Bio

Sandro De Bernardini focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate and corporate finance transactions. Mr. de Bernardini has represented a variety of companies in several industries in connection with cross-border acquisitions and disposals, auction sales and multijurisdictional restructurings. Mr. de Bernardini also has worked for private equity firms, attending to all aspects of their business, from formation to portfolio acquisition and management to refinancing and exit. He has been recognized as a Notable Practitioner in M&A by IFLR1000 and named by Financial News as one of its 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in Legal Services. Mr. de Bernardini also is co-head of Skadden’s award-winning Italian desk, which has been recognised as Law Firm of the Year/Italy Desk by Premio Le Fonti every year since 2015. The team also has repeatedly won TopLegal’s Italian Desk award in recognition of its work for Italian clients, as well as Legalcommunity’s Law Firm of the Year — Italian Commitment award.