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    OFFICE
    Rome Office

    Piazza del Popolo 18, 00187
    TEL: +39 06340091
    FAX: +39 0634009300

    Milan Office

    Via della Moscova 18, 20121
    TEL: +39 027788751
    FAX: +39 0276018478

    EMAIL: niccolo.abriani@lcalex.it

    LANGUAGES
    Italian English French Spanish
    PROFESSIONAL ORDER

    Italy (Rome Bar)

    PERSONAL ASSISTANT

    Raffaella Mattioli
    raffaella.mattioli@lcalex.it

    Equity Partner

    Niccolò
    Abriani

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    Information

    OFFICE
    Rome Office

    Piazza del Popolo 18, 00187
    TEL: +39 06340091
    FAX: +39 0634009300

    Milan Office

    Via della Moscova 18, 20121
    TEL: +39 027788751
    FAX: +39 0276018478

    EMAIL: niccolo.abriani@lcalex.it

    LANGUAGES
    Italian English French Spanish
    PROFESSIONAL ORDER

    Italy (Rome Bar)

    PERSONAL ASSISTANT

    Raffaella Mattioli
    raffaella.mattioli@lcalex.it

    Niccolò is one of Italy’s leading experts in corporate law, corporate governance and bankruptcy law. Among his many activities, he advises clients (i.e., independent directors and boards of statutory auditors) on related-party transactions, takeover bids, amendments to articles of association and the review and application of corporate governance rules. He also assists companies, bankruptcy proceedings, directors and auditors in liability actions and allegations of serious irregularities. He acts as advisor, board member, liquidator and legal commissioner for major restructuring and turnaround operations in the context of composition agreements, debt restructuring agreements and certified recovery plans.

    Professional experience

    Niccolò joined LCA in 2022.
    He is full Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Florence (since 2005), Professor of Corporate Law at the Ph.D. and Master’s Degree of LUISS University in Rome (since 2012) and member of the Committee for Appointments and Promotions of Bocconi University in Milan (since 2016).
    He holds a Ph.D. in Commercial Law from Bocconi University in Milan, where he taught Commercial Law and Corporate Governance, and was Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Foggia (2003-2005).
    He was also Coordinator of the Italian-Spanish research project on the legal forms of SMEs, University of Florence – Universidad de Valencia from 2005 to 2007.
    Niccolò also works as an extraordinary commissioner, bankruptcy liquidator and legal commissioner of judicial settlements with business continuity.

    Associations, seminars, media and other activities

    Niccolò is a member of national and international arbitration panels, as well as an independent member of administration and control bodies. He has been an independent director and statutory auditor of banking and financial companies, and of listed industrial companies (e.g., member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Leonardo, formerly Finmeccanica, S.p.A., independent director, appointed by Fondo Atlante, of Banca Popolare di Vicenza S.p.A.). He is a member of the supervisory bodies of companies (i.e., Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Leonardo Global Solutions, the main subsidiary of the Leonardo Group, of SEIF, a company listed in Milan and Paris, and of Iren Toscana Ambiente) and non-profit organizations (e.g., Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of the Mandela Forum Association in Florence and member of the Supervisory Board of the Casa della Carità Angelo Abriani in Milan). Author of numerous studies and publications, the most recent of which are dedicated to the impact of artificial intelligence on corporate governance, corporate crises, financial structure and the control system of listed companies.

    Founder and co-editor of Rivista del Diritto Societario; co-editor of Rivista di Diritto dell’Impresa; member of the referee committee (i.e., evaluation committee) of Rivista delle Società, Rivista del notariato, Giurisprudenza Italiana, Il Fallimento e degli Annali Italiani del Diritto d’Autore – AIDA. Coordinator for the Commercial Law sector of the Dizionari di diritto privato edited by Natalino Irti; coordinator for the Corporate Law sector of Il diritto, Enciclopedia giuridica de Il Sole-24 Ore.

    Director of the School of Legal Professions at the University of Florence.
    Member of the Commission for Business Studies of the National Council of Notaries.
    Member of the Commission for the elaboration of rules of conduct for the Board of Auditors of the National Council of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts
    Member of the Scientific Committee of the Institute for Corporate Governance.
    Member of the Company Law Observatory of the College of Notaries of Florence.

    Since 12 March 2024, he has been appointed by the MEF to participate in the “Comitato di coordinamento per l’analisi e l’approfondimento delle tematiche inerenti alla riforma organica delle disposizioni in materia di mercati di capitali” nel “Gruppo di lavoro Emittenti”.

