Benedetto advises clients on banking, finance, structured finance, and debt capital markets. He regularly advises Italian and international banks, financial companies, and investment funds on matters concerning securitisation and asset finance for both performing and distressed assets. Since 2009, he has been advising clients on the main issuance programmes for structured covered notes in Italy.
In the debt capital market sector, he has advised clients on hybrid, high yield, equity-linked, and exchangeable notes.
He has been ranked as a “Next Generation Partners” for debt capital market in prominent international legal guides such as Legal 500 and he has been awarded at the Top Legal Awards 2019 “Italian Lawyer of the Year Capital Markets Debt” and at the Legalcommunity Forty under 40 Awards – Italy 2020 “Lawyer of the Year Banking & Finance”.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Benedetto La Russa joined the Firm in 2005; he became Partner in 2021. In 2006 he was a secondee at the Department of Fixed Income – Securitised Product Group of Morgan Stanley, London. In 2010 he completed Secondment at the Legal Department of Barclays Bank PLC, London. Since 2024 Co-Head of the “Capital Markets - Public M&A” Practice Area and Head of the “Debt Capital Markets” Practice Area.QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2010
Member of the Rome Bar (Italy)
EDUCATION
Graduated in Law
LUISS Guido Carli, Rome,
2004
LANGUAGES
Italian, English