Mr Luigi Costa > Dentons > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Noted for its expertise in the oil and gas industry, Dentons’ energy team offers full-scope assistance to clients on a wide range of energy and infrastructure projects, including structuring and development, project finance and project bonds, M&A, revamping and repowering. The team includes the dual qualified (in Italy and Germany) Carsten Steinhauer, who notably advises project developers, manufacturers, insurance and reinsurance companies, as well as corporate banks and private investors on acquisitions, sales, and development and construction projects, and Luigi Costa, who is consistently entrusted by clients for his prowess in solar PV plants, wind farms, biogas, biomass, biomethane and hydroelectric plants. Mileto Mario Giuliani regularly appears before regional administrative courts for litigation in the energy sector.

Dentons‘ full-service banking and finance group specialises in commercial lending, fund financing, financial services, project finance and structured finance. Alessandro Fosco Fagotto leads the firm’s Europe banking and finance practice. Pierandrea Bonali brings expertise to the real estate and property finance markets. Luigi Costa advises on energy and infrastructure financings. The team further includes managing counsels Edoardo Galeotti, Franco Paolo Gialloreti and counsel Tommaso Zanirato, who all focus on domestic and cross-border LBOs involving banks and financial institutions; and counsel and real estate sector specialist Antida Cutuli.

The Italian banking and finance practice at Dentons covers commercial lending deals, including leveraged, real estate and corporate finance, as well as refinancing, fund financing and private debt. The team additionally assists with high-end project and structured finance transactions. Italy and Europe banking and finance head Alessandro Fosco Fagotto is a highly-regarded structured finance specialist; and Giovanni Diotallevi focuses predominantly on the infrastructure, transportation, energy, telecoms and water sectors. The group further includes experienced real estate finance advisor Pierandrea Bonali and energy and infrastructure project financing expert Luigi Costa.