Antonio La Porta > BonelliErede > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

The specialist expertise at BonelliErede covers acquisition, corporate, project, property and structured finance. The sizeable banking and finance practice is particularly experienced in LBOs, and public bid and takeover-related financings. Emanuela Da Rin is notably focused on real estate, corporate and acquisition finance; Antonio La Porta  is a structured finance expert; Gabriele Malgeri specialises in project finance; Giuseppe Sacchi Lodispoto assists with significant loan transactions; and Catia Tomasetti leads the infrastructure, energy and ecological transition focus team. Giovanni Battaglia, Giorgio Frasca, Giovanna Zagaria and Federico Cocito are also experienced figures.

The sizeable banking and finance practice at BonelliErede covers acquisition, corporate, project, property and structured finance deals. Emanuela Da Rin focuses on real estate, corporate and acquisition finance, as well as distressed asset-related operations; Antonio La Porta is a highly-regarded banking and finance practitioner; Gabriele Malgeri specialises in project finance; Giuseppe Sacchi Lodispoto focuses on loan transactions; and ‘truly inspiring leader’ Catia Tomasetti heads the infrastructure, energy and ecological transition focus team. The banking and finance practice also features experienced lawyers Giovanni Battaglia, Giorgio Frasca, Giovanna Zagaria and Federico Cocito.

In addition to assisting arrangers and originators with structuring securitisation transactions, BonelliErede‘s 16-strong group covers corporate debt instruments, medium-term notes and standalone eurobonds, along with domestic, high-yield and hybrid bonds. Recently-returned from London, Massimiliano Danusso heads up the debt capital markets team, which showcases: Emanuela Da Rin, an adviser on securitisations and bond loans; and debt capital markets practitioner Antonio La Porta, who is ‘both an expert and a pragmatic business partner’. Structured finance practitioner Giovanni Battaglia is a recently-promoted partner, while Francesca Marchetti also specialises in capital markets.