People

Livia Maria Pedroni Partner

Milan

With a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the technology and innovation market, Livia regularly advises early and late-stage companies on both single and multi-tranche investment rounds, secondaries, bridge financings, LBOs, buyouts and other types of exits, mergers, and corporate reorganisations. She has worked with international innovative companies from their inception and has also advised many of the key venture capital and private equity investors in the Italian and international markets.

Alongside her focus on technologies, she has acquired specific experience in the healthcare sector by working alongside one of the world-leading group in the laboratory analysis sector, since its entry onto the national scene until consolidating its leadership position in Italy through M&A transactions.

Diletta Pietrosemoli Associate

Milan

Diletta provides advice and assistance to Italian and international clients in relation to real estate transactions. She primarily deals with acquisitions and disposals of single assets and real estate portfolios for commercial, hotel and residential use.

Diletta graduated with honors (110/110 cum laude) from Bocconi University in Milan, after studying for a semester at ESADE University in Barcelona.

She was admitted to the bar in Milan with honors in 2024.

Leonardo Pinta Of Counsel

Rome

Leonardo practices in the areas of M&A, corporate and commercial law, corporate governance, and more in general, in structuring and negotiating extraordinary transactions such as share deals, assets deals, mergers, demergers and spin offs, with specific focus on the private equity sector. Clients represented are PE funds, multinational players, listed and private companies, entrepreneurs and managers. He gained solid expertise assisting purchasers and sellers in the context of one-to-one sales and competitive auctions as well as in the management of the relevant negotiation procedures.

He received a PhD in Business Law from Luiss Guido Carli in Rome and a Master’s Degree (LLM) in Corporate Law from New York University in New York and is admitted to practice in Italy.

Ginevra Rebecchini Senior Associate

Milan

Ginevra focuses in advising both national and international clients in corporate and commercial law matters with a focus on M&A, Venture Capital and Private Equity.

Elisabetta Santo Special Counsel

Milan; Rome

Elisa is an experienced trial lawyer, having successfully litigated several trials as well as domestic and international arbitrations, representing Italian and international clients such as media & entertainment corporations, private equity funds, banks.

She also has broad experience in handling alternative dispute resolutions.

Her practice focuses mainly on corporate and commercial law disputes.

Elisa has extensive experience in corporate governance and international contract law and advises prominent Italian and multinational corporations active in many industries.

Mario Scofferi Partner

Milan

Mario deals with labor law and industrial relations, assisting Italian and foreign clients, both in judicial and out-of-court matters, related to every aspect of the management of employment relationship, agency relationship and self-employment relationship in all its forms including inter alia:

• drafting of employment agreements (also for managers), drafting of para-subordinate employment agreements (so-called co.co.co.), self-employment agreements, agency agreements;
• drafting additional clauses to employment agreements (for example, non-competition and confidentiality clauses, etc.);
• drafting of incentive plans (including stock option plans);
• remote control of employees;
• change of duties and transfer of employees;
• individual and collective dismissal.

Specifically, Mario assists clients in the negotiation of self-employment and employment agreements, during their respective relationships as well as in their termination, with the stated objective of guaranteeing high quality services according to rigorous detailed studies and constant interaction with the clients.

His clients operate in the tourism, tertiary and services sector, as well as credit and chemistry sector and in the public administration (i.e. companies owned by the latter).

Mario has also gained considerable experience in managing relationships of the companies with the members of their Board as well as in disputes between social security institutions and companies.

Mario is author of numerous articles in the field of labor law published in trade magazines.

He is registered in the Milan Bar Association, as well as being both a member of AGI – (Italian Employment Lawyers Association) and of the Italian Journalists Association.

Francesco Seassaro Special Counsel

Milan

In these areas, he has been involved both in domestic and cross-border transactions, advising corporate clients, private equity funds and banks. In the context of private equity transactions, he has acted as legal counsel of the issuers in the listing of their shares in Italian regulated markets. He has developed an extensive knowledge of the aviation area, with specific regard to the purchase, sale and lease of aircraft and the financing of the acquisition of aircraft.

Before joining Orrick, Francesco was employed from 1980 to 1981 as in-house counsel by Italtel S.p.A., an Italian telecommunication company. From 1982 to 1988 he worked as an associate at Studio Legale De Berti & Jacchia, an Italian law firm based in Milan. From 1989 to 1997 he was at first an associate and then a partner at the London office of Carnelutti, an Italian law firm. From 1998 to 2008 he was a partner at Vita Samory, Fabbrini e Associati, an Italian law firm, working at the London office of the firm until 1999 and then at the main office in Milan since 2000.

He has been a lecturer at conferences and has written articles in English legal publications on corporate and banking matters.

Andrea Alfonso Stigliano Of Counsel

Milan

Andrea has extensive experience in cases involving anti-money laundering and export sanctions, financial crimes, corporate crimes, bankruptcy offenses, tax crimes, corruption and bribery in both the public and private sectors, environmental crimes, occupational health and safety offenses, intellectual property crimes, data protection and privacy crimes/cybercrimes.

Before joining Orrick, Andrea worked in the Milan office of Clifford Chance for eight years and, in 2017, he spent six months in the London office working both on UK and transnational matters.

Guido Testa Partner

Milan

Guido's practice focuses mainly on M&A, private equity, venture capital and joint venture transactions, as well as on corporate law and commercial contracts. In these areas, he represents primary enterprises, merchant banks, private equity and venture capital funds, as well as investment holding companies and family offices, both in domestic and cross-border transactions.

Carlo Trucco Partner

Milan

Carlo, a partner of the Technology Companies Group in Italy, advises funds, investors, and companies on a broad range of Venture Capital, Corporate Venture Capital, Tech M&A and M&A transactions.

His clients include the most active Venture Capital firms, High Growth technology companies operating in Italy as well as large Italian corporate groups that he advises on their M&A and CVC transactions across multiple industries, including high tech, agri-tech, fintech, life sciences and healthcare.

Carlo also has a longstanding experience in advising corporate clients, private equity firms and financial investors in the context of domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, as well as the sale of businesses, joint ventures, distressed M&A and corporate or indebtedness restructuring transactions.

Since 2009 Carlo has developed a specialty practice advising credit institutions on export finance and Export Credit Agency -backed transactions.

Luciano Vella Senior Associate

Milan

Luciano is focused in employment and labor law as well as in agency matters, trade union law and employment litigation, providing legal assistance to Italian and foreign companies. In addition, he has specific experience with the Italian system of health and safety in workplaces.

He is author of numerous articles in the field of labor law published in trade magazines.

Graduated from the University of Pisa in 2015 with honors, he was admitted to the Italian bar in 2018.

Alessandro Vittoria Partner

Milan

His activity is mainly focused on advising startups, scale-ups and late-stage companies, funds and investors in a wide range of venture capital transactions, as well as in M&A and private equity transactions, across multiple industries including tech and deep tech, agri-tech and food, fintech, life sciences and digital health. At Orrick, Alessandro has been involved in several landmark transactions, including the first Euro 100 million investment round in Italy in Prima Assicurazioni, a USD 100 million Series C round in Everli and a Euro 320 million Series D Round in Satispay.

During his career, Alessandro has developed a very deep experience in public and private domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, joint ventures, sale of businesses and corporate reorganization in a broad range of industries. He has also developed significant skills in corporate advisory, also related to listed companies, and in commercial and real estate contracts (including construction contracts). He has also occasionally assisted SGRs in the formation of investment funds and the regulation of relationships among partners.

Alessandro joined Orrick in 2018. Previously he had worked with BonelliErede, in their Milan office. In 2006-2007, Alessandro had been a visiting lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, in New York .