Mr Luciano Morello > DLA Piper > Rome, 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.

With significant real estate, sports and entertainment sector expertise, DLA Piper‘s structured products practice in Italy covers bank and corporate bond issues, as well as securitisations, covered bonds and senior financings. Italian finance department head Luciano Morello advises on asset securitisations, covered bond issuances, and real estate and energy-related structured finance; Martina Antoniutti has notable debt capital markets experience; and Erik Negretto focuses on public and private securitisation transactions.