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Francesco Stella
PartnerMilan
Email francesco.stella@hoganlovells.com
Phone +39 02 720 2521
Fax +39 02 72025252
LanguagesEnglish, Italian
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
"Technically speaking he's excellent and has great experience. He's very practical and gets to the heart of any question immediately."
Chambers Global 2016
Clients say 'Francesco is really reliable, business-minded and able to bring ideas for structuring the deal. He is dedicated, smart and does a high-quality job'. With this attitude and mind-set, for over 20 years, Francesco Stella has accompanied an impressive number of large international corporates and financial institutions in their M&A moves into the Italian market, and top Italian clients in their growth abroad through acquisitions and joint ventures.
A passion for complex deals brought him to focus on regulated assets ranging from financial institutions to life science companies and energy businesses. Clients in these industries know they can rely on Francesco's sector knowledge, which is always coupled with his thoroughness, keen eye for detail and commitment to excellence. Francesco has been mentioned in all major legal directories for many years. From time to time, he likes to lecture on cutting-edge subjects at conferences and seminars.
Awards and recognitions
2019
"His constructive negotiation skills are highlighted by sources, who also find him to be "business-oriented and fair"
Chambers Europe
2018-2019
Private Equity
Legal 500 EMEA
2018-2019
Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Legal 500 EMEA
2018
Francesco is "very high technical knowledge" and ability to "listen to the needs of the client and be proactive in solutions with a problem-solving attitude"
Chambers Europe
2017
Francesco is "very knowledgeable and has a good relationship with his clients; he was attentive and present in all important meetings"
Chambers Global
2016
"Technically speaking he's excellent and has great experience. He's very practical and gets to the heart of any question immediately"
Chambers Global
2015
Francesco has "impressive international M&A knowledge"
Legal 500 EMEA
2014
"Francesco Stella is a highly regarded player who continues to earn market recognition"
Chambers Europe
2013
Francesco Stella is "really reliable, business-minded and able to bring ideas for structuring the deal. He is dedicated, smart and does a high-quality job"
Chambers Europe
Education and admissions
Education
Law Degree, Università Cattolica, Milan, 1992
Bar admissions and qualifications
Milan
Representative experience
Advising BNPP Cardif in the acquisition of a majority stake in the Italian non-life insurance company Cargeas Assicurazioni from Ageas
Advising Dana in the acquisition of 80% of the global power-transmission and fluid power business of Brevini Group and subsequent buy-out of minorities
Advising Fagerhult on its acquisition of iGuzzini Illuminazione, which creates one of Europe's largest and leading professional lighting groups
Advising FlixBus on the development of its expansion strategy in Italy, which included integration of SAPS, Roma Marche Linee and Baltour networks into Flixbus platform
Advising PerkinElmer in the acquisition of the gas chromatography and mass spectrometry business of Dani Strumentazione Analitica
Advising Recordati on the acquisition of commercial rights to a portfolio of medicines from Astra Zeneca
Advising Mapfre in the acquisition of the insurance company Direct Line Insurance from Direct Line Insurance Group PLC
Latest thinking and events
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells advises Allianz on the acquisition of a majority stake in ControlExpert
13 March 2020
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells supports the growth of Flixbus in Italy
29 January 2020
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Hogan Lovells advised Monument RE on the acquisition of Cattolica Life DAC
17 December 2019
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells Advises Recordati on agreement to acquire the rights of three Cushings disease treatments from Novartis
16 September 2019
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells assisted Recordati Group on the licensing agreements with Aegerion
6 February 2019
