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Luca Sponziello

Counsel

Capital markets | Mergers and acquisitions | Private capital |

Luca is a pleasure to work with. He is an outstanding negotiator

Chambers Europe, Italy, 2024

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About Luca Sponziello

Luca advises national and multinational clients in a vast range of sectors on many corporate transactions, including private equity projects, public takeovers and private M&A deals, both domestic and cross-border

Luca has over 20 years of experience advising clients on the full spectrum of M&A transactions, with a particular focus on the private equity sector. He has advised Italian and International clients on several acquisitions/disposals of companies and businesses operating in a wide range of sectors, including energy, banking, insurance, retail, healthcare, chemicals and infrastructure. 

Luca is ranked in Corporate and M&A by Chambers Europe, Italy, 2024 and has been recognised by Legal500 as “Next Generation Lawyer" in Commercial, Corporate and M&A.

Luca is a member of the firm’s global client solutions group for private M&A. He is also a member of the Poland team in the firm’s group for central and eastern Europe.

Recent work

  • Advising one of the shareholders of a luxury brands’ design, production and distribution company, in the sale of its entire share capital to a leading global technology platform for the luxury fashion industry listed on the NYSE.
  • Advising a global private equity fund on the acquisition of a multinational group leader in the production of UDCA, an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) used mainly in drugs that treat gastroenterological diseases.
  • Advising an international private equity fund on the sale of a global leader in specialty closures for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.
  • Assisting a leading world player in the nylon 6 synthetic fibre market on a SPAC combination and its subsequent listing on the Milan Stock Exchange. 

Qualifications

Education

  • Università Commerciale ‘Luigi Bocconi’, Milan, Italy (law)

Professional qualifications

  • Admitted to the Italian Bar (avvocato)