Mr Umberto Antonelli > Ashurst > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Ashurst‘s Italy team acts for borrowers on acquisition, leverage, real estate and development finance. The group also comprises experts in trade, asset, receivables, telecoms, infrastructure and project finance, as well as corporate lending and debt restructuring transactions. Carloandrea Meacci heads up the energy and infrastructure team; project finance practitioner Umberto Antonelli is ‘a top-quality lawyer’; and Luca Maria Chieffo acts for borrowers on complex financings. Experienced finance lawyer Riccardo Rossi was recruited from Chiomenti in May 2024. Former co-head Mario Lisanti left the firm in May 2025.

Ashurst‘s Milan group comprises experts in acquisition, leverage, real estate and development finance. It is also notably experienced in trade, asset, receivables, telecoms, infrastructure and project finance, as well as corporate lending and debt restructuring. Carloandrea Meacci is energy and infrastructure head; and Umberto Antonelli ‘deserves a special mention’. The practice further includes Luca Maria Chieffo, an adviser to lenders on financing transactions involving multi-jurisdictional elements; and experienced finance lawyer Nicola Toscano. Finance specialist Riccardo Rossi was recruited from Chiomenti in May 2024. Former banking head Mario Lisanti left the firm in 2025.

Ashurst‘s Milan group is experienced in a range of debt capital markets, including corporate and project bond issuances, securitisation transactions and other structured finance deals. Annalisa Santini advises on a range of banking and structured finance transactions, as well as bond issuances and trade receivable deals; Carloandrea Meacci is a project bond expert; and Umberto Antonelli assists with project-related capital markets financing.