Dario Valoncini
Associate
Dario joined Ropes & Gray's asset management practice in 2022. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced at leading international law firms in Toronto and Milan. Dario regularly advises on the structuring, formation, offering and ongoing operation of private investment funds as well as in connection with their primary and secondary investments.
Experience
- Represented a sovereign investor in a secondary purchase of two portfolios of interests from a large Swiss investment manager
- Represented a sovereign investor in a secondary purchase of a portfolio of interest from a UK pension fund
- Represented Committed Advisors in its purchase of a portfolio of fund interests from an independent Swiss wealth and asset manager
- Represented Committed Advisors in its purchase of a portfolio of fund interests from a US pension fund
- Acted for an American wealth management and investment firm in negotiating a co-investment agreement whereby client had lead-investor role
- Acted as Canadian counsel to a growth-oriented investment firm in the offering in Ontario of interests of several newly formed funds*
- Acted as Canadian counsel to a crypto-native investment and technology firm in the offering in Canada of interests of several newly formed funds*
- Acted for major Canadian bank in the establishment of its $7-billion senior note program in 2022, and ongoing representation of such bank in takedowns of structured products under its senior note program*
- Advised foreign investor in opening an industrial recycling facility in Italy following the negotiation of a €36 million loan facility from a British-Canadian PE fund*
- Assisted major Italian industrial group in the public lighting sector in two rounds of investments from an Italian PE and a Luxemburg-based investment firm*
- Assisted an Italian industrial group in negotiating an investment round from a PE fund including EU Antitrust profiles analysis*
- Advised an Italian luxury car manufacturer in its global corporate and commercial activities on a daily basis*
- Assisted a South African family office with the purchase and development of a wine estate in Tuscany*
*Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray
Presentations
- Speaker, “The Constitution of Canada and the Charter of Rights and Freedom,” University of Toronto, Toronto (July 2020)
- Speaker, “Successful Institutional Investing in Italy,” Dentons Canada LLP in partnership with the Italian Trade Agency and Borsa Italiana, Toronto (November 2019)
- Speaker, “Invest in Italy Roadshow,” KPMG, Toronto (June 2019)
Disclaimer
Ropes & Gray International LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in Delaware, United States of America and is a recognised body regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (with registered number 521000).Education
- LLM, University of Toronto, 2019
- JD, University of Milan, 2015; One year exchange program at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- Ontario, 2020