Energy & Natural Resources
Europe Guide 2024 : Italy
Band 1
About
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The team has unrivalled experience in the infrastructure and energy sectors.
The group experts regularly assist a full range of market participants, including sponsors, project companies, investors and lenders across all major areas and stages of transactions, ranging from the development and structuring phases of projects, to M&A transactions and financing of projects on a recourse and non-recourse basis, including debt capital market transactions.
The team is one of the biggest in the Italian legal market and includes high profile experts in administrative and public law so to distinct the group for in depth risk analysis in complex due diligence. The group also benefits of strong capability of the tax department which supports the tax analysis in the due diligence phase as well as in the definition of financing and acquisition structures.
Chambers Review
Legance - Avvocati Associati has a sizeable team offering comprehensive coverage of energy and natural resources issues, with skill in handling project finance, transactional and regulatory mandates. Its impressive client roster comprises a range of international and domestic energy companies and financial institutions. The team leverages the strengths of other departments in the law firm to offer litigation and administrative support. Its lawyers are also capable of advising on multi-jurisdictional deals.
Work Highlights
- Legance assisted Galileo Green Energy with its incorporation of Lupiae Maris and Barium Bay, aimed at the development of a floating offshore wind farm in the Adriatic Sea.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Legance are highly effective in handling complex and sophisticated legal matters. The firm has also demonstrated an impressive commitment to assembling teams of professionals who are not only highly qualified but also diverse in their specialisations."
"Legance has a very good work ethos. They are available for us, flexible when changes are required and quick to come back with answers to any question."
"Legance are highly effective in handling complex and sophisticated legal matters. The firm has also demonstrated an impressive commitment to assembling teams of professionals who are not only highly qualified but also diverse in their specialisations."
"Legance has a very good work ethos. They are available for us, flexible when changes are required and quick to come back with answers to any question."
Notable Practitioners
Monica Colombera has a strong track record in energy asset acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and project finance transactions. She often assists fund managers as well as notable national energy providers.
Cristina Martorana often handles the administrative law aspects of M&A in the oil and gas, wind and solar energy fields. Recently, she has been particularly active in advising on environmental mandates.
"Cristina excels in navigating clients through the intricacies of Italian public and regulatory laws. Her unique ability to merge theoretical legal knowledge with practical, real-world insights adds immense value to her work and greatly benefits her clients."
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