Maria Cristina Breida > EY TAX & LAW ITALY > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
EY TAX & LAW ITALY Offices
VIA MERAVIGLI, 12/14
20123 MILANO
Italy
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Maria Cristina Breida
Work Department
Energy & Public Law
Position
Maria Cristina Breida is a Partner of the firm and the Environment, Climate Change & Sustainability Leader for EY Tax & Law Italy.
She has more than twenty years’ experience in assisting international groups, Italian public and private companies, private equity funds and investment banks in relation to significant extraordinary and real estate transactions involving activities with a high environmental and energy impact, environmental policies and responsibilities and risk management.
Maria Cristina has extensive expertise in assisting clients in structuring and implementing innovative energy transition business projects and green economy and sustainability models applied to industrial and energy sectors as well as in advising on projects in the field of conventional and renewable sources with reference to contractual, authorization profiles, negotiation with the Public Administration and litigation.
She also provides legal support in sustainable finance operations, ESG regimes applicable to entities operating in regulated markets and environmental, climate change and ESG liability litigation.
Career
Maria Cristina joined the EY legal team in 2022 from the Italian firm Legance where she was Head of the Environmental Law practice. Prior to this she spent 18+ years at the Italian firm RP Legal, where she was partner in charge of the Environmental and Energy department.
Languages
Maria Cristina speaks Italian, English and French
Memberships
- Italian Bar Association – Milan branch
- International Bar Association – Officer of the Environmental, Health and Safety Law Committee
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Administrative and public law
EY TAX & LAW ITALY ‘s team provides comprehensive assistance to public bodies and companies in public tenders, PPP contracts, as well as in tariff and regulatory issues, while also handling contentious matters before the Italian administrative courts. Transactional matters also feature in the department’s workload. Maria Cirillo regularly advises on public tenders and has significant experience in the management of integrated water services. Maria Cristina Breida routinely assists international groups and Italian public and private companies, private equity funds and investment banks in real estate transactions involving high environmental and energy impact, risk management, as well as litigation and negotiation with the public administration.
Italy > Industry focus: Energy
EY TAX & LAW ITALY‘s energy team represents clients across the full spectrum of renewable energy technologies including hydro, solar, on-shore and offshore wind, energy-from-waste, biomass and biofuels. Mattia Riccardo Petrillo leads the practice’s energy and efficiency team, advising clients in the oil and gas, electric and alternative energy sectors, while head of the energy finance team Oriana Granato notably focuses on the implementation of energy transition and circular economy projects, PPPs, project finance-based loan agreements and M&A transactions. Maria Cristina Breida leads the environment, climate change and sustainability team, which assists clients in innovative energy-from-waste, biomass and biofuels projects.