Oriana Granato > EY TAX & LAW ITALY > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

EY TAX & LAW ITALY
VIA MERAVIGLI, 12/14
20123 MILANO
Italy

Work Department

Energy

Position

Oriana is a Partner of EY TAX & LAW ITALY and is Head of the firm’s Infrastructures and Project Finance team.

She has a strongly established experience in energy, infrastructure and project finance market, both in Italy and abroad providing legal assistance in all phases of Project Finance transactions (i.e. due diligence, transaction structuring, drafting, assistance in negotiation, signing and closing of finance documents).

Oriana has also gained significant experience in:

  • the public-private partnership sector, having assisted primary domestic multi-utility companies in drafting, structuring and negotiating of PPP proposals in the following areas: (i) energy requalification of public building on EPC basis; (ii) electrification of public transport; (ii) construction and operation of waste to chemical plants; and
  • M&A transactions in infrastructure and energy sector.

Career

Partner Oriana Granato joined EY TAX & LAW ITALY  in 2018 after a 10+ year career at the firm of Gianni & Origoni where she became partner in 2016.

Prior to this she was an Associate at Allen & Overy.

Languages

Oriana speaks English, French, German, Spanish and Italian

Memberships

Italian Bar Association – Rome branch

Lawyer Rankings

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.