Giovanni is an expert in corporate and commercial law, advising Italian and foreign clients, and in particular public-owned companies (multi-utilities), focusing on the energy and waste & water sectors. Giovanni is a member of the Italian Energy & Utilities team and heads the focus area group dedicated to Waste & Water. His legal expertise focuses on the wide range of corporate and commercial practices, covering both transactional and advisory work. He assists Italian and foreign clients operating in the energy sector on domestic and cross-border M&A as well as joint ventures, extraordinary finance, and general commercial matters. He has a consolidated experience in dispute resolution, both at litigation and arbitration, specifically with regards to the rules related to disputes in the Environment and Waste & Water sectors. He has a consolidated experience in dispute resolution, both at litigation and arbitration, as well as in the specific rules relating to disputes in the Environment and Waste & Water industries. Giovanni has developed expertise in advising publicly owned companies (multi-utilities), listed and otherwise, mainly operating in the Waste & Water sectors and has an in-depth understanding of the management and administrative issues applying to these companies, and of the relevant issues relating to the liability of directors in publicly owned companies. He has advised not only on a variety of M&A transactions involving companies owning waste disposal and recovery plants (landfill site and waste-to-energy plants), but also advises companies in the sector on issues including corporate governance.
Osborne Clarke
Osborne Clarke‘s energy team provides advice on a wide range of energy-related issues, including renewable energy, energy storage and regulation, as well as photovoltaic, biogas, energy-from-waste and geothermal plants. Head of the corporate and M&A team Riccardo Roversi specialises in renewable energy, asset sales, M&A operations and joint ventures, while Giovanni Penzo is noted for his expertise in waste-to-energy projects, acquisitions and demergers in the energy sector. The team also includes public procurement processes and dispute resolution expert Giorgio Lezzi.
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Key clients
- A2A Energia S.p.A; A2A Ambiente S.p.A.; A2A Illuminazione Pubblica S.r.l.
- Acque Bresciane S.r.l.
- Acinque Tecnologie S.r.l.
- AKNO Business Parks S.r.l.
- AGESP Energia S.r.l.
- ALER Milano
- Cogeme Group
- Costim S.r.l. (Chorus Life S.p.A.)
- Industrie De Nora S.p.A.
- Linea Group Holding S.p.A.
- Municipality of Rozzano
- NHOA (ex Engie EPS) and Free2Move e-solutions S.p.A.
- Sicor Società Italiana Corticosteroidi S.r.l. (Teva Group)
- Tea Sistemi Energia e Ambiente (SEI) (Tea S.p.A.)
- Yinson Renewables (a division of Yinson Holdings Berhad)
Work highlights
- Advised DeNora on acquiring a brownfield industrial site for its "Italian GigaFactory" project to manufacture hardware for the production of clean burning energy source green hydrogen.
- Advised on the Chorus Life Bergamo project, a ground-breaking multi-functional smart district in Bergamo.
- Advised Municipality of Rozzano on awarding and implementing a PPP contract for the redevelopment and management of a district heating network and the heating and electricity systems of municipal buildings.
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Riccardo Roversi