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Capital markets: Debt

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato

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Linklaters Studio Legale Associato draws on the bench strength of its Italian, UK and US practitioners, who act for both corporate issuers and underwriting banks on debt matters. It also advises on securitisation and structured finance deals. Highlights include assisting UniCredit with updating its €35bn covered bond programme. Dario Longo leads the structured finance and financial regulatory practices. Other key figures include Ugo Orsini, who brings expertise to debt deals, counsel Linda Taylor, an expert in  international capital markets. In May 2023, Lorenzo Dal Canto, whose workload includes covered bonds, residential mortgage securitisations, receivables and project bonds, was promoted to counsel.

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Key clients

  • Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
  • BofA Securities Europe SA
  • Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG
  • Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
  • Goldman Sachs International
  • Mediobanca – Banca Di Credito Finanziario S.p.A.
  • Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
  • L’Isolante K-Flex S.p.A.
  • Société Générale
  • MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V.
  • J.P. Morgan SE
  • UniCredit Bank AG, UniCredit S.p.A.
  • ING Bank N.V.
  • Banco Santander S.A., Milan Branch
  • Credit Suisse Bank (Europe)
  • BNP Paribas
  • Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Porsche AG)

Work highlights

  • Assisting UniCredit with the update of a €35bn covered bond programme.
  • Advising the joint bookrunners on the issue of exchangeable bonds by Lagfin S.C.A.
  • Advising the managers on an issue by Autostrade per l’Italia of €750m notes.

Lawyers

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Dario Longo
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Dario Longo is a partner in our capital markets group at Linklaters since the establishment of the Milan office in 2007. He is the head of the structured finance and financial regulatory practices, and his practice covers the entire cycle of financial regulated assets. He regularly acts for financial sponsors and international banks on structured financed transactions, structured lending, securitization transactions, NPLs and servicing platforms, and advises on M&A transactions on regulated assets, fund formation and general financial regulations.
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Lorenzo Dal Canto
Linklaters Studio Legale Associato
Lorenzo is a Capital Markets counsel based in the firm’s Milan office and has experience across all aspects of structured finance work, with particular expertise in non-performing loan acquisitions and financings, securitisations, asset backed financings, covered bonds and structured real estate. In 2015 Lorenzo was seconded to an international bank in London for six months and in 2012 he spent six months on secondment to the firm’s London office.
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Ugo Orsini
Linklaters Studio Legale Associato
Ugo is a corporate Partner based in Milan who regularly assists major investment banks, financial institutions and corporates on a variety of capital markets transactions, including equity and equity-linked transactions (e.g. convertible and exchangeable bonds), right issues and various debt deals. He assists both issuers and underwriters and has considerable experience in advising listed companies in establishing and maintaining effective corporate governance structures.
Linda Taylor
Linklaters Studio Legale Associato
Linda Taylor is an Italian and English law-qualified Counsel based at Linklaters' Milan offices, with focus on Sustainable Finance, ESG and DEI,  where she leads the international DCM practice group . She is an English law specialist in debt and equity capital markets transactions involving Italian issuers and her in-depth knowledge of the Italian market is complemented by her extensive experience in international capital markets.  She regularly advises on a broad range of capital markets transactions and has advised issuers and underwriters in relation to IPOs, block trades, exchangeable/convertible bonds, regulatory capital, corporate bonds, MTN programmes and liability management. Linda is also co-head of the Linklaters Italian ESG practice, which includes lawyers from all practice areas of the firm to deliver a full service offer on ESG matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Dario Longo, Ugo Orsini, Linda Taylor

Other key lawyers

Lorenzo Dal Canto

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