Norton Rose Fulbright > Milan, Italy > Firm Profile
Norton Rose Fulbright Offices
PIAZZA SAN BABILA 1
20122 MILANO
Italy
Norton Rose Fulbright > The Legal 500 Rankings
Italy > Shipping Tier 3
Part of Norton Rose Fulbright's renowned global shipping practice, the firm's Milan team advises on the entire spectrum of shipping finance work. Its expertise ranges from secured and unsecured loan financing, structured finance for shipping companies, and the purchase and registration of ships, to shipbuilding financing contracts, port financings, shipping restructuring, and NPL deals. Heading up the team, Gennaro Mazzuoccolo is 'one of the best shipping lawyers in Italy'.Practice head(s):
Gennaro Mazzuoccolo
Testimonials
‘Norton Rose Fullbright has a very strong reputation for advising domestic and foreign banks, as well as other financial institutions, on all areas of shipping finance. Their expertise includes acquisitions as well as shipbuilding.‘
‘Gennaro Mazzuoccolo is one of the best shipping lawyers in Italy.’
‘Gennaro Mazzuoccolo enjoys a great reputation with clients and regularly assists banks with financing and debt reorganisation mandates. He also enjoys strong contacts with borrowers and investors, and is very active in cross-border transactions.‘
Key clients
Banco BPM
BPER Banca
G&H Shipping
SACE
Seabourn (Carnival Corporation)
UniCredit
Work highlights
- Advised UniCredit on a financing for Caronte & Tourist.
- Advised Seabourn, part of Carnival Corporation, on the Italian law side of a financing for two new ship constructions.
- Advised G&H (Gas&Heat) Shipping on the sale of four vessels to Chemgas Shipping BV.
Italy > Banking and finance: Borrower side Tier 4
Italy > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side Tier 4
Italy > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 4
Advising on multi-jurisdictional M&A, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Milan team is active in insurance, financial services, energy, and infrastructure transactions. Salvatore Iannitti specialises in insurance and financial services-related corporate matters, M&A deals and regulatory issues; and Tiziana Del Prete advises companies and private equity funds on corporate and M&A work.Practice head(s):
Salvatore Iannitti
Other key lawyers:
Tiziana Del Prete; Claudio Di Falco; Fabrizio Zecca; Maria Beatrice Gilesi
Testimonials
‘The team works very well together and all areas are covered when needed.’
‘Claudio Di Falco provides confidence to clients and tries to fit the work with the clients’ ideas.’
‘Salvatore Iannitti has an almost unique quality due to his commercial ability and the way he addresses business needs.’
Key clients
Covéa Group
PE Industrial
Gestipark San Raffaele S.r.l.
Expo Inox S.p.A.
Metrika Tech Fund
PIB Group (APAX/Carlyle)
Conning Holdings Limited
4D Global
Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts
Work highlights
- Advised Mapfre Asistencia, Compañia Internacional de Seguros y Reaseguros on a joint venture agreement with Vittoria Assicurazioni to provide non-insurance services to the Italian market.
- Advised Trane Technologies on the acquisition of MTA, an Italian-based manufacturer and distributor of sustainable solutions for industrial process cooling, air conditioning and air treatment.
- Aadvised Conning Holdings (and its shareholder Cathay Life Insurance Co) on the Italian corporate and regulatory aspects of Conning’s acquisition by Generali Investment Holdings.
Italy > Employment Tier 4
Norton Rose Fulbright is seasoned in providing advice on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. The firm assists domestic and international clients from across industries and focuses its practice on disputes, industrial relations, commercial agency agreements and social security matters. Attilio Pavone is the firm’s head of practice with expertise in corporate restructurings, larger-scale redundancies and individual dismissals.Practice head(s):
Attilio Pavone
Other key lawyers:
Boris Martella
Testimonials
‘Highly professional team personalised service with an optimal solution.’
‘Boris Martella is a highly professional lawyer with maximum flexibility.’
