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Supporting both debtors and creditors, DLA Piper regularly advises on the gamut of restructuring issues, with broad experience working on bond position restructurings and the restructuring of UTP exposures. The firm regularly advises on composition with creditors' agreements and negotiated settlements. Heading the practice from Rome, Antonio Lombardo specialises in debt-equity swaps in distressed situations. Ugo Calò is a financing expert with a particular strength in infrastructure and real estate finance. Alberto Angeloni is also noted for his work in insolvency litigation. In January 2025, Francesco De Gennaro left the firm.

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  • ‘The team at DLA Piper provides extremely value-adding structuring and execution of complex financial restructuring operations.’

Key clients

  • Intesa Sanpaolo
  • UniCredit
  • Banco BPM
  • SACE
  • Monte dei Paschi di Siena
  • Casinò di Campione
  • Officine Maccaferri
  • Attestor Capital LLP
  • Prelios
  • Banca Carige
  • BPER Banca
  • Solution Bank
  • BNL
  • Gestio Capital
  • Aser Group Holding
  • AMCO
  • Credite Agricole Italia
  • Sirti

Work highlights

  • Advised the main Italian creditor financial institutions in the context of the arrangement with creditors filed by the Cimolai Group, an industrial group specialized in the realization of large complex works.
  • Advised a pool of financial creditors, consisting of banks and leasing companies, in restructuring the debt of Sofinter, a company specializing in the design and production of steam generators for various markets.
  • Advised Gestio Capital and Aser Group Holding in supporting, as investor and new money provider, the restructuring of the financial of U.C. Sampdoria S.p.a., a historic football team currently enrolled with the Italian Serie B league.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Antonio Lombardo

Other key lawyers

Ugo Calò, Alberto Angeloni