‘Offering the client comprehensive support’, Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici advises both debtors and creditors in and out of court, assisting clients with reorganisations, restructurings and insolvency proceedings. Its clientele includes funds, listed and unlisted companies, shareholders and sponsors. Based in Milan, the team is spearheaded by corporate reorganisation specialist Luca Faustini and Andrea Novarese, who helps with structured and managed debt finance transactions. Novarese joined the team alongside Maria Cristina Storchi and Francesco Pirisi from White & Case (Europe) LLP in May 2024.
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‘With the lateral hire of Andrea Novarese and his whole team, the firm has made a huge jump in the quality of restructuring/insolvency, complementing its present offer.’
‘Andrea Novarese is a clear leader, with excellent market perception and relationships.'
‘The people I work with in my activities are characterized by a high level of technical expertise in their individual disciplines.'
‘GBPL's restructuring team has been enforced by the appointment of Andrea Novarese and his team. They are outstanding professionals and they are able to support clients constantly.’
‘Cosimo Birtolo is an outstanding professional and he is able to support clients in every kind of task, providing them with clever ideas.’
‘Nice people to deal with, confrontational without exaggerating.’
‘Luca Faustini is an outstanding restructuring lawyer; he knows all the pitfalls of his specialization, is technically impressive, very capable at handling complex matters and coping with a number of counterparties at the same time.’
‘The restructuring team is proactive, aimed at finding solutions not only legally but also financially, offering the client comprehensive support and leading the negotiations, trying to avoid bottlenecks.’
Key clients
- ICCREA Banca S.p.A.
- Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A.
- UniCredit S.p.A.
- Banco BPM S.p.A.
- Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
- Nextalia SGR S.p.A.
- illimity Credit & Corporate Turnaround Fund
- Deutsche Bank
Work highlights
Advising Italian banks as investors in the ‘UTP Restructuring Corporate’ fund, in the negotiation and finalisation of the fund's constitutive documentation and in all the negotiation and finalisation phases of the sale transactions.
Assisted a pool of 26 financial creditors in the negotiation and finalisation of a debt restructuring agreement finalised at the end of a negotiated settlement procedure of the group headed by Egea S.p.A.
Assisted Design Manufacturing S.p.A., Dema Apulia Region S.r.l. and C.A.M. S.r.l. on the structuring and filing of an agreement with creditors on a going concern basis, which received approval from the Court of Naples.
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Practice head
Luca Faustini; Andrea Novarese
Other key lawyers
Cosimo Birtolo; Annalisa Asaro; Camilla Bolognini; Maria Cristina Storchi; Francesco Pirisi