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McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato

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McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato’s Milan team advises on real estate and acquisition financing, as well as restructuring and commercial lending. Giancarlo Castorino's recent experience includes advising domestic and international lenders on the restructuring of an approximately €250m facility; Francesco Romeo has longstanding finance sector expertise.

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  • ‘The team has top-notch expertise in lending transactions, especially real estate financing.’

  • ‘Giancarlo Castorino is competent and always available to support his clients.'

  • ‘Giancarlo Castorino and his colleague Nicolò Perricone form a perfect team - very professional, capable and committed to delivering high-level services to clients.'

  • ‘Giancarlo Castorino is clever, fast and has great experience, especially in all issues related to finance.’

  • 'Nicolò Perricone is the rising star of the team.’

Key clients

  • Intesa Sanpaolo
  • Gardant SGR S.p.A.
  • Excellence Logging Finance Limited
  • Banco BPM
  • UniCredit S.p.A.
  • BPER Banca
  • Natixis
  • Banco Santander
  • BNP Paribas
  • Crédit Agricole
  • ING Bank
  • Palamon Capital Partners
  • Hidden Harbor Capital Partners
  • National Westminister Bank
  • Mazda Motor Europe GmbH

Work highlights

  • Advised a large pool of domestic and international lenders in relation to a security package for an approximately €1bn financing for a Qatar Investment Authority- sponsored REIF.
  • Advising Hidden Harbor Capital Partners on the Italian legal aspects of the financing granted by Blue Torch and Wells Fargo for the acquisition of Dayco.
  • Advising National Westminster Bank on the financing (and relevant security package) for the divestment of Italian operations, in relation to the acquisition by Bain Capital and Nextalia of Deltatre.

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Giancarlo Castorino
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Giancarlo Castorino focuses his practice on structured finance, with a specific focus on property and acquisition finance, where he mainly assists lenders in both domestic and cross-border transactions. His extensive client base consists of the foremost Italian banks, such as Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A and UniCredit S.p.A, international banks and investors whom he has assisted and advised in complex restructurings and in the sale of distressed debt portfolios.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Giancarlo Castorino

Other key lawyers

Francesco Romeo, Agata Todarello, Nicolò Perricone

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