    His most recent publications include:
    – Diritto delle Imprese e Intelligenza Artificiale. Dalla Fintech alla Corptech (con G. Schneider), Il Mulino, 2021.
    – Il Diritto delle Imprese tra Emergenza e Rilancio nella Sostenibilità, in N. Abriani, G.C. Caselli, A. Celotto, F. Di Marzio, S. Masini, G. Tremonti, Il diritto e l’eccezione, Donzelli, 2020, pp. 87-134;
    – Il Nuovo Codice di Corporate Governance, in RDS, 2022, pp. 253-290.
    – La Disciplina dei Gruppi di Imprese nel Codice della Crisi e dell’Insolvenza, in L. De Simone, M. Fabiani e S. Leuzzi (a cura di), Studi sull’avvio del Codice della crisi, Special issue of Dirittodellacrisi.it, 2022, pp. 178-196.

    Education

    Ph.D. in Commercial Law, Bocconi University of Milan (1995)
    Law degree, University of Turin (1990)

    Acknowledgments

    Recommended Lawyer for Restructuring and Insolvency; Key Lawyer for Dispute Resolution

    Highly recommended for Restructuring & Insolvency

    Information

    OFFICE

    Rome Office

    Piazza del Popolo 18, 00187
    TEL: +39 06340091
    FAX: +39 0634009300

    Milan Office

    Via della Moscova 18, 20121
    TEL: +39 027788751
    FAX: +39 0276018478

    EMAIL: niccolo.abriani@lcalex.it

    LANGUAGES
    Italian English French Spanish
    PROFESSIONAL ORDER

    Italy (Rome Bar)

    PERSONAL ASSISTANT

    Raffaella Mattioli
    raffaella.mattioli@lcalex.it

    Areas of activity

    Niccolò is one of Italy’s leading experts in corporate law, corporate governance and bankruptcy law. Among his many activities, he advises clients (i.e., independent directors and boards of statutory auditors) on related-party transactions, takeover bids, amendments to articles of association and the review and application of corporate governance rules. He also assists companies, bankruptcy proceedings, directors and auditors in liability actions and allegations of serious irregularities. He acts as advisor, board member, liquidator and legal commissioner for major restructuring and turnaround operations in the context of composition agreements, debt restructuring agreements and certified recovery plans.

    Professional experience

    Niccolò joined LCA in 2022.
    He is full Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Florence (since 2005), Professor of Corporate Law at the Ph.D. and Master’s Degree of LUISS University in Rome (since 2012) and member of the Committee for Appointments and Promotions of Bocconi University in Milan (since 2016).
    He holds a Ph.D. in Commercial Law from Bocconi University in Milan, where he taught Commercial Law and Corporate Governance, and was Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Foggia (2003-2005).
    He was also Coordinator of the Italian-Spanish research project on the legal forms of SMEs, University of Florence – Universidad de Valencia from 2005 to 2007.
    Niccolò also works as an extraordinary commissioner, bankruptcy liquidator and legal commissioner of judicial settlements with business continuity.

    Associations, seminars, media and other activities

    Niccolò is a member of national and international arbitration panels, as well as an independent member of administration and control bodies. He has been an independent director and statutory auditor of banking and financial companies, and of listed industrial companies (e.g., member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Leonardo, formerly Finmeccanica, S.p.A., independent director, appointed by Fondo Atlante, of Banca Popolare di Vicenza S.p.A.). He is a member of the supervisory bodies of companies (i.e., Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Leonardo Global Solutions, the main subsidiary of the Leonardo Group, of SEIF, a company listed in Milan and Paris, and of Iren Toscana Ambiente) and non-profit organizations (e.g., Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of the Mandela Forum Association in Florence and member of the Supervisory Board of the Casa della Carità Angelo Abriani in Milan). Author of numerous studies and publications, the most recent of which are dedicated to the impact of artificial intelligence on corporate governance, corporate crises, financial structure and the control system of listed companies.

    Founder and co-editor of Rivista del Diritto Societario; co-editor of Rivista di Diritto dell’Impresa; member of the referee committee (i.e., evaluation committee) of Rivista delle Società, Rivista del notariato, Giurisprudenza Italiana, Il Fallimento e degli Annali Italiani del Diritto d’Autore – AIDA. Coordinator for the Commercial Law sector of the Dizionari di diritto privato edited by Natalino Irti; coordinator for the Corporate Law sector of Il diritto, Enciclopedia giuridica de Il Sole-24 Ore.

    Director of the School of Legal Professions at the University of Florence.
    Member of the Commission for Business Studies of the National Council of Notaries.
    Member of the Commission for the elaboration of rules of conduct for the Board of Auditors of the National Council of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts
    Member of the Scientific Committee of the Institute for Corporate Governance.
    Member of the Company Law Observatory of the College of Notaries of Florence.

    Since 12 March 2024, he has been appointed by the MEF to participate in the “Comitato di coordinamento per l’analisi e l’approfondimento delle tematiche inerenti alla riforma organica delle disposizioni in materia di mercati di capitali” nel “Gruppo di lavoro Emittenti”.

