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Linklaters Studio Legale Associato

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Linklaters Studio Legale Associato' borrower-side banking and finance team is consistently sought out to advise on high-end domestic and international finance deals, including acquisition, leveraged and syndicated finance. Other areas of strength range from real estate finance and financial structuring to restructuring, and asset and export finance. Heading the firm’s Italian banking and finance group, Andrea Arosio is an acquisition and leveraged finance specialist, while Francesco Faldi has significant restructuring and insolvency experience. The practice also features Ettore Consalvi, Alessandra Ortelli, Marco Carrieri and Lilia Lani. Diego Esposito was promoted to partner in May 2023.

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Key clients

  • Gilde Buy-Out Partners LLP (now Rivean Capital)
  • Almaviva S.p.A.
  • Sixth Street
  • Gruppo Barletta S.p.A.
  • Devone S.p.A.
  • Bain Capital Credit, Ltd
  • Armònia SGR
  • Telemos Capital
  • Triton
  • Bormioli Pharma S.p.A.

Lawyers

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Andrea Arosio

Andrea Arosio

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Andrea has extensive experience acting on acquisition and leveraged finance transactions advising financial sponsors, principal investors and lenders in Italy and abroad. He also has extensive experience in real estate finance, debt restructuring and general lending transactions, both in the Italian market and in cross-border transactions. He regularly advises financial sponsors, principal investors, lenders and borrowers in the Italian market and in cross-border transactions.

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Ettore Consalvi

Ettore Consalvi

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Ettore has extensive experience in corporate and structured lending, acquisition and real estate finance, restructuring and turnaround procedures, debtor-in-possession financing and acquisition/disposal of UTP/NPL portfolios and single names, both in the Italian market and in cross-border  transactions.

Diego Esposito

Diego Esposito

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Diego Esposito is a partner based in the firm’s Milan office but has also spent 6 months on secondment to the firm’s headquarters in London and 10 months on secondment to the firm’s Hong Kong office. Diego specializes in acquisition and leveraged finance, syndicated lending, restructuring and structured finance, including High Yield bonds and SSRCF financing and private bonds structures. He has significant experience advising those on all sides of transactions, including arrangers, sponsors (including private equity sponsors), financing providers and borrowers in domestic and cross-border transactions.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrea Arosio

Other key lawyers

Ettore Consalvi, Alessandra Ortelli, Marco Carrieri, Lilia Lani, Diego Esposito, Alessandro Tanno