Andrea Messuti
Lawyer – LCA Studio Legale

Andrea coordinates the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Team and is a member of the Corporate Department. Andrea specializes in M&A and extraordinary finance, regularly travels to the US and has developed a specific expertise in advising and assisting American companies.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY AREAS
Andrea regularly advises national and international clients active in technological industrial sectors with particular focus on new media, internet, software, e-commerce, IT services, Med-tech and life science. Andrea has broad experience in national and cross-border M&A, investment and extraordinary financial transactions (either capital or debt). He assists listed and non-listed companies with respect to company law, corporate governance and regulatory matters with particular focus on banking and financial activities.
Andrea represents well-known venture capital and private equity funds in the high-tech and life science markets both in the fund formation phase and investment transactions at every stage of the company life. Andrea regularly advises technological start-ups and venture incubators in the fund-raising process, the creation of joint ventures and their international expansion with particular reference to inbound and outbound transactions with the US.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Andrea joined the Law Firm in 2005.
He spent various years in the US working in the Boston and New York offices of Sullivan & Worcester LLP. Before joining LCA, Andrea worked for a primary Italian law firm.

ASSOCIATIONS, SEMINARS, MEDIA AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Andrea has been a member of various committees that organize business plan competitions dedicated to technological companies and he regularly speaks at seminars on legal aspects regarding investments in technological companies. Andrea is also lecturer in the elective course “Venture Capital” of the Degree in Digital Management, organized by Ca’ Foscari and H-Farm, where he explores legal matters related to equity capital investments in high-tech companies. Finally, Andrea promoted and is one of the founding members of PIB – Italian Professionals in Boston – a nonprofit organization whose aim is to help the cultural and professional exchange between Italy and the US. Andrea is also member of the IBA – International Bar Association.

EDUCATION
LLM in Banking and Finance Law, Boston University School of Law (2009)
Law Degree, University of Genoa (2000)

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Italy (Milan Bar)

LANGUAGES
Italian
English
French