Messuti, who ‘always provides a quick solution’. The team further includes Daniele Ferrone, who is particularly focused on equity capital markets transactions.