Mr Pierpaolo Mastromarini > Bird & Bird > Rome, Italy > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Pierpaolo Mastromarini
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 > Industry focus: Energy
(Leading partners)With strong expertise in renewable energies and PPAs, gas distribution and energy storage, Bird & Bird’s cross-practice team routinely assists in M&A, project financing, project development and regulatory issues, and also has a track record in administrative litigation before the Italian Administrative Courts. Project finance expert Pierpaolo Mastromarini is noted for advising on complex hydrogen projects and offshore wind farms in Italy, while regulatory, antitrust and public procurement specialist Simone Cadeddu represents leading international companies in infrastructure and concessions, as well as renewables and oil and gas installations. Andrea Semmola notably focuses on the renewable energy sector.
Italy > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
Bird & Bird‘s Italy team routinely acts for banks and financial institutions on both financing and refinancing transactions. The group, which is headed up by energy and utilities sector expert Pierpaolo Mastromarini, is particularly focused on the traditional and renewable energy sectors, including the realisation of public and private works.
Italy > Banking and finance: Borrower side
Active in corporate, real estate and project-related structured finance deals, Bird & Bird‘s Italy team advises development companies, sponsors, public entities and contractors on infrastructure-related financings and refinancings. Pierpaolo Mastromarini is an energy and utilities sector expert, while Michele Arruzzolo specialises in project finance.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Italy > Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Energy Italy
- Banking and finance: Borrower side Italy
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side Italy
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