Leah Dunlop

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.