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.
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Testimonials
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‘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.’
‘The partners and the rest of the team are very responsive to requests and have very commercial skills.’
‘Proactive, professional and always looking to help clients find solutions to complex situations.’
'Carloandrea Meacci is among the most experienced Italian lawyers in the energy space.’
‘Carloandrea Meacci is capable of directly assisting clients and making available a team of excellent professionals.'
‘Carloandrea Meacci has deep knowledge of the infra market, with recognised expertise of the market's different players (e.g. equity investors, banks).'
Key clients
- Anima
- Banco BPM
- BNL BNP Paribas
- Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
- Cheyne Capital
- Crédit Agricole
- Deutsche Bank
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- MUFG Bank
- Natixis
- Oldenburgische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft
- Oquendo
- UniCredit
- Vantage
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.
- Acted for Anima Alternative and Oquendo Capital, in their capacity as underwriters of a bond issued (by an Italian company indirectly controlled by Matteo Moretti) to acquire the share capital of Lumson.
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.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Luca Maria Chieffo
AshurstLeading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Mario Lisanti
AshurstNext Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Umberto Antonelli
AshurstPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mario Lisanti