    His most recent publications include:
    – Diritto delle Imprese e Intelligenza Artificiale. Dalla Fintech alla Corptech (con G. Schneider), Il Mulino, 2021.
    – Il Diritto delle Imprese tra Emergenza e Rilancio nella Sostenibilità, in N. Abriani, G.C. Caselli, A. Celotto, F. Di Marzio, S. Masini, G. Tremonti, Il diritto e l’eccezione, Donzelli, 2020, pp. 87-134;
    – Il Nuovo Codice di Corporate Governance, in RDS, 2022, pp. 253-290.
    – La Disciplina dei Gruppi di Imprese nel Codice della Crisi e dell’Insolvenza, in L. De Simone, M. Fabiani e S. Leuzzi (a cura di), Studi sull’avvio del Codice della crisi, Special issue of Dirittodellacrisi.it, 2022, pp. 178-196.

    Education

    Ph.D. in Commercial Law, Bocconi University of Milan (1995)
    Law degree, University of Turin (1990)

    Acknowledgments

    Acknowledgments

    Recommended Lawyer for Restructuring and Insolvency; Key Lawyer for Dispute Resolution

    Highly recommended for Restructuring & Insolvency

    Litigation, Arbitration and ADR
    Commercial and corporate
    Corporate Compliance
    M&A – Private Equity
    Start Up & Venture Capital
    Banking, Finance & Regulatory
    Capital markets
    Restructuring
    Insolvency Disputes
    Bankruptcy Litigation

    Litigation, Arbitration and ADR

    At LCA, our expert advisors will assist you in the prevention, management and resolution of disputes, in civil and commercial matters. Whether you’re based in Italy or abroad, before an ordinary or special court, or subject to national and international arbitrations, we’re by your side every step of the way.
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    Commercial and corporate

    While LCA can offer and support you in a broad variety of services, we pride ourselves on consultancy for company law, domestic and international corporate contracts, commercial and corporate litigation and all the regulatory aspects typical of the various markets involved.
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    Corporate Compliance

    Corporate compliance is essential to the wellbeing of any business. At LCA, we offer assistance and consultancy to companies, providing them with the appropriate legal support to ensure they proactively comply with laws, regulations, codes of conduct and rules. For the best results, this assistance relies on inter-department collaboration within the Firm, and in particular with professionals from the Corporate Department, specialised in liability under Italian Legislative Decree No. 231/01.
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    M&A – Private Equity

    At LCA, we boast long-standing experience in global transactions and investment opportunities. We can assist you in structuring extraordinary transactions in Italy and across borders, and in negotiating and drafting relevant contractual agreements. In this way, we can ensure optimum creation, development and consolidation (including on an international level) of your business initiatives, and support your company to harness growth and investment opportunities offered by global markets.
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    Start Up & Venture Capital

    We know that innovation drives change. This is why, at LCA, we drive business incubators and accelerators, innovative entrepreneurs, and high potential start-ups to achieve the success they deserve. With our expert team by your side, we will guide you through each step of the process from concept through to full realisation and implementation. We are proud to represent a wide array of investors, from investment funds to family offices, and actively cover all facets of the technology market.
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    Banking, Finance & Regulatory

    We pride ourselves on the distinguished support we provide to financial institutions, investment funds, sponsors and corporations to help them structure, negotiate and implement a wide range of domestic and international financing and structured finance transactions, including bond issues and securitisations of performing and non-performing loans.
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    Capital markets

    At LCA, we’re renowned for our involvement with major capital market transactions, both equity and debt, as part of primary and secondary offerings on regulated and unregulated financial markets. Thanks to this, we’ve been able to develop extensive expertise in the complex industry regulations and financial practices that characterise the Italian and international capital markets. We assist stock broking companies (SIMs), open-ended investment companies (SICAVs), investment companies with fixed capital (SICAFs), and asset management companies (SGRs) in the provision of investment and collective asset management services, as well as in the implementation of crowdfunding platforms.
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    Restructuring

    We understand that business crises are complex, but with our multi-faceted expertise in the field of business crisis, we can support, guide and inform you in crisis management, starting from an in-depth analysis of your specific financial and asset situation and an understanding of the causes of the crisis, up to the identification and planning of the most appropriate tools to face it, together.
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    Insolvency Disputes

    If the worst happens and we can’t maintain business continuity or rescue any parts of your business that are still profitable, all and any assistance we provide will be aimed at identifying the most appropriate liquidation path for the specific situation, whether it be bankruptcy or composition with creditors.
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    Bankruptcy Litigation

    Our accomplished bankruptcy litigation team will assist, consult, and defend you in court with regard to all types of litigation that may arise in the context of bankruptcy or relating to companies in crisis.
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    Manufacturing

    Manufacturing

    The complex world of manufacturing can feel overwhelming. Comprising small and medium-sized companies, as well as renowned multinationals, it encompasses and straddles a multitude of sectors and markets, each with its own specific characteristics and specific corporate, commercial, contractual, organisational and operational features. Here at LCA, we can help your company meet its full business potential, in compliance with the numerous and changing regulations in force. With profound and expert knowledge of the industry, we can provide accurate, rapid and targeted solutions to meet your needs.
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