Mario Santa Maria, Esq.

Mario Santa Maria, Co-Managing Partner of the Milan office, focuses on corporate law, M&A, and capital markets. He represents high-profile clients in major cross-border and national M&A transactions, with a specific focus on the pharmaceutical, banking, chemical, automotive, food and wine, and luxury hospitality industries. Mario has also been involved in IPOs, tender offers, and squeeze-outs, while assisting private equity funds, banks, and institutions on complex financial transactions.

Mario has in-depth experience in national and international arbitration under the ICC rules and the rules of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration.

He is admitted to practice in New York where he worked at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in 2004 and at Greenberg Traurig LLP from 2005-2007.

Concentrations

•Mergers and acquisitions
•Corporate governance
•Pharmaceutical, medical devices and health care
•Automotive
•Luxury hospitality

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Chambers Global, “Corporate/M & A,” 2020
•Listed, Chambers Europe, “Corporate/M&A, Italy,” 2015-2020
•Listed, Legal 500 EMEA, “Mergers & Acquisitions, Italy,” 2015-2019