Linda Taylor > Linklaters Studio Legale Associato > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato
Via Fatebenefratelli, 14
20121 Milano
Italy

Work Department

Capital Markets

Position

Linda Taylor is an Italian and English law-qualified Counsel based at Linklaters’ Milan offices, with focus on Sustainable Finance, ESG and DEI,  where she leads the international DCM practice group . She is an English law specialist in debt and equity capital markets transactions involving Italian issuers and her in-depth knowledge of the Italian market is complemented by her extensive experience in international capital markets.  She regularly advises on a broad range of capital markets transactions and has advised issuers and underwriters in relation to IPOs, block trades, exchangeable/convertible bonds, regulatory capital, corporate bonds, MTN programmes and liability management.

Linda is also co-head of the Linklaters Italian ESG practice, which includes lawyers from all practice areas of the firm to deliver a full service offer on ESG matters.

Career

July 2014 to present: Counsel at Linklaters Italy

Clifford Chance LLP

Languages

English, Italian, Spanish and French

Memberships

Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and Avvocato Stabilito with the Milan Bar

Linda sits on the committee of the Milan office’s corporate responsibility (CR) programme.

Education

1999 – 2000: Nottingham law school

1995-1999: Law with French, University of Birmingham

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Capital markets: Debt

(Next Generation Partners)

Linda TaylorLinklaters Studio Legale Associato

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato draws on the bench strength of its Italian, UK and US practitioners, who act for both corporate issuers and underwriting banks on debt matters. It also advises on securitisation and structured finance deals. Highlights include assisting UniCredit with updating its €35bn covered bond programme. Dario Longo leads the structured finance and financial regulatory practices. Other key figures include Ugo Orsini, who brings expertise to debt deals, counsel Linda Taylor, an expert in  international capital markets. In May 2023, Lorenzo Dal Canto, whose workload includes covered bonds, residential mortgage securitisations, receivables and project bonds, was promoted to counsel.