Francesca Torricelli

Francesca Torricelli represents clients in corporate governance matters, as well as domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Much of Francesca’s work involves matters in the industrial, entertainment, hospitality, pharmaceutical, and health care sectors.

She has been involved in the restructuring of Italian-listed and unlisted companies’ corporate governance systems. Francesca has broad experience in corporate and financial litigation before national courts, as well in both domestic and cross-border arbitration proceedings. Francesca’s experience extends to a variety of alternative dispute resolution methods.

Concentrations

• Corporate governance

• Domestic and Cross-border M&A

• Private Equity transactions

• Corporate and financial litigation

• Arbitration & Mediation

• General corporate advice and commercial contracts

Experience

Corporate

• Advised high-profile clients (including listed companies) on group reorganizations and corporate governance models.°

• Advised high profile companies in the day-by day business activity, also acting as member of the board of directors.°

Corporate and Financial Litigation

• Advised a Luxembourg Company after the sale of the minority stock of an Italian pharmaceutical company for having received no disclosure of the planned sale of the company.°

• Advised a large UK hedge fund after its relevant investment in the share capital of an Italian listed Bank, in the litigation arose out from the losses suffered by the fund which have proved to be due to fraudulent misconduct of Bank’s directors in issuing and negotiating OTC derivative products.°

• Represented a main supplier in the automotive industry in Italy, in an abuse of economic dependence case towards the Italian leading automotive industry operator.°

• Represented an Italian company operating in the NPL, due to an alleged lack of information, and securitization market in a litigation where the client was sued for an alleged discrimination in the process of the sale of the majority share capital.°

• Assisted a leading IT operator in various stand-alone competition cases brought by commercial partners.°

• Assisted Italian players of the real-estate market in litigations before Italian Courts, Chambers of Arbitrations and/or with ADR methods.°

• Advised the Italian founder of a renowned International School in Milan in the litigation arose with the UK private equity fund, after the takeover of the majority stake on behalf of the fund.°

Domestic and Cross-border M&A / Private Equity

• Assisted a UK Private Equity investor in acquiring the majority stake of an Italian consumer credit company controlled by an Italian bank.°

• Represented an Italian operator in the acquisition of one of Italy’s most famous luxury hotels in the acquisition of the following MLBO.°

• Assisted the Netherlands subsidiary of an Italian group of companies in the reverse cross-border merger into the Italian controlling entity.°

• Assisted an Italian group of companies operating in the EU steel industry in selling a 50% stake to a large American group of companies active in steel, by structuring NewCo as well as the Joint Venture agreements between the two shareholders.°

• Represented a well renowned U.S. group of companies active in the entertainment sector in acquiring a European group of companies in a multijurisdictional transaction, where the Italian target companies have been reorganized in terms of group structure and corporate governance model.°

Arbitration & Mediation

• Advised both Italian and foreign clients before ICC courts as well as before the Milan Chamber of Arbitration.°

• Advised Italian clients in ADR proceedings held by local Courts, by ADR centers as well as by Milan Chamber of Arbitration.°

°The above representations were handled by Ms. Torricelli prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria, an affiliate of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. and Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Recognition & Leadership

Professional & Community Involvement

• Member, Milan Bar Association, 2006