Europe - Italy

Chiomenti

More informationMore information

Chiomenti‘s team acts for major corporations on acquisition, corporate and real estate finance, as well as refinancing. Gregorio Consoli is the firm’s finance and regulated entities head; Gianrico Giannesi advises both asset managers and investment funds; Giorgio Cappelli routinely assists with high-end financial transactions; Marco Cerritelli predominantly focuses on transport, healthcare and sport-related assets; Antonio Tavella brings expertise in corporate finance; and Giulia Battaglia specialises in structuring complex transactions. Other key figures are Riccardo Rossi, who maintains a broad finance practice, and counsel Andrea Martino.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Key clients

  • Ansaldo Energia S.p.A.
  • Casavo
  • Coima RES S.p.A. Società di Investimento Immobiliare Quotata
  • De Fonseca S.p.A.
  • EI Towers S.p.A.
  • Enel S.p.A.
  • Eurocommercial Properties Italia S.r.l.
  • F2i
  • Fincantieri S.p.A.
  • Hines Italia
  • IGD SiiQ
  • Nexion S.p.A.
  • Pusterla 1880 S.p.A.
  • Saipem S.p.A.
  • Savills Investment Management SGR
  • Sipcam Oxon S.p.A.
  • SIT S.p.A.
  • Unicoop Tirreno S.C.a.r.l.
  • Unipol Sai Assicurazioni
  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Work highlights

  • Advising Ansaldo Energia on the execution of a financial manoeuvre, which relates to the launch of the 2023-2027 Industrial Plan.
  • Advising the Moretti family on the acquisition financing of a minority stake in Lumson through a mezzanine notes issuance and senior bank financing.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Giulia Battaglia

Giulia Battaglia

Hall of fameChiomenti

Giulia has over thirty years’ experience in this industry and specialises in structuring complex transactions. She advises debtors, banks, Italian and international investors on real estate financing, acquisitions, project finance and securitisation, factoring, debt restructuring transactions, bankruptcy law, insolvency proceedings and distressed assets purchase transactions. She has significant experience in debt restructuring in the shipbuilding and healthcare industries. Giulia’s practice also includes infrastructures and procurement with a particular focus on the energy sector.

Rising stars

Andrea Martino

Andrea Martino

Chiomenti

Andrea advises Italian and international clients on finance matters with a focus on corporate finance, real estate financing, acquisition financing, project financing, cross-border financing, sureties and collaterals, settlement and restructuring of debts. In that context, he has advised banks, investors, debtors, arrangers and originators.

Leading individuals

Giorgio Cappelli

Giorgio Cappelli

Chiomenti

Giorgio advises Italian and international clients on financial and debt capital markets transactions with a focus on acquisition finance, real estate asset management, mutual investment funds, structured finance, securitisation of credits, including those arising from real estate transactions, guaranteed bank bonds, debt consolidation plans and restructuring, debenture loans, and Euro Medium Term Note programmes.

Marco Cerritelli

Marco Cerritelli

Chiomenti

Marco regularly assists Italian and foreign clients to develop, carry out and finance (including according to the LMA standards and through the issue of securities) investments in infrastructure. Marco has gained significant experience in the main regulated sectors, mainly focusing on the areas of transport, health and sport related assets. In this context, he dealt with several market first and pathfinders. His assistance also includes the interventions made both on the primary and secondary market by infrastructure funds. Marco specialises in project finance transactions and private public partnership (PPP).

Gregorio Consoli

Gregorio Consoli

Chiomenti

Gregorio assists Italian and international clients in extraordinary transactions with a particular focus on transactions involving financial entities and regulated sectors. He has been appointed together with Filippo Modulo as Managing Partner for the three-year period 2021-2023. Gregorio also advises banks, funds and asset managers on regulatory issues concerning the structuring and execution of financial transactions.

Next Generation Partners

Riccardo Rossi

Riccardo Rossi

Chiomenti

Riccardo regularly assists banks, corporates and financial sponsors in any kind of financing transactions (including leveraged and acquisition finance, real estate finance, corporate finance and refinancing transactions).

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Gianrico Giannesi

Other key lawyers

Giorgio Cappelli, Marco Cerritelli, Antonio Tavella, Giulia Battaglia, Riccardo Rossi, Andrea Martino