Chiomenti assists large multinational corporates and financial services companies with their real estate and construction investments in Italy. The firm specialises in all essential aspects of real estate and construction, covering civil, tax, finance, regulatory and administrative law. Patrizia Liguti heads the real estate practice and brings significant experience assisting major institutional investors in real estate matters. Umberto Borzi, who is well versed in real estate transactions, is a key member of the practice. Promoted to partner in January 2023, Paolo Fedele is an expert in insurance matters within real estate. Alessandro Giacosa is another key member of the department, which grew further in September 2023 with the arrival of Federico Vanetti from Dentons.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Chiomenti's strength has always been the capacity to act as a single multi-disciplinary team. Talking to single lawyers always means talking to the team.’

  • ‘Very good knowledge of the topic. A commercially oriented approach.’

  • ‘Competent with good negotiations skills.’

  • ‘Paolo Fedele is really skilled and able to assist in very complex negotiations.'

  • 'Giuseppe Andrea Giannantonio has very strong knowledge of the whole real estate investment world and is always able to provide useful hints that allow for unlocking complex situations.’
  • ‘Innovative, reliable with a great sense of business. Unbeatable on structuring transactions not only real estate. ’

Key clients

  • AEW
  • Allianz
  • Blackstone
  • BNP Paribas Group
  • CDP Immobiliare
  • Coima
  • Covivio
  • Dea Capital
  • Eurazeo
  • Generali Real Estate SGR
  • Hines
  • Intesa Sanpaolo
  • KKR
  • Kryalos SGR
  • Lendlease
  • Logistics Capital Partners
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Prelios
  • Savills

Work highlights

  • Advising Hines, Cale Street and Prelios on the redevelopment of the area known as Milano Sesto.
  • Advising Logistic Capital Partners on a joint venture transaction with a leading European online platform for fashion and lifestyle concerning a brownfield regeneration project.
  • Advising Kryalos, as management company of the Pacific 1 fund, on the sale of the historic headquarters of the national newspaper La Nazione.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Patrizia Liguti

Other key lawyers

Umberto Borzi, Paolo Fedele, Alessandro Giacosa