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Grimaldi Alliance

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The banking and finance practice at Grimaldi Alliance is co-led by Andrea Martina in Rome, an adviser to banks and arrangers on real estate, acquisition and structured finance, along with debt restructuring; and Milan-based Angelo Alfonso Speranza in Milan, who acts on a range of domestic and cross-border syndicated financings.
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  • ‘The team has deep knowledge of market practices and standards, and is able to combine this with a very flexible and tailor-made approach to meet the needs of the parties involved in the transaction.’

  • ‘Clients are very satisfied - they support clients very promptly.’

  • ‘A law firm with comprehensive expertise in lending transactions and an excellent ability to resolve issues and complete tasks on time in a constructive manner for both lender and borrower.’

  • ‘Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent skills in legal and banking processes.’

  • ‘Excellent ability to mediate between the needs of the banks involved and the borrower's ability to comply with requests.’

  • ‘Angelo Alfonso Speranza always has very good ideas to resolve any problem.’

  • ‘Angelo Alfonso Speranza is admired for his pragmatic and balanced approach, coupled with a sound knowledge of how to deal with corporate finance transactions.’

  • ‘Angelo Alfonso Speranza and Mario Emanuele Panu are very fast and accurate when writing financial documentation.’

Key clients

  • Unicredit
  • Banco BPM
  • Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
  • Intesa San Paolo
  • Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Green Stone SICAF
  • Torre SGR
  • BPER Banca
  • Mediocredito Centrale

Work highlights

Advised Cassa Depositi e Prestiti on a co-financing with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in favour of Ukrhydroenergo for the financing of critical equipment for two hydropower plants in Ukraine.
Assisted UniCredit with the rescheduling of the entire financial indebtedness of Neo Apotek and several of its subsidiaries.
Advised Banco BPM on a leverage financing transaction entered into with an SPV (ultimately owned by Innovative-RFK by Red Fish) for the acquisition of Abbrevia.

Lawyers

Practice head

Angelo Alfonoso Speranza; Andrea Martina

Other key lawyers

Paola Sepe; Giovanni Bocciardo; Mario Emanuele Panu