Ms Monica Colombera > Legance - Avvocati Associati > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
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20121 MILAN
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Ms Monica Colombera

Work Department
Energy, Project & Infrastructure
Position
Senior Partner
Career
Monica Colombera is the head of energy project and infrastructure group.
She regularly assists lenders and sponsors in financing major transactions and in the structuring of projects. She also assists domestic and foreign investors in M&A transactions, joint-ventures, development projects and secondary market deals both in the infrastructure and energy sector (oil and gas, photovoltaic, wind, hydro energy).
Monica is widely recognized not only for her technical and legal capabilities but also for her deep understanding of the market dynamics. She is regularly involved in assisting institutions and stakeholders with respect to legislative reforms, contractual standardisations and issues of general interest in the relevant market.
Languages
Italian, English
Memberships
Member of the Milan Bar, Italy
Education
In 2001 Monica Colombera obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Competition Law at King’s College in London.
In 1993 Monica Colombera graduated in Law, maxima cum laude, at Università degli Studi di Milano.
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
(Hall of Fame)Legance – Avvocati Associati‘s team routinely advises banking and financial institutions on leveraged, acquisition, mezzanine and real estate financings, as well as syndicated loans. The group is co-led by Andrea Giannelli, who advises on complex transactions; and ‘brilliant professional‘ Monica Colombera
, an energy and infrastructure project finance specialist. Also integral to the department are highly rated banking and finance partners Emanuele Espositi, Luca Autuori and Guido Iannoni Sebastianini; next generation partners Giovanni Scirocco, Antonio Palazzolo and Tommaso Bernasconi; and recently promoted senior counsel Simone Ambrogi. Andrea Mazzola is an experienced senior associate.
Italy > Industry focus: Energy
(Hall of Fame)Legance – Avvocati Associati‘s practice is consistently active in energy-related financings, M&A and administrative law matters; and clients benefit from the group’s regular co-operation with the firm’s tax, dispute resolution, regulatory, antitrust, and banking and finance departments. Lead partner of the energy, project and infrastructure practice, Monica Colombera, is routinely involved in major energy transactions; Filippo Ruffato advises on energy and infrastructure-related project financing, project development and M&A; Giovanni Scirocco is a project finance expert; and Cristina Martorana is an administrative and environmental law specialist. Antonio Palazzolo recently made partner.
Italy > Banking and finance: Borrower side
(Hall of Fame)Legance – Avvocati Associati‘s department advises on leveraged, acquisition, mezzanine and real estate financings, along with syndicated loans, debt restructuring and securities lending transactions. Monica Colombera is the energy, project and infrastructure practice’s lead partner, while Andrea Giannelli
is banking and finance head. Also integral to the group are Emanuele Espositi, Luca Autuori and Guido Iannoni Sebastianini, along with Filippo Ruffato, Giovanni Scirocco, Giandomenico Ciaramella, Antonio Palazzolo and Tommaso Bernasconi. Other key names are senior counsels Francesca Brilli and Simone Ambrogi (who was recently promoted), and managing associate Marco Gagliardi.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance: Borrower side - Italy
- Hall of Fame - Italy > Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Hall of Fame - Italy > Industry focus: Energy
- Hall of Fame - Italy > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Industry focus: Energy - Italy
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side - Italy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Employment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Investment funds
- Real estate and construction
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Industry focus: Retail
- Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Compliance
- Data privacy and data protection
- EU and competition law
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property