Debt Finance
The Debt Finance Practice Area provides continuous support to banks, financial companies, funds, asset managers and investors, both Italian and foreign, in the legal aspects of a wide range of the most complex and innovative financial operations in the sector.
Chiomenti is a market leader in legal assistance for structured finance operations, including traditional and synthetic securitizations – involving both performing and distressed assets – and covered bonds, having assisted arrangers, investors, originators, servicers and issuers with the major structured finance transactions carried out in Italy in recent years and having contributed to the adoption of the Italian laws on securitizations and covered bonds.
The Firm assists major Italian and international banks, as well as sponsors, in structuring, negotiating and implementing a wide range of financing transactions, including the financing of acquisitions of industrial, commercial, financial and insurance companies and major project finance deals in Italy. The team’s professionals also provide ongoing assistance to its clients in export finance, leasing, asset finance and real estate finance operations.
Chiomenti provides continuous assistance in negotiating derivatives contracts of varying complexity, documented under ISDA or similar documentation, as well as repurchase agreements and securities lending (GMSLA, GMRA).
The team also has many years of experience in combining the complexities of regulatory legislation with the intricate aspects of financial and M&A deals in the sector, ensuring comprehensive support, both in the preliminary stages of structuring transactions and in dealing with supervisory authorities, as well as in their subsequent development and implementation.
The Practice Area’s professionals provide comprehensive assistance in operations in the banking, insurance, structured finance, financial markets, managed savings and payment services sectors, both for financial contracts and for acquisitions, joint ventures, integrations and rescues of complex entities.
The Firm also provides extensive and consolidated experience in legal assistance in the field of corporate crisis, so-called Special Situations, and, in general, of debt restructuring and financial reorganization transactions, both out-of-court and in-court (including in the context of insolvency proceedings). Over the years, the Firm has provided assistance both in favor of companies directly involved in the reorganization/restructuring process (and their related stakeholders) and in favor of Italian and foreign financial creditors, also developing a solid track record in distressed M&A transactions.
The Debt Finance Practice Area deals with the following strategic areas:
- Restructuring
- Structured finance
- Derivatives
- Banking
- Project finance
- Alternative lending