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01 June 2022
PartnerRome
Email [email protected]hoganlovells.com
Phone +39 06 6758231
LanguagesEnglish, Italian
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
“A key name for cross-border M&A"
Legal 500 EMEA 2020
Leah Dunlop leads our Corporate & Finance practice in Italy, where clients benefit from her unique international experience in navigating complex cross-border M&A and Private Equity transactions over her 35+ year career. After starting in London, where she was a founding member of our Private Equity practice, in 2000 Leah relocated to Rome to support the opening of our Italian offices, qualifying as an Italian lawyer in 2007.
Leah leads cross-border teams supporting clients in M&A, strategic alliances and first-mover projects, with a consolidated track record in regulated sectors such as Automotive, Energy & Natural Resources and Financial Institutions. Clients looking to clinch that innovative business combination can rely on Leah's global outlook, seasoned deal-making skills and her talent for project management to help them overcome the obstacles and close their projects, on time and within budget.
Leah is ranked as a Leading Individual in Corporate/M&A (Italy), and for her Foreign Expertise in English law, by Chambers Global 2022 which describe her as 'well practiced in cross-border acquisitions and divestments'. Legal 500 EMEA 2020 considers her 'a key name for cross-border M&A'. She has won Best M&A Lawyer in Italy, awarded by Client Choice, twice in the last decade. In both 2015 and 2019, Leah and her team won the Legalcommunity Award as Best Italian Law Firm of the Year in Oil & Gas.
A passionate supporter of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and beyond, in 2017 Leah was recognized as one of Italy's top 30 women lawyers, the only non-Italian to be included in the list.
Leading Individual Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Legal500 EMEA
“Wonderful to work with….a star when wrestling a difficult acquisition into fruition”
Legal500 EMEA
“Very experienced…..and predisposed to teamwork in an organized and structured way ….offers very high levels of competence and expertise”
Legal500 EMEA
Corporate/M&A (Italy), Foreign expert for UK
Chambers Global
Her legal knowledge is exceptional and her advice is clear and timely, clients confirm”
Chambers Global
Industry Focus: Energy
Legal 500 EMEA
Private Equity
Legal 500 EMEA
“A highly regarded veteran of cross-border M&A
Legal500 EMEA
“Well practised in cross-border acquisitions and divestments
Chambers Global
“A key name for cross-border M&A
Legal500 EMEA
“Clients describe her as very skilled and proactive, with an excellent knowledge of the Italian market
Chambers Global
Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Italy, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Legal 500 EMEA
“Dual-qualified in Italy and the UK, enabling her to effectively manage cross-border transactions, reorganizations and strategic alliances
Chambers Europe
Industry Focus: Luxury Goods
Legal 500 EMEA
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 Collextion on its acquisition of Whitestar (ex Parr Credit), a primary servicer of performing, sub-performing and non-performing receivables in Italy, from Arrow Global Italia
Advising Newlat Food S.p.A. on its acquisition of Symington's from Speedboat Acquisitionco Limited
Advising Cooper Standard Holdings Inc. on the divestment of its European and Indian rubber fluid transfer and specialty sealing businesses to Mutares SE & Co. KGaA
Advising Dana Incorporated on its acquisition of SME S.p.A., a leading company in the electric motors and low-voltage inverters market
Advising Dana Incorporated on its cross-border acquisition of Oerlikon Group’s Drive Systems segment, a global manufacturer of gears & planetary hub drives
Advising the CEO of Il Bisonte on her participation in the sale of the global leather accessories brand to a Japanese group
Advising a global private capital investor on the entry into an agreement for the sale of an international luxury accessories group
Advising Dana Incorporated on its cross-border acquisition of the global power-transmission and fluid power businesses of Brevini Group
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