Benedetto Lonato > LCA Studio Legale > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
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20121 MILANO
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Benedetto Lonato
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’s Genoa office has a broad advisory practice, with strong activity in shipping, logistics, M&A and capital markets. Benedetto Lonato specialises in domestic and cross-border matters in the fields of M&A, private equity, capital markets and commercial law. Davide Magnolia focuses his work on shipping and transportation law, advising on contentious and non-contentious dry and wet maritime mandates, while Riccardo Massimilla has expertise in private and public investments relating to start-ups and SMEs.
Italy > Capital markets: Equity
LCA Studio Legale’s practice handles mid-market and upper-market ECM mandates, including IPOs, share buy-back schemes and dual listings. The team is co-led by IPO specialist Benedetto Lonato and Andrea Messuti, who advises tech and growth-stage companies on capital markets matters. In January 2023, the firm hired Andrea Marani, Gianni & Origoni’s former financial markets practice co-head. Marani’s arrival extends the firm’s IPO capabilities to cover the Milan Borsa’s main list.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Genoa: leading firms
- Shipping
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Industry focus: TMT
- Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Tax