Claudio Di Falco

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Claudio Di Falco

Claudio Di Falco

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Biography

Claudio Di Falco is a corporate and M&A lawyer based in Italy. He has over 20 years' experience on assisting foreign and domestic clients on a wide range of M&A and extraordinary transactions, with a special focus on transactions in regulated industries (such as energy and financial institutions).

Claudio has assisted and regularly assists companies, financial institutions, investors and sponsors in cross-border and domestic transactions, asset and stock deals, majority and minority investments, JVs, restructurings, private equity, venture capital and growth capital investments.

Claudio has extensive experience also on assisting issuers and underwriters in IPO and other capital markets transactions and on advising clients on corporate law matters and commercial transactions.

Claudio is dual-qualified in Italy and in New York. He joined our practice in Milan in April 2020. Prior to joining us, he worked with other leading international law firms in Italy and NY.


Professional experience

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  • LLM, University of Chicago, 1999
  • Ph.D, University of Palermo, 1998
  • Law degree, summa cum laude, University of Palermo, 1993
  • Avvocato, qualified in Italy 1996
  • Attorney at Law, admitted in New York 2003
  • Capital markets: Italy, Best Lawyers, 2025 (recommended since 2020)
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: Italy, The Legal 500 EMEA, 2024.
    Key lawyer. ‘Claudio Di Falco provides confidence to clients and tries to fit the work with clients’ ideas.’ 
  • Best Lawyer, Venture Capital: Italy, MF Legal & Tax Excellence Report, 2024.
  • Selected Lawyer, M&A Small Cap, M&A Mid Market, Insurance and Private Equity: Italy, MF Legal & Tax Excellence Report, 2024.
  • #1 Lawyer, Insurance: Italy, MF Italian Legal Ranking, 2023.
  • Selected Lawyer, Corporate M&A small Cap: Italy, MF Italian Legal Ranking, 2023.
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: Italy, The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023.
    Key lawyer. ‘Claudio Di Falco has a strong grounding on M&A and is always listening to the needs of his clients.’
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: Italy, The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022
    Key lawyer. ‘Very competent in evaluating the legal and regulatory aspects of a possible extraordinary transaction.
  • Banking; Financial restructuring; Capital markets; Structured finance and securitization: Italy, IFLR1000, 2022.
  • Banking; Financial restructuring; Capital markets: Debt; Capital markets: Equity; Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization: Italy, IFLR1000, 2021.
  • Selected Lawyer, M&A Small Cap and Private Equity, Italy: Milano Finanza Legal Awards, 2021.
  • Italian
  • English