The sizeable banking and finance practice at BonelliErede covers acquisition, corporate, project, property and structured finance deals. Emanuela Da Rin focuses on real estate, corporate and acquisition finance, as well as distressed asset-related operations; Antonio La Porta is a highly-regarded banking and finance practitioner; Gabriele Malgeri specialises in project finance; Giuseppe Sacchi Lodispoto focuses on loan transactions; and ‘truly inspiring leader’ Catia Tomasetti heads the infrastructure, energy and ecological transition focus team. The banking and finance practice also features experienced lawyers Giovanni Battaglia, Giorgio Frasca, Giovanna Zagaria and Federico Cocito.

Chiomenti advises high-profile banks on acquisition, corporate and real estate financings, as well as refinancings. The practice also covers cross-border matters. Gregorio Consoli heads up the finance and regulated entities department; Giulia Battaglia assists with real estate, acquisition and project financings; Giorgio Cappelli advises on acquisition and structured finance; Gianrico Giannesi acts for both Italian and international banks; and Marco Cerritelli  is an infrastructure finance expert. The team also includes experienced banking and finance practitioner Girolamo D’Anna, an adviser on leverage, acquisition and corporate finance. Davide D’Affronto and Nicholas Lasagna joined from Simmons & Simmons in 2025. Riccardo Rossi departed in October 2024.

Clifford Chance‘s Italy practice acts for arrangers and financing banks on high-end investment grade deals, acquisition and export finance, syndicated loans, and debt restructuring transactions. Real estate and project finance are other core areas. Leading the firm’s global financial markets in Europe practice,  Giuseppe De Palma is a highly-respected banking and finance specialist; Ferdinando Poscio‘s track record includes several leveraged finance and restructuring transactions; Francesca Cuzzocrea advises on real estate financings; and Filippo Tassoni is an export finance expert. The department further includes Chiara Commis, Paolo Ballerini, Giuseppe Barra Caracciolo and Gianluca Fanti are other key team members.

The broad scope of Gianni & Origoni's practice ranges from energy, infrastructure, real estate and acquisition financings, to structured finance and refinancings. The Milan and Rome-based banking and finance team also advises lenders on general corporate operations. Ottaviano Sanseverino is an energy and infrastructure sector specialist; Matteo Bragantini's workload covers domestic and international financings; and Giuseppe De Simone is an acquisition, real estate and IPO financing specialist. The group also features Eduardo Fiordiliso, Matteo Gotti, Arrigo Arrigoni, Ilaria Laureti and Piergiorgio Picardi, along with Maria Panetta and Claudia Lami.

Legance - Avvocati Associati's practice advises on leverage, acquisition, mezzanine, project and real estate financing, along with forward start agreements and syndicated loans. Andrea Giannelli is banking and finance head; Monica Colombera is an energy and infrastructure finance expert; Luca Autuori focuses on banking, finance and restructuring; and Guido Iannoni Sebastianini's workload encompasses structured finance. Other experienced advisers are Tommaso Bernasconi, Filippo Ruffato, Antonio Palazzolo, Antonio Siciliano, Simone Ambrogi, Antonio Matino and Emanuele Artuso, as well as Giusi Colasuonno, Beatrice Zilio, Giuseppe D’Amore, Lucio Di Cicco and Ilaria Rosa.

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato's lender-side Italy banking and finance practice covers acquisition, leverage and syndicated finance, as well as financial structuring, restructuring, and asset and export finance. Restructuring and insolvency specialist Francesco Faldi heads up the Italian banking and finance practice; Andrea Arosio advises lenders and financial sponsors on acquisition and leverage finance; and Ettore Consalvi's mandates encompass leverage, acquisition and real estate financing, along with global banking issues. The practice further includes Tessa Lee, Diego Esposito, Alessandra Ortelli and Marco Carrieri. Alessandro Tanno recently left the firm.

White & Case (Europe) LLP‘s sizeable finance team is experienced in leveraged finance, private debt, bilateral and syndicated loans, real estate loans, asset and export finance, and mezzanine and hybrid debt. Stefano Bellani advises on high-profile debt finance, while Francesco Scebba completes the team. Andrea Novarese and Tiziana Germinario recently departed the firm, as did Iacopo Canino and Bianca Caruso.

Further to the May 2024 merger between Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling, A&O Shearman's Italy practice has significant experience in financings that fuse banking with capital markets or structured finance aspects. The Italy banking group, which also comprises specialists in real estate, infrastructure and energy financing deals, is led by Stefano Sennhauser, a renowned expert in acquisition, real estate and structured finance, as well as corporate loans and debt restructuring. Also key to the department are Pietro Scarfone, a longstanding adviser to lenders, and Frederic Demeulenaere and Luca Maffia.

