Dentons
Client SatisfactionComprising experts from the firm's corporate, real estate, tax, M&A, and banking and finance practices. Dentons‘ Italian team is particularly focused on the establishment of real estate, private equity and credit funds. Heading up the financial services practice in Italy, Alessandro Engst acts for banks, fund managers, investment firms, insurance companies, payment institutions, fintech companies and pension funds on regulatory matters. Engst also assists with the establishment of investment funds.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team’s strengths are its proactivity and ability to respond quickly to clients' needs, even during very complex projects.'
- 'The team is always aware of the latest laws and regulatory updates.'
- 'Alessandro Engst - extremely expert, precise and professional, and recognised by the market.'
Key clients
- Fidelity
- Eurizon Capital SGR
- DeA Capital Real Estate SGR
- COIMA SGR
- Orion Capital Managers
- GLP
- Castello SGR
- P&G SGR
- Value Italy SGR
- Threestones Capital Management
- Mediobanca
- UnipolSai
- Quinta Capital SGR
- Fort Partners
- Kervis SGR
- Finlombarda SGR
- Fattal Hotel Group
- BNP Paribas REIM Italy SGR
- The Student Hotel
- ENPAM
- ENPACL
Work highlights
- Assisting Mediobanca with its first-of-their-kind transactions concerning the set-up of real estate investment funds (aimed at providing access to trophy assets to the bank’s ultra-high-net-worth clients).
- Assisted Fidelity with the listing process of five thematic sub-funds of Fidelity UCITS ICAV on the Borsa Italiana’s ETF-plus market.
- Assisted Fuchs Asset Management, as manager of Luxembourg fund Summus Fund S.A. SICAV-RAIF, with the launch of direct lending activity in Italy by Summus Fund One.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alessandro Engst