Mr Pierpaolo Mastromarini > Bird & Bird > Rome, Italy > Lawyer Profile

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Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Partner

Career

With a finance, corporate and project background, Pierpaolo is well positioned to advise on all aspects of the energy market trends.

Pierpaolo is a partner in our finance & financial regulation practice, with a particular focus on the infrastructure sector. He is based in Rome.
His practice focuses on project finance transactions, advising major national and international players with energy related financing and refinancing deals and he has participated in the negotiations and drafting phases, with both clients and counterparties, in relation to energy and infrastructure projects on international basis.

Pierpaolo has vast experience in the energy sector, including PV industry, primarily with respect to market-first deals and project finance transactions, but also in negotiating key energy contracts (EPC, O&M, etc.). He has advised on the first grid parity project in EU (Octopus deal) and provided advice on the first PPAs available in the EU market.

In addition, Pierpaolo has a considerable experience in national and international contract law, corporate law and M&A.
He has also acted as advisor for investment banks on major national and international acquisitions and restructuring transactions related to international group companies carrying out business in the infrastructure and energy field.

Pierpaolo graduated with full marks from the University “Roma Tre” of Rome in 2000 and later obtained a Master in Business Law from the Business School of Il Sole 24 Ore, where he currently teaches Finance Law and Project Finance in Master courses. He was admitted to the Italian Bar in 2003 and then as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2009.

Languages

Italian, English, Spanish

Education

Education
Università degli Studi di Roma ‘La Sapienza’ (Department Eurosapienza); Masters Course in collaboration with Harvard University and Stanford University, International Commercial, Mediation and Arbitration Law;
Business School ‘Il Sole 24 Ore’, Master, Business Law and Finance Law;
Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Law Degree.

Admissions
Italian Bar Association, 2004
Law Society of England & Wales (not licensed to practice), 2003

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Banking and finance: Borrower side

Bird & Bird‘s Italy team advises developers, investors, sponsors, promoters, public entities and contractors on significant financing and refinancings, particularly infrastructure and renewable energy matters. Energy and utilities sector specialist Pierpaolo Mastromarini heads the project finance offering from Rome, where Michele Arruzzolo‘s banking and finance practice covers project finance.

Italy > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side

Specialised in structured finance transactions on a project financing basis, Bird & Bird‘s Italy practice has significant experience in energy-related financings and refinancings, particularly in relation to public and private works. Leading the group from Rome, Pierpaolo Mastromarini focuses on energy and utilities-related matters. The department further includes Michele Arruzzolo.

Italy > Industry focus: Energy

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Pierpaolo Mastromarini – Bird & Bird

Commended for its ‘great experience and know-how’, Bird & Bird is overseen by Pierpaolo Mastromarini. Mastromarini is knowledgeable of project finance transactions, Simone Caddedu and Jacopo Nardelli enjoy a strong track record before the administrative courts, while Andrea Semmola is often engaged in renewable energy matters. Gaetano Salvioli is another key team member.

Mr Pierpaolo Mastromarini > Bird & Bird > Rome, Italy > Lawyer Profile

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