Ashurst's Milan group comprises experts in acquisition, leverage, real estate and development finance. It is also notably experienced in trade, asset, receivables, telecoms, infrastructure and project finance, as well as corporate lending and debt restructuring. Mario Lisanti leads the Italian banking team; Carloandrea Meacci is energy and infrastructure head; and Umberto Antonelli ‘deserves a special mention’. The practice further includes Luca Maria Chieffo, an adviser to lenders on financing transactions involving multi-jurisdictional elements; and experienced finance lawyer Nicola Toscano. Finance specialist Riccardo Rossi was recruited from Chiomenti in May 2024.

Dentons' Italy practice fields experts in leverage, real estate, fund and corporate finance, along with refinancings, direct lending, and project and structured finance. Alessandro Fosco Fagotto heads the banking and finance practice in Europe; Pierandrea Bonali is ‘one of the finest real estate finance lawyers around’; Luigi Costa is a project finance specialist; and Franco Paolo Gialloreti advises on acquisition, leverage and real estate finance, along with corporate and syndicated lending. Tommaso Zanirato and Antida Cutuli are also experienced practitioners. In April 2024, LBO expert Edoardo Galeotti was promoted to partner.

Consistently involved in major bilateral or syndicated lending transactions, DLA Piper‘s Italy practice has significant leveraged and corporate lending expertise. The department also has notable energy, infrastructure and real estate financing credentials. Luciano Morello leads the group, which features renowned finance specialist Antonio Lombardo; corporate, leverage, real estate and structured finance expert Giuseppe Mele; and acquisition and project finance practitioners Federico Zucconi Galli Fonseca and Giovanni Ragnoni Bosco Lucarelli. Additional names to note are Italy banking and financial services leader Ugo Calò, along with Giampiero Priori, Riccardo Pagotto and Claudio D’Alia.

Latham & Watkins LLP's Italian lender-side banking practice routinely handles major acquisition and leverage finance deals, as well as corporate lending and debt restructuring. The Italian finance practice is headed by the firm’s recently-appointed finance department global vice-chair, Marcello Bragliani, who is a highly-rated leveraged finance specialist. The team also includes Antongiulio Scialpi, an adviser to commercial and investment banks at all stages of financings; and Alessia De Coppi, who has notable experience in cross-border financings involving tailor-made deal structures. Mario Orsenigo and Erika Brini Raimondi are additional key figures.

The result of a January 2024 merger between Pedersoli Studio Legale and Gattai, Minoli, Partners, PedersoliGattai is mandated by banks and financial institutions on the gamut of finance deals. Gaetano Carrello maintains an extensive debt restructuring practice; Maura Magioncalda advises on acquisition, corporate and real estate finance; and Lorenzo Vernetti is ‘exceptional’. The practice further showcases Gian Luca Coggiola, an adviser on local and cross-border financings; project finance specialist Nicola Gaglione; Consuelo Citterio, whose practice covers leverage, corporate and real estate finance; and experienced banking and finance practitioner Alessandra De Cantellis.

In addition to shipping, real estate, project and acquisition finance, ADVANT Nctm's 25-strong department advises on transition, green and sustainable financings. Stefano Padovani is a highly-regarded banking and finance lawyer; Eugenio Siragusa is an energy and infrastructure project finance expert; and Giovanni de’ Capitani di Vimercate has significant acquisition financing experience. The ‘very cohesive’ Italy practice additionally includes experienced finance practitioners Alfredo Lizio and Roberto de’ Nardis di Prata.

Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici‘s Milan practice advises banks and financial institutions on corporate, acquisition, real estate, project and asset finance, as well as debt restructuring. Marc-Alexandre Courtejoie is a lending and structured finance expert, while Andrea Limongelli acts on property and acquisition financings. Corporate finance specialist  Andrea Novarese and the ‘thorough and practical’ Tiziana Germinario, along with Francesco Pirisi, were all recruited from White & Case (Europe) LLP in May 2024.

Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria's 14-strong team advises major banks and lenders on NPL matters and real estate financings. ‘An outstanding professional’, Corrado Angelelli is finance group head; and Alessio Gerhart Ruvolo's workload includes sustainable and impact finance issues. In a major boost for the practice, the firm hired renowned banking, finance and restructuring lawyer Riccardo Agostinelli, along with Daniele Migliarucci and Marco Leonardi, from Molinari Agostinelli in October 2024.

Hogan Lovells International LLP‘s Italy banking and loan finance specialises in cross-border financing transactions. Carlo Massini is an expert in real estate, project, acquisition, asset and international trade financings, while Mauro Saccani heads the Italy business restructuring and insolvency practice. In February 2024, structured finance specialist Patrizio Messina, banking and finance expert Alessandro Accrocca and Sabrina Setini, who advises on acquisition and asset finance, were recruited from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Iacopo Canino and Bianca Caruso were new arrivals in early 2025.

Cappelli Riolo Calderaro Crisostomo Del Din & Partners advises financial institutions on acquisition, corporate, real estate and project finance. Paolo Calderaro is a banking and structured finance expert; Alberto Del Din works between London and Milan; Giuliana Durand focuses on debt restructuring; and Morena Bontorin has notable banking and finance experience.

