Maria Cristina Breida

Practice Areas

Maria Cristina Breida is a Partner of the firm and the Environment, Climate Change & Sustainability Leader for EY Tax & Law Italy.

She has more than twenty years’ experience in assisting international groups, Italian public and private companies, private equity funds and investment banks in relation to significant extraordinary and real estate transactions involving activities with a high environmental and energy impact, environmental policies and responsibilities and risk management.

Maria Cristina has extensive expertise in assisting clients in structuring and implementing innovative energy transition business projects and green economy and sustainability models applied to industrial and energy sectors as well as in advising on projects in the field of conventional and renewable sources with reference to contractual, authorization profiles, negotiation with the Public Administration and litigation.

She also provides legal support in sustainable finance operations, ESG regimes applicable to entities operating in regulated markets and environmental, climate change and ESG liability litigation.

Career

Maria Cristina joined the EY legal team in 2022 from the Italian firm Legance where she was Head of the Environmental Law practice. Prior to this she spent 18+ years at the Italian firm RP Legal, where she was partner in charge of the Environmental and Energy department.

Professional Memberships

- Italian Bar Association – Milan branch

- International Bar Association – Officer of the Environmental, Health and Safety Law Committee

Languages Spoken

Maria Cristina speaks Italian, English and French