Domenico Fanuele

Partner, Milan

Biography

Overview

Domenico Fanuele is an Italian and New York qualified lawyer with over 25 years of experience in public and private M&A, Real Estate, Capital Markets and strategic joint ventures.

Domenico regularly assists investment banks, corporate clients, property companies and private equity funds in a number of sectors - including financial services, real estate, REITs, private capital and industrial.

Domenico is a recognized member of the Council for the Relations between Italy and the United States. He was named "Real Estate Lawyer of the Year" twice at the Legalcommunity Corporate M&A Awards. In 2015, he was included among the 30 most powerful lawyers in Italy by GQ Magazine and was recognized twice as one of the best 50 Italian lawyers by the Italian legal publication Legalcommunity. In 2016, he was recognized as one of the 40 most influential lawyers under the age of 50 in Italy by Top Legal. In 2023, he was named "Italian Lawyer of the Year" by the same publication. He was also ranked among the Best lawyers for Real Estate at the Milano Finanza Legal Awards 2024. Domenico is also highly regarded in ECM, M&A and Real Estate by IFLR1000 2024.

Bars and Courts
New York
Italian Bar
Education
LLM
Columbia University School of Law

NY, US

JD
Luiss Guido Carli University

Rome, Italy

Languages
Italian
English

Experience

Corporate M&A

VRV's shareholders divestiture
Domenico advised the shareholders of VRV S.p.A. in connection with their divestiture to Chart Industries Inc.*

Coesia Group's acquisition of Oystar North America
Domenico advised Coesia Group in connection with its acquisition of Oystar North America.*

Polynt's take private
Domenico advised the Board of Directors of Polynt in connection with the take private of the company by private equity fund Investindustrial and the relevant delisting.*

COIMA RES' public tender offer
Domenico advised Qatar Investment Authority in connection with a public tender offer to delist COIMA RES S.p.A. SIIQ, Italian REIT.*

KKR's tender offer over TIM S.p.A.
Domenico advised the Italian Ministry of Economy in connection with its assessment of the possible tender offer from KKR over TIM S.p.A.*

Blackstone's voluntary tender offer
Domenico advised Blackstone in connection with its voluntary tender offer to acquire the fund Atlantic First.*

Allianz's voluntary public tender offer
Domenico advised Allianz in connection with its voluntary public tender offer on all of the outstanding shares of RAS and the subsequent merger of RAS into Allianz to form the first listed European Company on the DAXX 50.*

Enav's privatization
Domenico advised the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance in connection with the privatization of Enav S.p.A.*

Enel's privatization
Domenico advised Merrill Lynch International and Mediobanca in connection with the €7.6 billion third tranche and the €4.1 billion fourth tranche of the privatization of Enel.*

Allianz's acquisition of P&C Insurance Business
Domenico advised Allianz SE in connection with its acquisition of a P&C Insurance Business from UnipolSai and its bancassurance agreement with UniCredit.*

Allianz's sale of Rasfin
Domenico advised Allianz in connection with the sale of Rasfin to Banca Leonardo.*

Allianz's reorganization of its Italian activities
Domenico advised Allianz in connection with the reorganization of its Italian Activities, consisting in the combination of the businesses of Ras, Lloyd Adriatico and Allianz Subalpina in one single corporate entity.*

Private Equity

Hines and Apollo Capital's acquisition of Aedes SIIQ
Domenico advised Hines and Apollo Capital in connection with the acquisition of the controlling stake of Aedes SIIQ S.p.A., a listed real estate investment company and subsequent tender offer to acquire its outstanding shares.*

Allianz's joint venture with UniCredit
Domenico advised Allianz in connection with its Italian and pan-European bancassurance joint venture with UniCredit.*

Blackstone's sale of Lastmile
Domenico advised Blackstone in connection with the Italian aspects of the sale of its European logistic platform Lastmile for €22 billion.*

BentallGreenOak's acquisition of Techbau
Domenico advised BentallGreenOak in connection with its acquisition of a control interest in Techbau S.p. A. and in several acquisitions of logistic, industrial and office real estate assets.*

Blackstone's acquisition of several real estate assets
Domenico advised Blackstone in connection with several acquisitions of real estate assets in the office and logistic sector.*

HP Partners' acquisition of real estate assets from Aeroviaggi
Domenico advised HP Partners (a portfolio company of Blackstone) in connection with its acquisition of five resorts from Aeroviaggi.*

Castlelake's equity investments
Domenico advised Castlelake in connection with several preferred equity investments.*

Mark's acquisition of real estate assets and sale of Crossbay
Domenico advised Mark in connection with several acquisitions of real estate assets in the logistic sector as well as the Italian aspects of the sale of its logistic platform Crossbay.*

Blackstone's acquisition of RCS Mediagroup
Domenico advised Blackstone in connection with its acquisition of RCS Mediagroup S.p.A.'s historical buildings in Milan and headquarters of the Corriere della Sera newspaper.*

York Capital Management Europe Advisors' acquisition of portfolio buildings from Milano 90
Domenico advised York Capital Management Europe (U.K.) Advisors LLP in connection with the acquisition from Milano 90 S.r.l. of a portfolio of trophy building located in the historical center of Rome for €750 million.*

Qatar Investment Authority's acquisition of Italian real estate funds
Domenico advised the Qatar Investment Authority in connection with its acquisition of all the quotas of the Italian real estate funds holding the Porta Nuova real estate project in Milan for the value of €3.4 billion.*

Whitehall Funds' takeover of Berenice and Tecla
Domenico advised Whitehall Funds, a family of real estate funds managed by The Goldman Sachs Group, in connection with its takeover of Berenice and Tecla, the Italian real estate investment funds managed by the Pirelli Group.*

Capital Markets

Brunello Cucinelli's IPO
Domenico advised the joint global coordinators in connection with the initial public offering of Brunello Cucinelli.*

UniCredit's capital increase
Domenico advised the joint global coordinators and guarantor banks in connection with the €7 billion capital increase of UniCredit in 2012.*

UniCredit's capital increase
Domenico advised the joint global coordinators and guarantor banks in connection with the €4 billion capital increase of UniCredit in 2010.*

*Prior to joining White & Case

Awards and Recognition

Italian Lawyer of the Year: Top Legal 2023
Ranked among the best lawyers for Real Estate at the Milano Finanza Legal Awards 2024

Corporate and M&A
Highly regarded: IFLR1000 2024

Real Estate
Highly regarded: IFLR1000 2024

Equity Capital Markets
Highly regarded: IFLR1000 2024