Ugo Calò > DLA Piper > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper‘s banking and finance team routinely advises on syndicated lending transactions, along with real estate, energy and infrastructure project financings. Luciano Morello leads the group, which features renowned finance law specialist Antonio Lombardo; acquisition and project finance expert Federico Zucconi Galli Fonseca; energy project financing practitioner Giovanni Ragnoni Bosco Lucarelli; Giuseppe Mele, an adviser on corporate, leveraged, real estate and structured finance; and Italy banking and financial services head  Ugo Calò. Additional names to note are Giampiero Priori, Riccardo Pagotto, Claudio D’Alia, Silvia Ravagnani, and Ivano Antonio Sproviero.

Consistently involved in major bilateral or syndicated lending transactions, DLA Piper‘s Italy practice has significant leveraged and corporate lending expertise. The department also has notable energy, infrastructure and real estate financing credentials. Luciano Morello leads the group, which features renowned finance specialist Antonio Lombardo; corporate, leverage, real estate and structured finance expert Giuseppe Mele; and acquisition and project finance practitioners Federico Zucconi Galli Fonseca and Giovanni Ragnoni Bosco Lucarelli. Additional names to note are Italy banking and financial services leader Ugo Calò, along with Giampiero Priori, Riccardo Pagotto and Claudio D’Alia.

Supporting both debtors and creditors, DLA Piper regularly advises on the gamut of restructuring issues, with broad experience working on bond position restructurings and the restructuring of UTP exposures. The firm regularly advises on composition with creditors’ agreements and negotiated settlements. Heading the practice from Rome, Antonio Lombardo specialises in debt-equity swaps in distressed situations. Ugo Calò is a financing expert with a particular strength in infrastructure and real estate finance. Alberto Angeloni is also noted for his work in insolvency litigation. In January 2025, Francesco De Gennaro left the firm.