Benedetto Lonato > LCA Studio Legale > Genoa, Italy > Lawyer Profile
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GENOVA – Via XX
Settembre 31/6
Italy
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Benedetto Lonato
Work Department
Corporate M&A, PE, Capital Markets, TMT, Global Mobility
Position
Partner, Co-Head of the Genoa Office and Co-Head of the Capital Markets Department
Career
He joined the Firm in 2007 and 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.
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 MTA, Borsa Italiana’s main market, Aim and Euronext MTFs). 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 finally oversees the Global Mobility’s team of LCA.
Languages
Italian and English
Memberships
Member of IBA – International Bar Association and AILA.
Education
Law Degree, University of Genoa (2005)
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Genoa: leading firms
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Shipping
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- 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: TMT
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Employment
- Tax