Dario Longo > Linklaters Studio Legale Associato > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato
Via Fatebenefratelli, 14
20121 Milano
Italy

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Dario Longo is a partner in our capital markets group at Linklaters since the establishment of the Milan office in 2007. He is the head of the structured finance and financial regulatory practices, and his practice covers the entire cycle of financial regulated assets. He regularly acts for financial sponsors and international banks on structured financed transactions, structured lending, securitization transactions, NPLs and servicing platforms, and advises on M&A transactions on regulated assets, fund formation and general financial regulations.

Career

2007 to date:  Partner, Linklaters, Milan

2005-2007: Partner, Pedersoli e Associati, Milan

2002-2005: Senior Associate, Allen & Overy, Milan

2000-2002: Senior Associate, Allen & Overy, London

1997-2000: Associate, Brosio, Casati e Associati / Allen & Overy, Milan

Languages

Italian, English

Memberships

Admitted to the Italian Bar

Education

1997: LL. M. in European Business Law, Pallas Consortium, Amsterdam
1996: J.D. cum laude, L.U.I.S.S., Rome – Law School

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Capital markets: Debt

(Hall of Fame)

Dario LongoLinklaters 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.

Italy > Investment funds

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato‘ Italian team routinely advises investment managers on fund formations and financial regulation. The practice is routinely mandated by Bain Capital Credit for the structuring and establishment of Italian real estate and credit sector-related funds. The Milan office’s structured finance and financial regulatory practices are led by Dario Longo, whose practice covers the entire cycle of financially regulated assets. Flanking Longo, Emanuele Umberto Auriliahas remarkable legal and commercial expertise‘.