Mr Gianpaolo Garofalo > Dentons > Rome, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
VIA XX SETTEMBRE, 5
ROME 00187
Italy

Work Department

Banking and Finance; Structured Finance

Position

Gianpaolo Garofalo is a partner in Denton’s Rome office and a member of the global Banking and Finance practice.

He assists clients, including leading national and international banks and investment funds, providing advice on financial, regulatory, corporate and contractual legal issues.

Gianpaolo has significant experience in structured finance, capital markets and banking, and has worked on numerous securitization and asset-backed transactions, bank financings, public offerings, EMTN debt programs and Italian local entities transactions.

He also provides advice on Italian banking and financial services regulation, with particular reference to derivatives contracts, equity transactions, CRR and MiFID 2 regulations. He has also gained considerable experience in liability management and financial debt restructuring transactions. Furthermore, Gianpaolo assists both local and regional authorities and potential or existing investors in the field of public finance, as well as in the context of structured finance transactions involving public debt or other claims vis-à-vis public authorities and administrations.

Career

Before joining Dentons, he worked for two years in the London office of the Italian law firm Bonelli Erede Pappalardo LLP. Prior to that, he spent more than 10 years at Allen & Overy.

Languages

- Italian
- English
- Spanish

Memberships

Admitted to the Bar, Rome, 2003

Education

LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, 1999, JD

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Capital markets: Debt

Dentons‘ Italy team covers standalone bond issuances, EMTN programmes, retail offers, purchase and exchange offers involving debt securities, commercial papers, structured products, and green, social and sustainable bonds. The group also advises on structured finance. The firm’s DCM practice is headed by Piergiorgio LeofreddiGianpaolo Garofalo leads the structured finance group. Annalisa Feliciani brings expertise in Italian law-issued commercial papers, debt issuances and ESG-related topics. Senior associate Bianca Chiara Sinisi is another key contact.