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Hogan Lovells advises DANA Incorporated on an international automotive business acquisition
05 November 2020
PartnerRome
Email leah.dunlop@hoganlovells.com
Phone +39 06 6758231
LanguagesEnglish, Italian
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Italian Energy team, led by Leah Dunlop, won the Energy Legalcommunity Awards as Best Italian Law Firm of the year for Oil & Gas
2015
With over 30 years' experience, first in London and then in Italy, Leah Dunlop is one of the very few bi-lingual, dual-qualified M&A lawyers operating in Italy. She is head of our Italian M&A practice and leads cross-border teams supporting clients in M&A, strategic alliances, reorganisations and first-mover projects, with a consolidated track record in sectors such as Automotive, Energy and Natural Resources, TMT, Consumer and Financial Institutions.
Whether clients are looking to clinch that innovative business combination or deliver a reorganised, restructured group to seize new opportunities, Leah's global outlook, seasoned deal-making skills and her talent for project management help them overcome the obstacles and close their projects on the right terms, on time and within budget.
Leah is ranked as a Leading Individual in Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global 2015 which describe her as 'sensitive to the Italian viewpoint, and able to put it in an international context'. Legal 500 EMEA 2016 describes her as ‘outstanding; she has a clear focus on outcomes and consistently delivers'. Following the win in 2015 by Leah and her team of the Legalcommunity Award as Best Italian Law Firm of the Year in Oil & Gas, awarded by an independent panel of financiers and in-house counsel active in the sector, in 2016 Leah was awarded Client Choice for M&A in Italy, in which only in-house counsel are entitled to nominate, and vote for, candidates.
Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Italy, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
Industry Focus: Luxury Goods
Legal 500 EMEA
Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Legal 500 EMEA
Private Equity
Legal 500 EMEA
Industry Focus: Energy
Legal 500 EMEA
Corporate/M&A (Italy), Foreign expert for UK
Chambers Global
Leah Dunlop is ‘outstanding; she has a clear focus on outcomes and consistently delivers’.
Legal500 EMEA
'Ms Dunlop is highly skilled in project management and negotiation, a proactive leader and delivers results with great interpersonal skills and extraordinary dynamism'.
Winner of ILO Client Choice Award for M&A, Italy
Hogan Lovells Italian M&A team is ‘proactive in supporting clients’ needs, provides strong strategic vision and has good negotiating skills’.
Legal500 EMEA
Italian Energy team, led by Leah Dunlop, won the Energy Legal community Awards as Best Italian Law Firm of the year for Oil & Gas.
Department head Leah Dunlop is 'outstanding'.
Legal500 EMEA
Leah Dunlop has ‘great relationship management and client communication skills’.
Legal500 EMEA
Education
Law Society Finals, The College of Law, Chester, 1982
LL.B. (Hons), University of Southampton, 1981
Bar admissions and qualifications
Solicitor, England and Wales
Italy
Advising SABMiller plc on the Italian aspects of its disposal of Birra Peroni S.p.A. to Asahi.
Team leader for Kuwait Petroleum International affiliates on their acquisition of Shell's downstream businesses in Italy.
Lead legal project manager for Vodafone on its public takeover of Cobra Automotive Technologies S.p.A., a main provider of telematics insurance and vehicle tracking systems.
Advising a leading global energy company on the buyout of its joint venture partner's interest in several Italian wind power projects.
Establishing innovative, multijurisdictional Long Term Incentive plans for global groups in the Fashion and Luxury Goods sector.
Advisor to JAB Holdings on its acquisition of UK retailer Jimmy Choo from TowerBrook Capital Partners.
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