Key clients
Agos Ducato
Barclays
B-Team Consulting
CPI Hotel Italy
Dulevo International
Euroristoro
Havea Italia
Santander
Shiseido
Shopify
Trane Technologies
Work highlights
- Advised Dulevo International S.p.A. on the drafting and negotiations with the relevant territorial and company labor union organizations of an important second-level company bargaining agreement.
- Advised Trane Technologies, part of the Ingersoll-Rand Company, on employment law aspects of the acquisition of 100 percent of MTA, an Italian-based manufacturer and distributor of sustainable solutions in industrial process cooling, air conditioning and air treatment.
- Advised Conning Holdings Limited and its shareholder, Cathay Life Insurance Co., Ltd, on employment law issues relating to Conning’s acquisition by Generali Investment Holdings S.p.A., the asset management arm of Italian insurer, Generali Group.
Italy > Dispute resolution Tier 5
Norton Rose Fulbright regularly represents corporations and financial institutions in a range of contentious matters, with a particular focus on insurance-related disputes. The firm also hadles insolvency, M&A, banking, finance and general commercial litigation. Cecilia Buresti is the practice head and represents clients in insurance, manufacturing, real estate, energy and transport disputes, among others.Practice head(s):
Cecilia Buresti
Other key lawyers:
Lucia Salerno
Testimonials
‘The team is great. They consistently provide a great service as well as being commercial. Competence and availability are their differentiating factors.’
‘Cecilia Buresti and Lucia Salerno are both extremely competent and smart advisors.’
‘Skilled and experienced.’
Key clients
Chubb
Lloyd’s Insurance Company
ANV Global Services Ltd
Swissquote ltd
Credit Agricole & Investment Bank
FTI Consulting LLP
Markel International
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd.
Amaniki
Willis Lease Finance Corporation
Work highlights
- Assisted Willis Lease Finance Corporation on cyber and data protection pre-contentious and contentious issues relating to a data breach and hacker attack incident.
- Represented CACIB in disputes originating from EU sanctions on Russian entities that had an impact on the ability of certain financial institutions to provide support to Italian companies engaged in construction projects in Russia.
- Assisted Dual and ANV in pre-contentious and contentious matters related to claims reported under W&I (warranty and indemnity) policies.
Italy > Real estate and construction
Norton Rose Fulbright > Firm Profile
The firm: Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4000 lawyers and other legal staff based in more than 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.
Areas of practice: Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.
Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.
Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com
Offices: We have offices in the world’s most important business, financial and regulatory centres and are active in strategically important growth markets. Our offices are located in Amsterdam, Athens, Austin, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels, Calgary, Canberra, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Durban, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Jakarta (in association with Norton Rose Fulbright Australia), Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Minneapolis, Monaco, Montréal, Moscow, Munich, New York, Ottawa, Paris, Perth, Piraeus, Port Moresby, Québec, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh (in association with Mohammed Al-Ghamdi Law Firm), San Antonio, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, St Louis, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Warsaw and Washington, DC. In Africa, we have alliances with firms in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Zimbabwe
Number of partners (worldwide): 1,000+
Number of other fee-earners (worldwide): 2,000+
Total staff: 7,500+
Global key contacts
Financial institutions: James Bateson
Energy: Anne Lapierre and John Mauel
Infrastructure, mining and commodities: Nick Merritt
Transport: Harry Theochari
Technology: Nick Abrahams
Life sciences and healthcare: Stacey Martinez and Randy Sutton
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Financial institutions | James Bateson | ||
Energy | Charles Whitney | ||
Infrastructure, mining and commodities | Dirk Trautmann | ||
Transport | Harry Theochari | ||
Technology and innovation | Sean Murphy | ||
Life sciences and healthcare | Huw Evans |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Cecilia Buresti | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Salvatore Iannitti | Partner | View Profile | |
Gennaro Mazzuoccolo | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Attilio Pavone | Parnter | View Profile | |
Arturo Sferruzza | Partner | View Profile |
Other
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