A new practice head in the form of highly regarded banking and finance expert Emanuela Da Rin arrived at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Studio Legale from BonelliErede in November 2025. The team possesses capabilities across energy and infrastructure finance, acquisition deals, securitisation of non-performing and unlikely-to-pay loan portfolios, and more. The ‘extremely knowledgeable’ Simone Egidi, a cornerstone of the practice, is appreciated on project financing arrangements and other deals. Federico Cocito also joined from BonelliErede in late 2025.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Testimonials
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- ‘High level of professionalism and client orientation.’
- ‘In a recent experience of mine, I was able to appreciate the contribution of Simone Egidi in the success of the financing operation, thanks to his professionalism and relational skills.’
- ‘The team is very thorough. Their focus on infrastructure is commendable. The partner actively participates in negotiations with the client.’
- ‘Simone Egidi is extremely knowledgeable and knows the gas sector very well. He is proactive in trying to find solutions that are as satisfactory as possible for the client.’
- ‘Simone is incredibly easy to work with and provides commercially sound advice with quick turnaround times. I send him all my Italian work.’
Key clients
- Macquarie Bank Ltd.
- Natixis
- BPER Banca S.p.A.
- BPCE
- BNP Paribas
- Deutsche Bank
- EG Holding
- ENI
- UniCredit
- Extendam
- VTTI
- Intesa Sanpaolo
Work highlights
Advising the international lenders on a multi-million acquisition financing by Carlyle of Energean.
Advised Deutsche Bank on the real estate financing of a shopping mall in the north of Italy.
Advised UniCredit, other lenders and SACE on the €50m project financing of an advanced agrivoltaic project including a co-located battery storage.
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Practice head
Emanuela Da Rin
Other key lawyers
Simone Egidi; Alessandra Iandoli; Federico Cocito