Mr Giovanni Scirocco > Legance - Avvocati Associati > Rome, Italy > Lawyer Profile
Legance - Avvocati Associati Offices
VIA DI SAN NICOLA DA TOLENTINO 67
00187 ROMA
Italy
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Mr Giovanni Scirocco
Work Department
Energy & Infrastructure
Position
Partner
Career
Giovanni has about a 15-year experience in energy and infrastructures industries as well as in banking and financial transactions. In the infrastructure sector he has focused mainly on transports (highways, airports, light railways and local public transportation systems), parkings and hospitals, while in the energy sector he has dealt with renewable energy plants (wind, photovoltaic, biomass and biogas), conventional gas and cogeneration plants as well as energy connection infrastructures. Giovanni assists primary national and international players, investment banks and financial institutions in relation to each phase characterizing these transactions (development and acquisition of projects, participation to tender procedures, due diligence activities, drafting and negotiations of construction and other project contracts and finance documents), consolidating specific knowledge also in M&A, regulatory, public and administrative law. Furthermore, Giovanni has acquired a strong experience in complex financing and refinancing structures as well as in acquisition and real estate financings, with particular focus on real estate transactions involving construction phase, also in the hospitality sector.
In Legance since 2010, Partner since 2019
From 2006 to 2010, associate of a magic circle UK firm
Languages
Italian, English, Spanish
Memberships
Member of the Avellino Bar
Education
In 2006 Giovanni Scirocco graduated in Law, magna cum laude, at Università “LUISS – Guido Carli”, Rome
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Industry focus: Energy
(Next Generation Partners)Legance – Avvocati Associati’s specialised team of experts in the energy sector routinely advises on both lender and borrower-side financing projects, administrative matters and complex M&A transactions in the renewables sector. Chaired by Monica Colombera, whose broad practice spans the financing and structuring of projects, as well as M&A and joint ventures, the team includes energy and infrastructure projects expert Filippo Ruffato and Cristina Martorana, noted for her expertise in the acquisition and financing of plants, waste to energy projects, and trading. A number of clients from the renewable and traditional energy sectors regularly turn to project finance specialist Giovanni Scirocco and newly promoted partner Simone Ambrogi, while oil and gas expert Valeria Viti and Antonio Palazzolo, whose focus is on M&A transactions and joint ventures both in the infrastructure and energy sectors, are also recommended. Francesca Brilli left the firm and moved to an in-house position.
Italy > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
(Next Generation Partners)‘One of the very top law firms in Italy’, Legance – Avvocati Associati advises domestic and international banks (and financial institutions) on a range of significant financings. The practice is led by Monica Colombera, who brings expertise to energy and infrastructure project financings, and Andrea Giannelli, who consistently handles complex transactions. Tommaso Bernasconi‘s practice includes major acquisition and real estate financings. Other key practitioners include Guido Iannoni Sebastianini, Filippo Ruffato, Giovanni Scirocco and Antonio Palazzolo, along with Emanuele Artuso, managing associate Giuseppe D’Amore and senior associates Ilaria Rosa and Lucio Di Cicco. Simone Ambrogi was promoted to partner in June 2023.
Italy > Banking and finance: Borrower side
(Next Generation Partners)Legance – Avvocati Associati‘s banking and finance group advises some of the most significant Italian and foreign financial and industrial groups. Co-leading the group are energy and infrastructure project financing expert Monica Colombera, and structured finance specialist Andrea Giannelli. Also integral to the practice are project finance practitioners Filippo Ruffato, Giovanni Scirocco and Antonio Palazzolo, along with Tommaso Bernasconi, Luca Autuori, Antonio Matino and Antonio Siciliano. The group further features Emanuele Artuso and Valeria Viti, as well as Giuseppe D’Amore and Ilaria Rosa. Simone Ambrogi was promoted to partner in June 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance: Borrower side Italy
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side Italy
- Industry focus: Energy Italy
- Next Generation Partners Italy > Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Next Generation Partners Italy > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Next Generation Partners Italy > Industry focus: Energy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Dispute resolution
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Compliance
- Data privacy and data protection
- EU and competition law
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property
- Shipping