Chambers Global 2026 | Italy: Corporate/M&A – Mid-Market Overview
The Italian Corporate/M&A Market: Deal Making in a Year of Deep Regulatory Change
The third and final In-depth Overview curated by Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati for Chambers 2026.
In the Italy: Corporate/M&A – Mid-Market Overview, Nicola Barra Caracciolo and Guidomaria Brambilla examine an Italian M&A market that is growing cautiously but with real vitality, led by the mid-market and private equity, against a backdrop of deep regulatory change.
The overview covers:
- An expanding M&A market, led by the mid-market
- GoldenPower: the reform of foreign investment screening
- Sustainability reporting: the narrowed scope of the CSRD
- AIAct: the redrawn timeline and its impact on due diligence
- CapitalMarkets Decree: the reform of the TUF and corporate governance
- The operational challenges and how to address them
Their key message: 2026 rewards those able to read complexity as a competitive advantage rather than an obstacle.
This completes our series of three Overviews for Chambers 2026. If you missed them, catch up on the first two:
- Italy: TMT – Information Technology, by Davide Graziano
- Italy: An Overview, by Alessandro De Palma, Luca Garramone, Sergio Alberto Codella and Cesare De Falco