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Antonio Coletti
Position
Antonio Coletti advises clients on a variety of capital markets, M&A, and general corporate matters, with a particular focus on equity and debt offerings.
Widely recognized as one of Italy’s leading corporate lawyers, Antonio advises a mix of private equity firms, companies, and investment banks that do business in Italy. He handles a range of notable transactional matters, including equity and debt capital markets offerings and public mergers and acquisitions. His work also includes public company representation matters.
Drawing on more than two decades of capital markets experience, Antonio combines sophisticated legal and regulatory knowledge with a pragmatic and commercially driven approach. He regularly advises on some of the highest-profile capital markets transactions in the Italian market. His capital markets work includes:
- Primary and secondary offerings, listings (initial public offerings, rights issues, and accelerated book build offerings)
- Public M&A, including stake buildings and take-over bids
- Bonds issues (investment grade, high yields, and convertible)
- Liability management (tender offers and consent solicitation)
- Structured finance transactions, including equity derivatives
Antonio also advises clients on sales and acquisitions of public companies, as well as general corporate representation, reorganization, and compliance matters.
Antonio previously served as Local Chair of the Corporate Department in Milan.
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Capital markets: Equity
(Hall of Fame)Assisting clients with both Italian and US law, Latham & Watkins LLP
‘s Italian capital markets team in Milan is consistently sought out to advise on high-profile transactions, including headline IPOs. Antonio Coletti
acts for private and public companies, as well as private equity funds, underwriters, placing agents and initial purchasers, on a wide range of securities transactions; Jeffrey Lawlis‘ broad expertise encompasses equity capital markets offerings; and capital markets specialist Ryan Benedict divides his time between Milan and London. The practice also features Paolo Bernasconi, Guido Bartolomei and Giorgio Ignazzi.
Italy > Capital markets: Debt
In addition to its extensive US law experience, Latham & Watkins LLP‘s Milan team has longstanding Italian and international capital markets expertise. It is particularly well known for high-yield bonds. The group is co-led by Jeff Lawlis, who has enviable experience in public and private cross-border deals; Paolo Bernasconi, an adviser on issuances of high-yield debt securities; and Antonio Coletti, who is experienced in an array of securities transactions. The department further includes Ryan Benedict, who divides his time between Milan and London; and international capital markets practitioner Giorgio Ignazzi.
Lawyer Rankings
- Capital markets: Debt Italy
- Hall of Fame Italy > Capital markets: Equity
- Capital markets: Equity Italy