LAWYER PROFILE

Francesco Lombardo

Europe 2026

Freshfields

Ranked in 1 practice area

Real Estate: Finance

Italy

6 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Francesco is Italy country head of the Firm and leads the Italian Financing, Private Credit and Capital Solutions team. Francesco has wide experience of advising private equity and private credit funds, corporates and banks on leveraged acquisitions, distressed M&A transactions as well as debt finance, hybrid equity investments and restructurings. In addition, his practice also focuses on value-add and highly complex real estate and infra financing transactions (including via CMBS structures), syndicated loan facilities, capital markets exits and structured finance deals (including NPLs and UTPs investments and related financing). He has a deep knowledge of regulatory requirements and usually supports clients in highly regulated markets whilst remaining sector agnostic.

Career

Joined Freshfields in 2008; partner since 2019. Italian office Managing Partner since 2022.

Professional Memberships

Italian Bar (2008)

Personal

Education: JD, Università degli Studi di Napoli. Language: English

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Real Estate: Finance - Italy

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Francesco Lombardo of Freshfields is particularly active on real estate transactions. His caseload extends to financings of hotel and office acquisitions as well as refurbishment financings. He is also experienced in general corporate loan transactions and refinancing matters.

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