The US, English and Italian capital markets practitioners at White & Case (Europe) LLP cover EMTN and GMTN programmes, Eurobonds and Euro and private placements, along with high-yield and Yankee bonds, and green, social and sustainable bonds. The practice also brings expertise to matters involving hybrid securities, project bonds, liability management deals and structured products. The department is co-led by securitisation specialists Giuseppe Barra Caracciolo and Gianluca Fanti, along with capital markets experts Ferigo Foscari, Michael Immordino, Tommaso Tosi, Francesco Scebba and Evgeny Scirtò Ostrovskiy. Also of note are Pietro Magnaghi and Alessandro Picchi, who were promoted to partner in January 2024.
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Key clients
- Autostrade per l’Italia
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Barclays
- BNP Paribas
- Cassa di Risparmio di Asti
- Cassa di Risparmio di Biella e Vercelli – Biverbanca S.p.A.
- Citigroup
- Crédit Agricole
- Credit Suisse
- CVC Capital Partners
- Deutsche Bank
- Enel
- Enel X
- Goldman Sachs
- Hertz
- HSBC
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- JP Morgan
- Morgan Stanley
- Mundys
- Oaktree Capital Management
- Stellantis
- Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
Work highlights
- Advised Enel Group in connection with a $4bn issuance of Yankee bonds.
- Advised Autostrade per l’Italia S.p.A., as issuer, on the update of its €7bn EMTN programme.
- Advised Cassa Risparmio di Asti S.p.A., as originator, in connection with a €40m, multi-originator securitisation (arranged by Illimity Bank S.p.A.) of receivables granted to Italian SMEs.
Lawyers
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Giuseppe Barra Caracciolo
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Gianluca Fanti
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Francesco Scebba
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Giuseppe Barra Caracciolo, Gianluca Fanti, Ferigo Foscari, Michael Immordino, Tommaso Tosi, Francesco Scebba, Evgeny Scirtò Ostrovskiy