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Italy > Capital markets: Debt Tier 3
‘Able to provide quick and complete responses‘, Jones Day‘s practice has a strong track record in securitisation work. Vinicio Trombetti‘s practice includes securitisations and covered bonds, while Francesco Squerzoni‘s structured finance expertise covers public and private securitisations, domestic and multi-jurisdictional trade finance, and NPL portfolio acquisitions. Structured finance transactions specialist Marco Frattini is a recently-promoted partner, while Giuseppina Pagano and Fabio Maria Guidi are noted as ‘brilliant senior associates‘.
Practice head(s):
Vinicio Trombetti
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘The team is very efficient and well organised. It is able to provide quick and complete responses to the different requests of parties.‘
‘The team knows the market very well and is involved in Italy’s major securitisation transactions.‘
‘Vinicio Trombetti is an outstanding professional, and Giuseppina Pagano and Fabio Maria Guidi are brilliant senior associates.‘
Key clients
Intesa Sanpaolo
Volkswagen Bank
FCA Bank
Banco Santander
Santander Consumer Bank
Banca PSA Italia
UniCredit
BNP Paribas
Société Générale
Banco BPM
Banca Akros
Alba Leasing
Findomestic Banca
illimity Bank
Banca del Fucino
Work highlights
- Advised BNP Paribas, as arranger and senior investor, on the acquisition of consumer credit portfolios.
- Advised Santander Consumer Bank (as originator) and Crédit Agricole Corporate Investment Banking (as arranger), as drafting counsel, on a receivables securitisation transaction deriving from personal loans.
- Advised Intesa Sanpaolo and Banco BPM (as senior investors), Intesa Sanpaolo’s IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division, and Banca Akros (as arrangers) on the restructuring of a securitisation transaction called Perseveranza.
Italy > Real estate and construction Tier 3
Routinely instructed on the acquisition, sale, leasing and development of real estate assets and portfolio properties, Jones Day also advises on town planning and fund formation. In late 2021, experienced partner and real estate transactions expert Paolo Foppiani joined from DLA Piper, along with three associates. Francesco Squerzoni assists with real estate financings (and investment and development projects), while other key team members are of counsel Andrea Cantarelli and associate Silvia Beggiato.
Practice head(s):
Paolo Foppiani
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Strong local experience and connections.’
‘A very good law firm for real estate and billing is seamless.’
‘A team that is quick to comprehend, react, and respond with measured strategies that align with clients’ objectives.
‘Francesco Squerzoni and Andrea Cantarelli are knowledgeable professionals with vast experience, especially in the real estate environment.’
‘Francesco Squerzoni is a skilled negotiator, who provides innovative solutions, and Andrea Cantarelli has strong experience, and is very efficient and able to work to tight deadlines. His availability is remarkable.’
‘Paolo Foppiani is an excellent real estate lawyer with above-average knowledge of the market, excellent communication skills, and mastery of the English judicial language. He is also able to navigate clients through Italy’s business landscape.’
‘Silvia Beggiato has a profound understanding of the real estate industry.’
‘Silvia Beggiato rapidly consolidates efficient working relationships with clients and counterparties.‘
Key clients
Euryale Asset Management/SCPI Pierval Santé
Primonial REIM
A2A
Perial Asset Management
Groupe PSA Italia
Invesco
Logicor Italia
Kryalos SGR
AnaCap Financial Europe SA SICAV-RAIF
AnaCap Credit
ING Capital
Credit Agricole CIB Milan
Unicredit
LaSalle Management
Natixis
Work highlights
- Advised A2A on the €221m sale of three assets in Milan.
- Advised Euryale Asset Management/SCPI Pierval Santé on multiple acquisitions of healthcare assets (nursing homes, clinics and senior living assets).
- Advised Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Milan Branch) on facilities for an Italian closed ended real estate fund.
Italy > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side Tier 5
Jones Day‘s Milan practice advises on cross-border finance deals, including acquisition and leveraged finance, along with real estate finance, distressed financing and regulatory matters. Francesco Squerzoni, Vinicio Trombetti and Marco Frattini are structured finance deal specialists, while real estate expert Paolo Foppiani is a recent recruit from DLA Piper.Practice head(s):
Francesco Squerzoni
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Great accessibility of partners and expertise, with seamless cooperation between the firm’s European and US offices.’
‘Valued for the ability to couple the legal and commercial side of things, bringing solutions to the table when some advisers would stick to the technical points and delay bridging the gap.’
‘Anticipating potential issues, it is able to avoid them by modifying the deal’s structure.’
‘Fairness, availability and attention to detail are the main qualities of the team’s individuals.’
