Ashurst's Italy team comprises specialists in acquisition, leverage, real estate, development, telecoms and project finance. Other key areas are corporate lending and trade, asset and receivables finance, as well as special situations and debt restructuring deals. Mario Lisanti heads up the Italian global loans team, while Carloandrea Meacci and Umberto Antonelli are both energy and infrastructure financing specialists. Luca Maria Chieffo and Nicola Toscano also maintain active finance practices.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Strong professionals, knowledge of different sectors, good connections.’
‘Very experienced and recognised team in the infra loan space. The team takes part in very complex deals.’
Key clients
- Anima
- Banco BPM
Work highlights
- Acted for Oldenburgische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft and Crédit Agricole Italia, as mandated lead arrangers and lenders, on the ESG-linked financing provided to private equity firm Ambienta to support its acquisition of a majority stake in Gruppo Spaggiari Parma.
- Acted for Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Milan Branch, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, and Caixa Bank, Milan Branch, on three sustainability-linked loans granted to ERG for a total amount of €330m.