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Giovanni Penzo

Work Department
Energy & Utilities, Corporate, Litigation.
Position
Giovanni is an expert in corporate and commercial law, advising Italian and foreign clients, and in particular public-owned companies (multi-utilities), focusing on the energy and waste & water sectors.
Giovanni is a member of the Italian Energy & Utilities team and heads the focus area group dedicated to Waste & Water. His legal expertise focuses on the wide range of corporate and commercial practices, covering both transactional and advisory work.
He assists Italian and foreign clients operating in the energy sector on domestic and cross-border M&A as well as joint ventures, extraordinary finance, and general commercial matters. He has a consolidated experience in dispute resolution, both at litigation and arbitration, specifically with regards to the rules related to disputes in the Environment and Waste & Water sectors.
He has a consolidated experience in dispute resolution, both at litigation and arbitration, as well as in the specific rules relating to disputes in the Environment and Waste & Water industries.
Giovanni has developed expertise in advising publicly owned companies (multi-utilities), listed and otherwise, mainly operating in the Waste & Water sectors and has an in-depth understanding of the management and administrative issues applying to these companies, and of the relevant issues relating to the liability of directors in publicly owned companies. He has advised not only on a variety of M&A transactions involving companies owning waste disposal and recovery plants (landfill site and waste-to-energy plants), but also advises companies in the sector on issues including corporate governance.
Languages
Italian, English, French
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Industry focus: Energy
(Leading partners)Osborne Clarke is geared to handle energy infrastructure development, regulatory compliance, and transactions. Giovanni Penzo is reputed in the water sector. Giorgio Lezzi is knowledgeable of administrative law and Myriam Ambrosio handles joint ventures in the energy sector. Angelo Maria Quintieri and Federica Fischetti are other key team members. Riccardo Roversi left the team in early 2025.
Italy > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The corporate practice at Osborne Clarke houses experts in energy and digital sector deals. The practice is led by ‘smart’ M&A and private equity transaction specialist Giuliano Lanzavecchia and also includes corporate and commercial law expert Giovanni Penzo.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Italy > Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Energy Italy
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Italy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Data privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Retail
- Industry focus: TMT
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition law
- Industry focus: Energy
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Intellectual property
- Commercial, corporate and M&A