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Clifford Chance‘s Italy group is consistently mandated to advise on high-end finance transactions, such as investment grade deals, acquisition financings, export finance, syndicated loans, bonds and debt restructurings. The practice in Milan also covers real estate loans and international project financing. Practice head Giuseppe De Palma routinely acts on major banking and finance transactions. Charles Adams is renowned for his expertise in Italian and cross-border banking. Ferdinando Poscio specialises in general and syndicated lending, acquisition finance and restructuring. Other figures to note are senior counsel Francesca Cuzzocrea, Filippo Tassoni, Chiara Commis and counsel Paolo Ballerini.

Mandated by large domestic and international groups, Clifford Chance‘s Milan-based Italy group handles high-stakes finance transactions, including acquisition finance, syndicated loans, export finance and debt restructuring deals. The team is headed up by longstanding banking and finance expert Giuseppe De Palma. Charles Adams is a renowned specialist in Italian and cross-border banking work. The practice also features leveraged finance and restructuring practitioner Ferdinando Poscio, along with Francesca Cuzzocrea, who was promoted to senior counsel in May 2023. Filippo Tassoni, Chiara Commis and Paolo Ballerini are also key team members.

Clifford Chance‘s Italy team is experienced in acting for domestic and international groups, arrangers and financing banks on the regulatory side to finance transactions. The group also assists with fintech-related issues. In 2022, Giuseppe De Palma was appointed global financial markets regional practice leader for Continental Europe, while Lucio Bonavitacola leads the investment funds and regulatory group. Other key figures are Charles Adams, Ferdinando Poscio and Gioacchino Foti; and in May 2023, Francesca Cuzzocrea was promoted to senior counsel. Riccardo Coassin is another name to note.