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Oderisio de Vito-Piscicelli joined Sullivan & Cromwell in New York in 1997 and transferred to the London office in 1998. In January 2006 he was appointed European Counsel. Mr. Piscicelli s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. His M&A experience includes public as well as privately negotiated transactions involving corporations and private equity sponsors. His financing experience covers a variety of equity and debt transactions with a focus on large global IPOs. In Italy, Mr. Piscicelli advised on the IPOs and follow-on offerings of issuers that together now represent over 20% of the Italian stock exchange total capitalization. Mr. Piscicelli advises clients across a wide range of jurisdictions and a number of industries such as oil & gas, energy, financial services, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, manufacturing, real estate and others. Prior to joining Sullivan & Cromwell, Mr. Piscicelli trained with the law firm of Prof Pier Giusto Jaeger in Milan, where he qualified as an Avvocato in 1997. Mr. Piscicelli s experience includes the following. Mergers & Acquisitions Mr. Piscicelli advised: Instinet and Chi-X in the investment by 13 banks and trading firms in the Chi-X trading platform Statoil in its merger with the oil and gas business of Norsk Hydro Swisscom in its acquisition of Fastweb S.p.A. Wachovia in its acquisition of European Capital Management Philips in several joint ventures and dispositions France Telecom in its acquisition of the minority interests in Wanadoo SBS Broadcasting S.A. in connection with the acquisition by private equity firms KKR and Permira Eni in its acquisition of Italgas The financial advisor to Telecom Italia in Telecom Italia's merger with Telecom Italia Mobile The financial advisor to Telesystems International Wireless in its acquisition by Vodafone KPMG Europe in the sale of its consulting business SkyePharma in several acquisition and investment projects Capital Markets and Finance Mr. Piscicelli advised: Sintonia in its � 2 billion credit facility with the Royal Bank of Scotland The underwriters in AstraZeneca's US$ 6.9 billion bond offering Partners Group, the alternative asset manager, in its initial public offering Noonday LLP, the hedge fund manager, in numerous securities law matters Eni in several tranches of its privatization process and listing in Italy and in New York Eni and Snam Rete Gas in the IPO of Snam Rete Gas The underwriters in SEC-registered and Rule 144A bond offerings by Telecom Italia Enel in its initial public offering and listing in Italy and in New York, the largest European IPO ever Monte dei Paschi di Siena in its IPO The sponsor in Beni Stabili s listing INA and Unione Immobiliare in the listing of Unione Immobiliare The managers in the IPO of Syngenta, resulting from the spin-off of Novartis and AstraZeneca s agribusinesses Standard Chartered in several equity and hybrid securities offerings | 