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.

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