Leonardo Graffi Email & Phone Number

Dual qualified attorney (Italy and New York) with over 15 years of M&A and private equity experience in New York, London and Milan.Worked on over 30 transactions in New York and London, including as member of team that worked in 2007 on Blackstone’s $38.9 billion leverage buyout of Equity Office Properties Trust (the largest leveraged buyout in history at the time)Assisted international investors in connection with over 60 cross-border transactions in the Italian market totalling more than Eur 20 billion of consideration in a wide range of sectors, including banking, insurance, automotive, aviation, pharmaceutical, infrastructure and energy. Strong academic background (formerly a tenured assistant professor of comparative private law at University of Verona) + published various papers on US and European law reviews and a book.Some experience with arbitration matters; acted as (i) defendant’s co-counsel in an arbitration case administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, (ii) claimant’s counsel in a gas supply arbitration case on behalf of ENEL and (iii) party appointed arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration case.

Listed skills include Corporate Law, International Law, Contract Negotiation, Mergers, and 6 others.