Acting for large banks, Osborne Clarke's Italy group advises on real estate and green financings, along with alternative structured finance. Andrea Pinto acts for lenders on cross-border transactions; Federica Greggio is a debt finance and restructuring specialist; and Antonio Fugaldi assists with acquisition, leveraged, project and real estate financings.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'In-depth knowledge of its subjects and specific expertise in various topics.'

  • 'Strong commitment levels and excellent respect of deadlines.'

  • 'Accuracy and extremely high-level work standards.’

  • ‘The firm's strategy combines legal expertise with sector knowledge.'

  • ‘Andrea Pinto is not only a good lawyer on a technical level, he is also very good at providing commercial advice, leveraging on his longstanding experience. He provides strategic views on matters and can offer a range of solutions.'

  • ‘Antonio Fugaldi brings experience and strong expertise. Reliability, immediate availability, a good team worker.’
  • ‘Deep and broad knowledge of both the banking industry and the real estate market.’

  • ‘Able to understand the needs of all the parties involved and find a balanced solution to problems.’

Key clients

  • Aareal Bank AG
  • ABN Amro Asset Based Finance N.V.
  • Azimut Investments S.A.
  • Azimut Private Capital Management S.à.r.l
  • Banco BPM S.p.A.
  • Bayerische Landesbank
  • Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A.
  • MPS Capital Services Banca per le Imprese S.p.A.
  • BNL BNP Paribas (Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A.)
  • BPER Banca S.p.A.
  • Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A.
  • Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano S.p.A.
  • FMS Wertmanagement AöR
  • Natixis SA
  • Prelios S.p.A.
  • UniCredit S.p.A.

Work highlights

  • Advised ABN Amro Asset Based Finance N.V. on a €125m revolving credit facility.
  • Advised BPER Banca S.p.A. on the provision of €90m green credit facilities for the acquisition, refurbishment and redevelopment of various real estate assets in Milan.
  • Advised Natixis S.A. Milan branch, Unicredit S.p.A., Banco BPM S.p.A. and MPS Capital Services Banca per le Imprese S.p.A., on an extension request concerning a €113m facility agreement.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrea Pinto

Other key lawyers

Federica Greggio, Antonio Fugaldi