Bio

Duccio Mortillaro has matured an extensive experience in national and global law firms and focuses his multi-jurisdictional practice on cross-border transactions. He represents foreign investors (mainly Italian and from other European countries) in the United States and US interests in Europe and Latin America in all aspects of corporate law, from entity formation to shareholders’ agreements to complex mergers and acquisitions, and covers clients in a variety of industries, chiefly manufacturing, consumer goods and high technology. Duccio’s practice is based in Los Angeles and New York and includes, in addition to M&A, joint ventures, licensing, sales, distribution (including motion picture and merchandising distribution) and consulting agreements, and representation of start-ups in venture capital financing. He also has experience in the project finance field, having represented developers in all phases of energy and telecommunication projects, both domestic and international. His clients range in size and scope from small, privately owned businesses to large corporations and nonprofit organizations. Additionally, Duccio manages the US legal issues associated with the operations of several European companies doing business in the United States, acting, in effect, as their general counsel in the United States, and assists those clients in all areas of the law, ranging from corporate and transactional to litigation matters. Duccio is a frequent speaker to a wide range of organizations and has written extensively on subject matters related to corporate and international law. In addition to being fluent in Italian and Spanish, Duccio reads French and Portuguese.