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Mario Polito

Associate

Mario, a member of the firm’s Private Equity team, focuses his practice on strategic counseling both buyers and sellers in Private Equity, M&A and commercial transactions.
Mario also advises companies on a broad range of business law matters including corporation and limited liability company structure and formation, corporate governance and management, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, joint ventures and commercial agreements bringing a tailored, client-centric approach to his counsel. Mario represents domestic and foreign companies operating in a variety of industries, including information technology, retail, industrial manufacturing, food & beverage, fashion, and infrastructure. In addition to his Private Equity and M&A practice, Mario helps foreign entrepreneurs in their strategic planning in approaching the U.S. market taking a pragmatic business and client service-oriented approach to solving their legal issues.

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted to Practice Law in New York, 2018

Admitted to Practice Law in Italy, 2010 (inactive)

Academic

J.D. (US J.D. Equivalent), Law, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, 2005

Master Degree, Business Law, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, 2007

Cultore della Materia, Corporate and Capital Markets Law, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, 2011 - 2013

LLM, Corporate Law, Northwestern Pritzer School of Law, Chicago, 2014

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.