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Italo De Santis

Italo De Santis

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Chiomenti

Chiomenti

Italy

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Capital markets: Equity

Chiomenti offers comprehensive expertise across a range of equity capital markets matters, including rights issues, tender offers, take-private deals, and public share offerings. The team is led by Marco Maugeri, who advises both Italian and international clients on corporate governance, capital increases, and commercial agreements, and Italo De Santis, who focuses on share sales, mergers, public takeover bids, and exchange offers. Manfredi Vianini Tolomei is active in public offerings and stock exchange listings, while Maria Carmela Falcone regularly advises on capital increases, block trades, and corporate reorganisations such as mergers and demergers.
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Phone
+39.02.72157.444
Email
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Work Department
Partner - Capital Markets; Corporate - M&A
Position

Italo advises Italian and international clients on Corporate - M&A, capital markets, and real estate matters with a focus on: sale and purchase of shares, mergers and demergers, public takeover bids and public exchange offerings, IPO, capital increases, corporate governance, related-party transaction and public disclosure regulations, sale and purchase of real estate, companies and real estate portfolios, real estate asset management, real estate investment trusts and collective real estate investment funds.

Career

Italo De Santis joined the Firm in 2008 and became a Partner in 2017. Since 2024 Head of the "Equity Capital Markets" Practice Area.

Languages
Italian, English
Memberships
Member of the Rome Bar (Italy), 2005
Education

Graduated in Law, Luiss – Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Rome (Italy), 2001;

Ph.D, Corporate Law, Università del Salento, Lecce (Italy), 2008,

LL.M., International Business Law, Queen Mary University of London (UK), 2010.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘I had the opportunity to work, among others, with Chiomenti’s capital markets team on a complex, extraordinary transaction. Among all the teams involved, the capital markets team stood out the most for their expertise, interpersonal skills, and their exceptional ability to manage both the matter and the client’s expectations with excellence.’

  • ‘Among all the professionals I’ve had the chance to work with, a special mention goes to Francesco Tedeschini and Maria Carmela Falcone in the capital markets team. Both are highly accomplished and deeply skilled lawyers.'

Work highlights

Assisting the Board of Directors of Mediobanca with carrying out the activities (included the preparation of the issuer’s statement) within its competence in relation to the voluntary public exchange offer on all the shares of Mediobanca announced by Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena on 24 January 2025.