Alessandro de Botton, described as a ‘truly outstanding lawyer in real estate’, leads Molinari’s real estate and construction practice, advising on disposals of historic buildings, sale and purchase agreements, and financing for luxury-resort construction. Marco Laviano advises clients on potential property sales and share deals for logistics centres. Ciro Di Palma handles refinancing, debt exposure, and financing transactions for luxury residential properties, as well as acquisitions. Andrea Taurozzi focuses on joint ventures and financing for amusement parks, as well as on the purchase and development of large-scale real estate premises.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Great availability. Incredible ability to select the most appropriate strategy and solutions based on a deep knowledge of the law.’
- ‘Very good relationships with the partners, in particular with Alessandro De Botton, who leads a very professional team.’
- ‘The team is fast and available every time we need some advice. Moreover, it's very professional: it offers more options to solve our issues, describes the pros and cons of each choice, and lets us decide what's best for us. It also gives us examples of other situations it faced in the past (while naturally preserving privacy) to help us with comprehension and comparison.’
- ‘Alessandro De Botton is professional and well prepared on Real Estate matters. He is able to summarise and provide strategic guidance to address our issues.'
- ‘Very competent and responsive team, great knowledge of best practice and operators in the real estate market.’
- ‘Alessandro de Botton: truly outstanding lawyer in real estate, one of the best choices for construction, transactions and asset management.'
Key clients
- Blackstone Group
- Finanziaria Internazionale Investments SGR
- Coima SGR
- Prelios SGR
- Barings
- Art Invest
- Kryalos SGR
- PGIM Real Estate
- AEW
- VGP Costruzioni
- Banco BPM
- Patron Capital
Work highlights
Assisted BNP Reim Lux on the sale to GRR GARBE Italy and Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) of all the units of the reserved alternative real estate investment fund called ‘Retail Partnership’.
Assisted Logistis, a fund managed by AEW, on the sale of a core logistics asset to WIIS Italy SICAF.
Advised Hines European Value Fund on several lease agreements for office spaces in an iconic building located in the heart of Milan.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Alessandro de Botton
Other key lawyers
Andrea Taurozzi; Ciro Di Palma; Marco Laviano