Mr Iacopo Fontana > Legance - Avvocati Associati > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
Legance - Avvocati Associati Offices
VIA BROLETTO 20
20121 MILAN
Italy
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Mr Iacopo Fontana
Work Department
Banking & Finance - Restructuring and Insolvency - Shipping, Aviation and Transportation
Position
Partner
Career
Iacopo Fontana has an extensive experience in distressed M&A, debt restructuring and insolvency procedures. He advises Italian and foreign companies, banks and financial institutions on debt restructuring transactions (both in-court and out-of-court transactions) and on default situations in general. Iacopo also assists his clients in banking transactions, structured finance, real estate financing, project financing and other capital market operations, and has developed a significant experience in the shipping sector.
Languages
Italian, English and French
Memberships
Member of the Rome Bar since 2005.
Education
In 2001 he graduated in Law, maxima cum laude, at Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy.
In 2020 he obtained a Master in Italian and EU banking, finance and insurance law, at Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, and in 2003 an LL.M. in Banking and Finance at University College London, United Kingdom.
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Shipping
Legance – Avvocati Associati is routinely mandated by national and international maritime companies, port terminal operators, shipyards, insurers, and banking and financial institutions. The group’s expertise encompasses shipping sector-related private equity transactions, and private equity funds investing in shipping and shipping debt. It is also noted for shipping-related restructuring. The team is jointly led by Claudia Gregori
and Marco Cottone in Milan, alongside Iacopo Fontana, who works between Milan and London.
Italy > Restructuring and insolvency
Known for its ‘strong knowledge of the industry’, the Legance – Avvocati Associati team combines experts in financial, transactional and litigation backgrounds to advise its clients across the sector. With specialists in Milan, Rome and London, the firm is also able to advise clients on matters spanning Italy and Europe. The team is led by four lawyers: Luca Autuori, Filippo Chiodini Innocenti Ducci, Giandomenico Ciaramella and Iacopo Fontana. Chiodini specialises in distressed M&A and private equity, whilst Fontana advises on restructuring and insolvency procedures in the shipping sector. Garavelli is also noted for his litigation expertise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Tax
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- EU and competition law
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Compliance
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Industry focus: Food
- Shipping
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property