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Lawyers profile | Europe 2024: Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market, Restructuring/Insolvency, Private Equity
Ugo Molinari
Ranked in 3 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market

Italy

3 Years Ranked

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Band 1

Restructuring/Insolvency

Italy

15 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Private Equity

Italy

18 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides
Global 2025

About

Provided by Ugo Molinari

Europe

Practice Areas

Ugo Molinari is founder and managing partner of the Firm.

Praised by clients and peers as one of the toughest and experienced practitioners in the insolvency area, Ugo Molinari has been involved in some of the most important and delicate financial restructuring transactions implemented in Italy. He advises banks and debtors alike in relation to both private debt-restructuring transactions as well as court-governed restructuring proceedings.

He also boasts comprehensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, structured finance, joint ventures, business reorganisations and real estate deals.

Career

Ugo Molinari practised law at Avv. Prof Mario Casella e Associati, working with Prof Mario Casella and acquiring extensive experience in corporate and commercial law with regard to both non-contentious matters (acquisitions and corporate restructuring) and litigation as well as national and international arbitration. A partner first with Lombardi e Associati (1997) and then with Pedersoli Lombardi e Associati (2001), from January 2004 he was co-managing partner of Lombardi Molinari e Associati, renamed Lombardi Molinari Segni in 2014.

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Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market - Italy

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Individual Editorial
Ugo Molinari is an eminent lawyer who assists a diverse range of clients spanning from banks to private equity firms with acquisition and sale operations, as well as investment opportunities. He is notably well versed in corporate restructuring.
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Restructuring/Insolvency - Italy

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Ugo Molinari is a leading lawyer in the restructuring field, standing out for his knowledge of the market. He frequently undertakes debt restructuring on behalf of debtors and creditors, with a clientele encompassing corporate entities, banks and real estate firms.
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Private Equity - Italy

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Band 4
Individual Editorial
Ugo Molinari of Molinari Agostinelli provides expert advice on M&A, disposals and capital increase mandates to both private equity firms and holding companies.
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Strengths

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"Ugo Molinari is a champion of the legal profession."

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market respondent
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"Ugo is a solid, reliable and always available lawyer."

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market respondent
Europe

"He is best in class."

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market respondent
Europe

"Ugo Molinari is a highly experienced legal adviser."

Restructuring/Insolvency respondent
Europe

"Ugo is a lawyer of great depth, always present in critical moments of the transaction."

Private Equity respondent
Europe

Articles, highlights and press releases

6 items provided by Molinari

Highlight

Ferroli's debt restructuring

Ferroli and its financial creditors executed amendments to the 2015 debt restructuring agreement.

Mar 30, 2021
Authored by Ugo Molinari, Beatrice Neri, Claudio Zanda
Highlight

Clessidra Restructuring Fund in AMI's capital increase

Clessidra Restructuring Fund on the €50M capital increase issued in partnership with the US fund Magnetar and aimed at supporting Acque Minerali di Italia’s business.

Mar 29, 2021
Authored by Ugo Molinari, Beatrice Neri, Giacomo Colombo
Highlight

Finint and Italfondiario launched a new UTP fund named "Fondo Efesto"

Our firm advised a consortium of major Italian banks on the sale of a portfolio of UTP/non-performing receivables with total GBV of approx. 500€ mln to Fondo Efesto.

Nov 24, 2020
Authored by Ugo Molinari, Maria Milano, Beatrice Neri
Highlight

Acquisition of Sorgenia S.p.A. by F2i and Asterion

Nuova Sorgenia Holding sold Sorgenia S.p.A. to the private equity funds F2i and Asterion.

Nov 24, 2020
Authored by Ugo Molinari, Margherita Santoiemma, Alessandro Fontana
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UBI Banca_Logistics and organizational reorganization

UBI Banca sells seven properties in Milan and invests in the new headquarters located in via Melchiorre Gioia 22.

Jun 16, 2020
Authored by Ugo Molinari, Alessandro de Botton, Maria Milano, Beatrice Neri
Highlight

Trevi Finanziaria _Debt restructuring

The €150 mln capital increase subscribed last May is part of a wider capital strengthening and debt restructuring manoeuvre involving several actors.

Jun 16, 2020
Authored by Ugo Molinari, Alessandro Fontana, Maria Milano

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