ELN – EuroLegalNet lawyers are particularly knowledgeable in assisting Italian companies with international expansion, as well as in working with foreign individuals and companies intending to set up business in Italy. The firm also caters to those in conflict with Italian counterparties, or who need to maintain working relationships with them. In addition, the ELN lawyers are capable of tackling and solving legal issues from both a technical and an operational standpoint, resorting where necessary to the support offered by a network of lawyers, professionals and qualified academics in a range of differing sectors and countries.
Francesco Ferrini
Francesco Ferrini graduated in Law from the University of Ferrara in 1993. During the 1991–1992 academic year, he was an Erasmus student at the University of Leeds, UK. In 1998, he completed a Master’s degree in Law (LL.M.) at the Wake Forest University School of Law in the US. He is a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, and has worked in Rome and Milan for national and international law firms, as well as in Washington DC, US, for Arnold & Porter as a visiting foreign lawyer. In the period spanning 2005–2008, he was ABN AMRO Bank N.V.’s Legal Director for Italy. He has been a member of the Italian Bar Association since 1996, commencing his own practice in 2009.
A specialist in banking law, capital markets law and international financial operations, his current practice is primarily focused on providing counsel in and out of court, regarding:
● Corporate and commercial law, including: (i) commercial contracts; (ii) corporate restructuring and insolvency; (iii) the Italian law 231/2001 and organisational model of companies in Italy; (iv) private placements, IPOs, corporate reorganisations and recapitalisation; (v) governance of public companies and closely held corporations;
● Financial transactions, including financing coordinated by banks, and financing for acquisitions (both national and international);
● Legal assistance to Chinese companies domiciled in Italy and listed on international stock exchanges.
He is fluent in English, Spanish and Chinese, and also operates via a dedicated China practice team.