Francescopaolo Lauro
Associate
Francescopaolo Lauro is a member of the Corporate Practice Group in the Milan office.
He advises Italian and international clients on corporate and commercial law matters.
Francescopaolo represents clients in M&A (both sell- and buy-side) and private equity transactions, joint ventures and other corporate transactions, corporate governance issues and day-to-day corporate matters, as well as commercial agreements.
His has accrued significant expertise in a wide range of industries including energy and natural resource, aerospace, automotive, pharmaceutical and Technology, media and telecom (TMT).
- Assisting a US-based group, operating in the ticketing and entertainment industry, in the acquisition of a company specialising in the development of ticket generation software.
- Assisting a US-based group, operating in the ticketing and entertainment sector, in the acquisition of an Italian group specialising in the organisation and promotion of events and festivals.
- Assisting an Italian group, operating in the photovoltaic sector, in the sale of a subsidiary holding authorisations for the construction of several plants in southern Italy.
- Assisting a group operating, inter alia, in the development and production of automotive components, in the sale of a subsidiary operating in the same sector to an Italian group.
- Assisting in the sale of an entire Swiss group operating globally in the logistics and transport sector to a Japanese group operating in the same sector.
- Assisting an Italian group operating, inter alia, in the aerospace, automotive and healthcare components sectors, in investing along with publicly-owned funds in an Italian company operating in the aerospace components development sector.
- Assisting a US-based group, operating in the events and entertainment sector, in the acquisition of Italian entities specialising in the organisation and promotion of events and festivals.
- Representing a global brand and implementation consultancy company on the negotiation of all Italian law aspects of the re-financing of their group indebtedness, including previous acquisition finance facility.
- Representing a growth-focused UK private equity fund on the negotiation of all Italian law aspects of the acquisition finance facility, and related security package in the context of the acquisition of a European leader in business messaging solutions to local enterprises.
- Representing a Spanish Bank on the purchase of a portion of three Italian project finance facility including relevant Italian security package from a French Bank.
Education
- Luiss Guido Carli University, Master’s Degree, 2019
Admissions
- Italy, 2021
Languages
- English
- Italian