Green Horse Legal Advisory

Project Development and M&A

Andrea is a co-founder of Green Horse and co-heads the Project Development and M&A practice. He regularly works on M&A, private equity, project development as well as platform and joint venture transactions in the energy and infrastructure sphere, with a particular emphasis on renewables. He represents sponsors, developers, private equity investors, infrastructure funds and other strategic participants in all stages of structuring, financing, acquiring and disposing of energy projects and companies, including the negotiation and drafting of purchase and sale, co-development, shareholders, joint venture, EPC and O&M agreements. He has served as lead counsel on several cross-border deals, including with respect to energy and infrastructure projects in the UK, US, Romania, Denmark, Greece, Bulgaria, Germany, Ghana, Egypt, New Zealand, Australia, and Namibia.

Andrea also has significant experience in financing transactions, having assisted various sponsors and debt providers in a number of project finance, asset finance, bond issuance, refinancing and leasing transactions. He also counsels clients on general corporate matters and day-to-day operating matters, including contracts management and a host of related legal matters.

Andrea has drafted and negotiated several settlement agreements for disputes arisen between owners and contractors in relation to the construction of power plants, and participated in international arbitrations on these matters.

Prior to co-founding Green Horse, Andrea spent 14 years at Orrick, where he started his career in 2008 as a trainee becoming partner in 2021.

In 2010, Andrea worked in the Global Finance department of the Orrick London office, mainly focusing on cross-border project finance deals.

Co-Founder and Deputy Managing Partner at Green Horse Legal Advisory (2022 - now)

Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (2008 - 2022)

Italian and English

Bar admission: Rome (Italy)

Law Degree, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, 2008, 110/110 cum laude