Mr Paolo Bonolis > CMS > Rome, Italy > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Paolo Bonolis

Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Paolo Bonolis has been the head of the Banking and Financial Law Department since 2005.
His professional activities and experience includes advising some of the top Italian and foreign banks and financial institutions on complex financing transactions and regulatory matters. He also assists globally-active clients in the investment services, insolvency, shipping and private equity sectors.
Paolo also advise the leasing and financing divisions of some of the major automobile brands.
Paolo is a member of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors of various corporations.
Languages
Italian, English and French
Memberships
– Order of Attorneys of Rome
– IBA – International Bar Association
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
CMS‘ regulatory expertise covers investment services, asset management, insurance, fintech and payment services. The Italy team also assists with crypto asset-related matters. Paolo Bonolis is the contact partner for several domestic and international banks and financial institutions; Domenico Gaudiello is a public finance sector specialist; and Andrea Arcangeli heads up the firm’s alternative investment team in Italy. Other names to note are Maria Giovanna Pisani, Eva Selvaggiuolo and Domenico Musso.
Italy > Banking and finance: Borrower side
CMS‘ Italian borrower-side practice was recently mandated on several financing and refinancing deals, along with acquisition finance and debt restructuring transactions. Heading the Italian banking and finance practice in Italy, Paolo Bonolis is an expert in acquisition finance, refinancings and debt restructuring. Domenico Gaudiello and Andrea Arcangeli provide key support.
Italy > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
Acting for major banks and lenders, CMS‘ Italy practice covers high-end financings, refinancings, debt restructuring, and factoring-related acquisition and structured finance. Paolo Bonolis is the contact partner for several domestic and international banks; Domenico Gaudiello is a highly-regarded public finance specialist; and Maria Giovanna Pisani routinely assists with structuring financings.
Italy > Investment funds
CMS‘ Italy team comprises specialists in fund formation, regulatory issues and transactions, in relation to private equity, real estate, energy, infrastructure, hedge, venture capital, credit and debt funds. The practice is jointly led by Rome-based Paolo Bonolis, ‘a guarantee when it comes to competence’, who regularly acts for funds on regulatory and transactional mandates; and Andrea Arcangeli, who works across the firm’s Rome and Milan offices, and is an expert in fund formation as well as regulatory matters. Massimo Trentino, Maria Giovanna Pisani and Alfredo Gravagnuolo are other key practitioners.
Lawyer Rankings
- Investment funds Italy
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory Italy
- Banking and finance: Borrower side Italy
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side Italy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus: TMT
- Investment funds
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Data privacy and data protection
- Private equity
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction
- Industry focus: Energy