Carlo Pianese

Carlo is an English qualified lawyer with more than twenty years of experience in corporate finance, M&A and private equity. He spent seven years practicing in Europe before moving to Dubai in 2008. He routinely assists government-related entities, strategic and financial investors, as well as founders and exit shareholders on domestic and cross-border transactions across the Middle East, Europe, North America and Africa.

Carlo is a member of the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at LUISS University in Rome, where he regularly lectures on matters of corporate and commercial law in the GCC.

Carlo was recognized as a notable practitioner for M&A in the UAE by IFLR1000 in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and he was recommended for M&A in the UAE by Legal 500 in 2018.

• Al Mansoori Specialized Engineering on Its Sale of Gulf Technical & Safety Training Centre to UK-Based 3T
• The Shareholders of Denovo Partners on the Acquisition of the Company by PJT Partners
• Imkan Properties on the Sale to a Consortium of International Investors of a Significant Minority Stake in AlJurf Hospitality
• ADX-Listed Multiply Group on Backlite Buyout

• M&A
• Private equity

• Aviation
• Automotive
• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Financial services
• Food and beverage
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Insurance
• Media
• Oil and gas
• Pharmaceutical and life sciences
• Real estate
• Technology and telecommunications
• Tourism
• Transport

• Certificate in European Higher Legal Studies University of Leicester 1998
• JD (summa cum laude) University of Florence 2000
• L.L.M. in International Commercial Law University of Nottingham 2001

• ij International Jurists

• Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales

• M&A
• Private equity

• J.D. from University of Florence
• L.L.M degrees in International Commercial Law from University of Nottingham