Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Client SatisfactionHerbert Smith Freehills LLP' Italian banking and finance team advises funds and corporations on acquisition, real estate, asset and project financing, along with export finance, syndicated lending, commodity trade finance, corporate loans, fund finance and restructuring. Promoted to partner in April 2023, Simone Egidi leads the Italian banking and finance practice.
Testimonials
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‘Simone Egidi is a very professional lawyer, who is competent and extremely available.'
'Achieves the best terms and conditions available for financial agreements.’
‘Very good support during negotiations - a strong partnership with clients.’
‘Strong skills when supporting negotiations, and understands clients' needs and how to converse with counterparts' legal advisers.’
Key clients
- Glennmont Partners (Nuveen)
- Groupe Adeo
- HSBC Global Asset Management
- Avenir LNG and Higas
- BP Oil International
- Cero Generation
- Marubeni Corporation
- VTTI
- Zambon S.p.A.
- Webuild S.p.A.
- Beyond NetZero BV
- Messaggerie Libri S.p.A
- Vivigas S.p.A.
- Pizzarotti S.p.A.
- Sorgenia S.p.A.
- FRV - Fotowatio Renewable
- EDP Renewables
- Ceva Logistics SpA
- Futura S.r.l.
- CMC Europe
- Veterna
Work highlights
- Advised a corporation on securing the financing for the acquisition, through an auction process, of a majority stake in Adriatic LNG.
- Advised a major corporation on securing the financing for the acquisition, through an auction process, of a minority stake in IReti Gas.
- Advised Sorgenia on the project financing for its newly-developed photovoltaic projects in Tuscany.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Simone Egidi