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BonelliErede

Capital Markets: Debt

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BonelliErede

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The Debt Capital Markets Focus Team stands out for its innovative solutions and expertise in structuring debt instruments, including corporate debt instruments, medium-term notes, standalone euro bonds, domestic bonds, high-yield bonds and hybrid bond projects. The team assists arrangers and originators with the structuring of securitisation transactions relating to a wide variety of receivables, including residential mortgage loans, commercial loans, consumer loans and non-performing receivables. The team also regularly advises Italian banking groups on the establishment of covered bond programmes and on the issuance of bonds as part of their EMTN programmes. Furthermore, the team covers assistance on derivatives.

The Equity Capital Markets Focus Team specialises in assisting listed and regulated companies – having advised on the most prominent privatisations, listing transactions, and public M&A deals (takeover bids with and without share swaps) and having assisted issuers, placement banks, and selling shareholders with the most important transactions in Italy. Specifically, team’s practice covers IPOs and capital increases, public tender offers and stake-building processes, related-party’s transactions, remuneration plans and day-to-day assistance to listed companies.

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Capital Markets: Debt - Italy

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

BonelliErede has a strong team that is well suited to advisinge on the whole range of capital markets deals, and which has notable expertise across debt, equity and securitisation matters. The team is also skilled at handling derivatives mandates. BonelliErede handles a broad range of matters, including green and sustainability-linked bonds, covered bond programmes and non-convertible bonds, in addition to providing advice on capital increases, IPOs and NPL securitisations.

Work Highlights

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  • BonelliErede advised Deutsche Bank on the annual update of its EUR4 billion covered bond programme and the repurchase and delisting of covered bonds with a value of EUR700 million.

Strengths

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  • The team consistently delivers high-quality work, demonstrating excellent responsiveness, particularly in circumstances with demanding requirements and tight deadlines.

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  • BonelliErede stands out for its problem-solving skills, with an approach always oriented towards finding practical and sustainable solutions from the customer's point of view.

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  • The law firm shows a great agility and ability to adapt to the client's needs, both from the legal and commercial perspective.

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  • The team at BonelliErede is smart and always available. It is very good at handling complex securitisations, has lots of experience, is very commercial and has great market knowledge.

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  • BonelliErede's ability to handle complex matters is excellent and it also has the ability to simplify complex matters for non-legal business partners.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 3Vittoria Giustiniani
    Band 3Vittoria Giustiniani

    Vittoria Giustiniani

    Vittoria Giustiniani is well versed in handling a variety of ECM mandates, including IPOs. She is a well-regarded lawyer who mainly advises listed corporations.

  • Band 4G Massimiliano Danusso
    Band 4G Massimiliano Danusso

    G Massimiliano Danusso

    Massimiliano Danusso has notable experience acting for clients on derivatives, as well as covered bond and green bond programmes. He is also well regarded for structuring securitisations.

    • Massimilano Danusso is very strong technically and a very good derivatives expert.

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    • Massimiliano Danusso has a broad capital markets skill base.

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