Mandated by major lenders, McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato’s Milan group handles high-end real estate and acquisition financings, restructuring, and commercial lending.  Heading up the practice, Giancarlo Castorino specialises in structured finance; while Francesco Romeo is experienced in acquisition and real estate financing, as well as debt restructuring.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Great people and collaboration on billing.’
  • ‘Availability of the people engaged and sector expertise.’

  • ‘Very precise and collaborative - a highly practical team.’

  • ‘Very good negotiation skills.’

Key clients

  • Andera Partners
  • Banca Ifis
  • Banco BPM
  • Banco Santander
  • BNP Paribas
  • BPER Banca
  • Crédit Agricole
  • ING Bank
  • Intesa Sanpaolo
  • Natixis
  • Palamon Capital Partners
  • UniCredit

Work highlights

  • Advised a pool of domestic and international lenders (including Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit and Natixis) on the restructuring of an approximately €400m facility transaction, granted to a special vehicle belonging to Italian state-owned Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.
  • Advised a pool of domestic and international lenders (including Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit, Natixis, Banco BPM and BNP Paribas) on the restructuring of an approximately €250m facility transaction, granted to a real estate fund managed by Dea Capital.
  • Advised for Intesa Sanpaolo on a complex structure aimed at supporting (with approximately €500m in facilities) the financial needs of primary domestic and international investors.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Giancarlo Castorino

Other key lawyers

Francesco Romeo, Agata Todarello, Nicolò Perricone