Ashurst’s team advises on complex financing and refinancing transactions across the energy industry, including joint ventures, partnerships, and energy storage projects. Carloandrea Meacci leads the practice, assisting clients with financing structures and stake acquisitions in large-scale battery and renewable energy initiatives. Elena Giuffrè provides counsel on administrative and regulatory matters affecting energy operations, Annamaria Pinzuti focuses on the negotiation, drafting, and finalisation of financing agreements, and Nicola Toscano is also a key member of the group, contributing to both domestic and cross-border transactions.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Ashurst stands out in Italy among international law firms as the most reliable, punctual, fair, and attentive to the changing needs of both clients and counterparties in the hyper-competitive energy sector.’
- ‘Annamaria Pinzuti is the most brilliant, knowledgeable, capable, and intellectually honest energy lawyer in Italy. These virtues are almost incompatible in the world of lawyers, but Annamaria has embodied them for at least 15 years, ever since I had the pleasure of working with her for the first time.’
- 'Carloandrea Meacci has an extensive visibility on the market and his input is always extremely insightful and valuable.’
- ‘The Ashrust team has proven to be client and deal-oriented. Their knowledge of the energy and infrastructure sector is quite impressive. Strong collaboration, openness with clients in sharing professional opinion, always backed by accurate information.’
- ‘I worked with Annamaria Pinzuti and her team in the energy and infrastructure sectors, in a very complex context and deal structure. Regardless of the complexity, her robust knowledge and understanding of the implications of legal and regulatory frameworks add significant value. Together with her competence, she displays incredible soft skills in managing all the stakeholders involved in a deal.’
- ‘Always available, short response times, and highly competent.'
Key clients
- Aviva
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- Infranity
- Trina Solar
- Banco BPM
- ING Bank
- SACE
- Deutsche Bank
- BNP Paribas
- Innovo
Work highlights
Advised Innovo Renewables on a new investment round, seeing Aviva Investors increase its stake in Innovo Group to 45%, having originally acquired 35% of the Innovo platform in 2023.
Advised a club of investors on a EUR500m financing arrangement that will fund the development and construction of 1.5 GW of solar assets in Italy.
Lawyers
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Next Generation Partners
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Carloandrea Meacci
Other key lawyers
Annamaria Pinzuti; Elena Giuffrè; Nicola Toscano