Osborne Clarke's Italy team advises banks, funds and companies (that lend finance in Italy) on acquisition finance, alternative lending and real estate finance, along with sustainable and green financing. Andrea Pinto is financial services head; Federica Greggio focuses on acquisition finance; and Antonio Fugaldi is an alternative lending specialist.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Testimonials
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‘Relevant experience. Unique know how. Professionalism and well-established reputation.’
- ‘Around-the-clock availability. Extremely high-level professionalism and deep knowledge of matters. Very good inter-personal skills.’
‘The Italian banking and finance practice of the firm benefits from consolidated relations with key players on the market, in particular those operating in the energy, financial services, real estate and infrastructure sectors.’
‘The firm has a particular ability to create streamlined multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional teams, based on the needs of the client and the individual transaction, ensuring technical excellence and pragmatism at the same time. Their responsiveness is particularly noteworthy.’
‘Smart team, with solid expertise in real estate aspects, including administrative issues. Always available for discussion and also training.’
‘The team is still very much partner-led and clients do appreciate that. A partner is always available for calls or explanations, and they are very good at adjusting to tight deadlines. ’
Key clients
- Areal Bank
- ABN Amro Asset Based Finance
- Alpha Bank
- Azimut Investments
- Azimut Private Capital Management
- Banca Nazionale del Lavoro BNPP
- Banco BPM
- Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB)
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
- BPER Banca
- Civibank Banca di Cividale
- Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano
Work highlights
Advised FMS Wertmanagement on a €11.4bn instruction to handle risk positions and non-strategic operations from the Hypo Real Estate Holding, including loans, derivatives, bonds, asset sales and restructurings.
Advised Mount Street Mortgage Servicing on financing transactions totalling €200m, involving trust deeds from international alternative lenders for the acquisition and development of logistics assets across Europe.
Advised a consortium of banks, including Natixis (Milan branch) Unicredit, Banco BPM and MPS Capital Services Banca per le Imprese on an extension request, in relation to a €113m facility agreement granted to DeaCapital.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Andrea Pinto
Other key lawyers
Federica Greggio; Antonio Fugaldi