‘Francesco Squerzoni demonstrated competence and availability.’
‘Francesco Squerzoni is knowledgeable, available and proactive, and has well- rounded skills that cross disciplines, allowing him to play a big role during execution.’
Key clients
Arsenal Capital Partners
UniCredit
Hedge Invest SGR S
AnaCap Financial Europe SA SICAV-RAIF
AnaCap Credit
Prelios
Arrow Global
AGG Capital Management
Banca Akros
Banco BPM
Credit Agricole CIB
Credit Agricole CIB Milan
Deutsche Bank
ING Bank Milan Branch
Work highlights
- Assisted Illimity Bank with the acquisition of a NPL portfolio.
- Advised ING Bank Milan Branch (as lead arranger) on a €59.1m facility agreement with an Italian SPV.
- Advised Banca Akros, Banco BPM and MPS Capital Services Banca per le Imprese on a facility agreement granted to Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione Società di Investimento Immobiliare Quotata for a refinancing, which related to the purchase of hypermarkets.
Jones Day > Firm Profile
The firm: Jones Day is a global law firm with more than 2,400 lawyers in 40 offices across five continents. The firm is distinguished by: a singular tradition of client service; the mutual commitment to, and the seamless collaboration of, a true partnership; formidable legal talent across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions; and shared professional values that focus on client needs.
Jones Day is an institutional partner for clients who seek counsel that seeks to understand them and their needs; that communicates with clients about their needs and the different tactics available for addressing those needs; that works seamlessly and impressively across offices and practices and with the client; that provides talent and expertise across subject areas and geographies; and that brings commitment and courage to the relationship and its engagements. We are formidable because every partner and every client has the entire global institution at their command and is a high priority of the Firm as a whole. We are true partners, with each other and, even more importantly, with our clients.
Regions of practice
Europe and Middle East: Jones Day provides a significant presence in Europe that offers clients more than 575 lawyers from its European offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, and Paris. The firm’s lawyers counsel clients in administrative and public law, banking and finance, capital markets, competition law and regulatory, derivatives, market infrastructures, dispute resolution, and investigations.
In the Middle East, the Firm’s Dubai-based lawyers have accumulated significant experience in most of the region’s key industries and jurisdictions, advising on mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions, projects and infrastructure, commercial transactions, real estate and construction matters, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution.
United States: Surveys repeatedly list Jones Day as one of the most frequently engaged law firms by U.S. corporations for both transactional and disputes matters, and among the leaders in client service. Jones Day’s more than 1,500 lawyers across its 18 U.S. offices collaborate to serve clients across practices and geographies on all major matters that span time-honored practices (antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, and government regulation) to more recently established and expanded areas (cybersecurity, life sciences, energy, and technology) that specifically address the contemporary challenges of an increasingly complex global business and legal environment.
Asia-Pacific: Jones Day has committed substantial resources and capacity to serve each of Asia’s distinct markets, including China, Japan, Singapore and Southeast Asia, as well as Australia. Spread throughout ten offices in the region, the Firm’s more than 180 lawyers represent clients in practice areas including antitrust, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and commercial, energy, global disputes, intellectual property, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, and several others.
The majority of Jones Day’s Asia-based lawyers are admitted to practice local law in their home jurisdictions. Most have practiced in more than one country, enabling Jones Day’s Asia team to render multijurisdictional legal services. Jones Day has been granted a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice license (QFLP) in Singapore.
Latin America: Jones Day is one of the leading global law firms serving the Latin American region through its offices in Mexico City and São Paulo, along with attorneys based in key business and legal centers such as New York, Houston, Dallas, Miami, and Madrid. Jones Day’s Latin American experience extends to mergers and acquisitions, investigations and anti-corruption, projects and infrastructure, banking and finance, energy, dispute resolution, business restructuring, private equity and capital markets.
Managing partner: Gregory M. Shumaker
Europe and Middle East offices: Amsterdam, Brussels, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris
US offices: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Irvine, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Pittsburgh,
San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C.
Asia-Pacific offices: Beijing, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Perth, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo
Latin America offices: Mexico City, São Paulo
Main areas of practice:
- Antitrust and competition law
- Business and tort litigation
- Business restructuring and reorganization
- Cybersecurity, privacy and data protection
- Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Energy
- Financial markets
- Global disputes
- Government regulation
- Health care and life sciences
- Insurance recovery
- Intellectual property
- Investigations and white-collar defense
- Issues and appeals
- Labor and employment
- M&A
- Private equity
- Real estate
- Securities litigation and SEC enforcement
- State Attorney General enforcement, investigations and litigation
- Tax
- Technology
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Managing Partner | Gregory M. Shumaker |