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Norton Rose Fulbright

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Italy: Administrative law

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Italy: Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, Norton Rose Studio Legale is a third tier firm,

Norton Rose Studio Legale acts on acquisition, asset and energy finance, as well as export credit and trade finance, project finance, public finance, real estate lending, restructuring and insolvency, and general commercial lending. The team advised the project company Brebemi, as borrower, on increasing a bridge loan granted to finance the realisation of a large highway project in northern Italy. Milan-based Arturo Sferruzza, Mario Lisanti and Gennaro Mazzuoccolo are recommended, as are Umberto Mauro and Stefano Maria Zappalà. Zappalà ‘takes clear positions on complex issues’.

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Italy: Capital markets

Within Debt, tier 4

Norton Rose Studio Legale reviewed transaction documents and provided legal opinions on the securitisation of mortgage loan claims. Paolo Pinna joined the Rome office from Chiomenti Studio Legale. Rome-based Umberto Mauro is recommended.

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Within Equity,

NCTM Studio Legale Associato assisted Brunello Cucinelli with the listing of its shares on the Italian Stock Exchange. Milan-based Stefano Padovani and Lukas Plattner are key contacts. Milan-based Riccardo Papetti and Michaela Castelli joined from Studio Legale Associato in affiliation with Simmons & Simmons LLP, but Giuseppe Labianca departed to become Brunello Cucinelli’s legal affairs director.

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Italy: Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome

Within Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome, tier 4

Norton Rose Studio Legale advised Admiral Group on the sale of Chiarezza.it, an online price aggregator, to the French private equity firm, Blackfin Capital Partners. Milan-based Nicolò Juvara and Paolo Daviddi are experienced advisers. Of counsel Andrea Granzotto, who specialises in energy M&A, joined from Grimaldi e Associati.

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Italy: EU, regulatory and competition law

Within EU, regulatory and competition law, tier 5

Norton Rose Studio Legale’s practice covers antitrust, competition and regulatory issues, including merger control, cartel or other market investigations, anti-competitive agreements, and abuses of dominant position. The group’s sector expertise includes financial services, energy, consumer goods, and software and IT. Andrea Zulli’s ‘legal analysis is excellent’.

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Italy: Energy

Within Energy, Norton Rose Studio Legale is a third tier firm,

Norton Rose Studio Legale’s team covers renewable energy – including biomass, solar, wind and waste-to-energy – as well as oil and gas, and traditional power industries. Arturo Sferruzza is the key contact.

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Italy: Real estate

Within Real estate, tier 4

Norton Rose Studio Legale’s real estate team fields finance and corporate law experts, who are supported by tax, dispute resolution and administrative law specialists. The practice advised ABN AMRO Bank and Eurocommercial Properties on the financing of a large shopping mall.

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Italy: Restructuring and insolvency

Within Restructuring and insolvency, tier 4

Norton Rose Studio Legale acts in complex, high-value restructurings and has industry-specific expertise in the shipping, energy and real estate sectors. Milan-based Mario Lisanti has ‘excellent technical skills’, and Cecilia Buresti is ‘a skilled professional and tough negotiator’.

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Italy: Tax

Within Tax, tier 5

Norton Rose Studio Legale’s Rome-based Andrea Fiorelli ‘resolves issues quickly’. He advises on international taxation and planning; tax issues arising in the context of corporate finance and M&A transactions or financial products; the taxation of individual assets; and tax litigation.

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