Banking and finance: lender or arranger side

Dentons

Client Satisfaction

Dentons' Italy practice fields experts in leverage, real estate, fund and corporate finance, along with refinancings, direct lending, and project and structured finance. Alessandro Fosco Fagotto heads the banking and finance practice in Europe; Pierandrea Bonali is ‘one of the finest real estate finance lawyers around’; Luigi Costa is a project finance specialist; and Franco Paolo Gialloreti advises on acquisition, leverage and real estate finance, along with corporate and syndicated lending. Tommaso Zanirato and Antida Cutuli are also experienced practitioners. In April 2024, LBO expert Edoardo Galeotti was promoted to partner.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘The team is definitely outstanding in terms of capabilities and quality of deliverables.’
‘Competence, knowledge, availability and collaboration.’
‘Availability and problem-solving capacity. Dentons' real estate finance team possesses a unique understanding of the underlying market and consistently delivers exceptional performances.’
‘They are highly responsive and maintain a strong focus on clients’ needs.’
‘The firm's commercial lending team and the project finance group are incredibly valuable.’
‘Alessandro Fosco Fagotto - strong reputation, and technical and negotiation capabilities that are outstanding.’
‘Pierandrea Bonali - great expertise. He merges outstanding legal skills with innovative commercial solutions, making him one of the finest real estate finance lawyers around.’
‘Antida Cutuli exhibits unparalleled responsiveness and technical prowess.’

Key clients

Banca IFIS
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
Banco BPM
BPER Banca
Crédit Agricole Italia
Intesa Sanpaolo
Mediobanca
MPS Capital Services Banca per le Imprese
UniCredit
illimity Bank
Deutsche Bank
Muzinich
Equita
Fuchs Asset Management
Anthilia Capital Partners SGR
Solution Bank
Eurazeo
Tenax Capital
HIG
Green Arrow Global
Arcmont Asset Management
Carlyle Global Credit

Work highlights

Advised the lenders on a €124m financing granted to illycaffè.
Advised the lenders and arrangers on up-to €170m term and revolving facilities granted to Gi Group Holding, further to the acquisition of the European staffing activities of Kelly Services.
Advised UniCredit on a medium-long term real estate financing granted to an Omnam Group company.

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