CBA Studio Legale e Tributario fields experts in shipping, real estate, project and structured finance transactions. In Milan, Francesco Dialti heads up both the banking and finance and shipping and cruising departments; and Vincenzo Cimmino routinely acts for domestic and international banks. Daniela Sorgato is the key contact in Padua.

K&L Gates' Milan team leverages the expertise of the firm’s investment funds, corporate, M&A, real estate and tax departments for finance transactions. Fabrizio Dotti advises several large Italian banks, while Paolo Rusconi‘s workload also includes banking and finance deals. In April 2024, finance specialist Chiara Anceschi joined from DLA Piper.

Mandated by major lenders, McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato’s Milan group handles high-end real estate and acquisition financings, restructuring, and commercial lending.  Heading up the practice, Giancarlo Castorino specialises in structured finance; while Francesco Romeo is experienced in acquisition and real estate financing, as well as debt restructuring.

Molinari‘s banking and finance practice acts on leverage, acquisition, property, corporate, real estate and structured finance, along with distressed lending. Alessandro Fontana advises on financings, structured finance and debt restructuring, while Andrea Taurozzi is another key figure. Riccardo Agostinelli, Daniele Migliarucci and Marco Leonardi departed in October 2024.

Well known for its direct lending and private credit credentials, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's Italy practice advises both national and international lenders on complex financings. Italy banking and private credit team head Marina Balzano is notably experienced in mid-cap leveraged finance; and Giulio Asquini assists with domestic and cross-border financings.

Osborne Clarke's Italy team advises banks, funds and companies (that lend finance in Italy) on acquisition finance, alternative lending and real estate finance, along with sustainable and green financing. Andrea Pinto is financial services head; Federica Greggio focuses on acquisition finance; and Antonio Fugaldi is an alternative lending specialist.

The 22-strong team at Pavia e Ansaldo advises financial institutions on acquisition finance, along with real estate and healthcare sector financings. Mario Di Giulio is an expert in structured finance, and the financing of infrastructure and sustainable projects in eastern Africa. Roberto Zanchi also has notable banking and finance experience.

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie assists lenders and arrangers with syndicated bank financings, and real estate, acquisition and project finance. Alberto Fornari focuses on general, trade and structured finance, while Giorgio Telarico ‘demonstrates exceptional acumen’. Finance specialist Carlo De Vito Piscicelli joined from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in September 2024.

The Italy banking and finance group at Watson Farley & Williams has significant experience in the energy, transport and infrastructure sectors. Its coverage encompasses project, export, receivables, asset, acquisition, and real estate finance. Mario D’Ovidio advises on project and export credit agency finance transactions, while Furio Samela specialises in shipping financings.

Specialised in structured finance transactions on a project financing basis, Bird & Bird's Italy practice has significant experience in energy-related financings and refinancings, particularly in relation to public and private works. Leading the group from Rome, Pierpaolo Mastromarini focuses on energy and utilities-related matters. The department further includes Michele Arruzzolo.

Acting for major banks and lenders, CMS' Italy practice covers high-end financings, refinancings, debt restructuring, and factoring-related acquisition and structured finance. Paolo Bonolis is the contact partner for several  domestic and international banks; Domenico Gaudiello is a highly-regarded public finance specialist; and Maria Giovanna Pisani routinely assists with structuring financings.

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP's Italy practice is experienced in bilateral and syndicated loan agreements, corporate lending, and acquisition, project and real estate financings. It also advises on debt restructuring. Rome-based group head Alfonso de Marco assists with banking and real estate matters, along with structured and project financing.

The Milan banking and finance group at Eversheds Sutherland Associazione Professionale covers structured, renewable energy, real estate, acquisition and aviation finance. The team, which also assists with NPL-related transactions, is headed by aviation finance expert Umberto Mauro. Providing notable support, Daniela Viaggio acts for financial institutions on project finance deals.

Particularly experienced in acquisition finance and debt refinancing, Giliberti Triscornia e Associati's 10-strong department also advises on tender offer, project and real estate financings. The group is co-led by Carmine Oncia, who focuses on real estate, project, acquisition and leverage finance; and leverage finance and restructuring expert Federico Fischer.

The banking and finance practice at Grimaldi Alliance is co-led by Andrea Martina in Rome, an adviser to banks and arrangers on real estate, acquisition and structured finance, along with debt restructuring; and Milan-based Angelo Alfonso Speranza in Milan, who acts on a range of domestic and cross-border syndicated financings.

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP' Italian banking and finance team advises on acquisition, asset, project, export and real estate finance. The group also covers syndicated lending, as well as leasing, commodity trade and fund financings. The department is headed up by Simone Egidi, whose practice encompasses a range of financing deals.

Nunziante Magrone‘s banking and finance team assists banks and financial institutions on real estate, acquisition, structured and project financings, along with debt restructuring. The Rome-based group is led by Alessio Lombardo, an adviser to financial lenders and arrangers. Providing key support is banking and financial regulation expert Priscilla Merlino.