The banking and financial markets regulation practice in Bird & Bird's Italian  offices has significant investment funds expertise. The group advises national and international management companies and investors on real estate, credit and private equity alternative investment funds. The Milan-based group showcases Raimondo Maggiore, who assists Italian and international asset management companies with structuring alternative investment funds; and Rossella Sansone, an expert in asset management and financial services. The department further includes Giovanni Bevilacqua, who regularly acts for Italian and EU fund managers on real estate alternative investment fund structures.

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Key clients

  • Alternative Capital Partners SGR
  • Ambienta SGR
  • Amundi
  • BCC Risparmio & Previdenza
  • BlackRock Group
  • Columbia Threadneedle Group
  • CREDEM Private Equity SGR
  • DeA Capital Real Estate
  • Deka Immobilien Investment
  • Euromobiliare Asset Management
  • Europa Risorse
  • Fideuram Investimenti
  • Goldman Sachs Group
  • illimity Società di Gestione del Risparmio
  • Invesco Management Group
  • Investire
  • Investitori SGR
  • IQ EQ Fund Management (Ireland)
  • Kairos Partners
  • Kryalos
  • Mediolanum Gestione Fondi
  • M&G International Investment Group
  • Pictet & Cie (Europe)
  • Polis SGR

Work highlights

  • Assisted Polis SGR with the structuring, set-up and launch of an Italian real estate alternative investment fund called LC Italy.
  • Assisting BCC Risparmio e Previdenza SGR (and other asset managers) with assessing and implementing the European legal framework on sustainable finance into their operations.
  • Assisted InvestiRE SGR with structuring, setting up and launching an Italian real estate alternative investment fund (Northern Italian Logistics).

Lawyers

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Practice head

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Raimondo Maggiore, Rossella Sansone

Other key lawyers

Giovanni Bevilacqua, Giuseppe Strippoli