more
professional-bg-img

Giulio Tognazzi is partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department.

Giulio has a wide range of experience in financing transactions, including the traditional and renewable energy, water, hydroelectric, real estate and infrastructure, acquisition and corporate finance, intellectual property and export finance sectors. His practice also includes advising on securitization transactions, the purchase and management of portfolios of claims transactions, and debt restructuring. 

Giulio has considerable experience in assisting issuers, arrangers, lead managers, dealers, rating agencies, investors and advisers in connection with debt capital markets transactions, such as bond issues, exchange offers and structured finance; and in connection with finance transactions with public entities or guaranteed by public entities and European institutions.

Furthermore, he has assisted in relation to regulatory issues, including the drafting of internal policies.  

 

Experience

Giulio joined Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in May 2024. He was previously a partner in other major Italian and US law firms.
  • Giulio Tognazzi has written articles and has been a speaker at national and international symposia.
  • Negotiation of a multi-originator (nine companies involved) securitization program for the sale of portfolios of commercial receivables.
  • Negotiation of an STS securitization program for the sale of portfolios of commercial receivables.
  • Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A., Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank S.A. - Succursale di Milano, Crédit Agricole Italia S.p.A., Banco BPM S.p.A., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft Filiale di Milano, Mediobanca – Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. and BPER Banca S.p.A. in relation to an ESG-ready 400 million Euro financing to a listed company open to the accession of the subsidiaries in Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium aimed at supporting the general corporate purposes of the group.
  • Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. as financing institute in relation to a 1 billion Euro financing to Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. aimed at supporting the granting of long-term financings having favorable interest rate to small medium enterprises to support the development of their projects and their growth, secured by assignment by way of security of receivables originated by the on-lending activity of Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
  • BPER Banca S.p.A., Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A. and Banco BPM S.p.A. in relation to a 120 million Euro financing to three companies belonging to the same group, split in four tranches aimed at supporting certain acquisition transactions and capex costs.
  • a global bank in relation to a mortgage real estate loan in order to refinance the company’s outstanding debt and support the investment plan for the redevelopment of certain areas.
  • BPER Banca S.p.A. in relation to the negotiation and execution of a facilities agreement for the purposes of financing the acquisition and subsequent development of a building for logistics purposes.
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., Milan Branch, as facility agent, bookrunner and mandated lead arranger of a pool formed by the following lenders Banco Santander, S.A., Bank of China (Dubai) BranchFirst Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, CaixaBank S.A., Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Emirates Development Bank PJSC, ING Bank, a branch of ING-DiBa AG, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Agricultural Bank of China (DIFC Branch), Citibank N.A., London Branch, Citibank N.A., Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Branch, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Société Générale DIFC Branch, DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral -Genossenschaftsbank Frankfurt am Main, Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna, Austria, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, DIFC Branch - Dubai and SACE S.p.A. in relation to the negotiation of the SACE policy and the issue of a legal opinion in relation to a 3,2 billion USD term credit facility aimed at financing the procurement of certain eligible goods and services in connection with the development of the petrochemical projects.
  • Prelios SGR S.p.A. in relation to the negotiation and execution of a 103 million Euro facilities agreement entered into with UniCredit S.p.A. and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Europe) S.A., Milan Branch, for the purposes of financing the acquisition of a portfolio comprising land plots and logistic buildings and the relevant capex costs relating to the construction and/or refurbishment works.
     

Credentials

Education


Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, J.D. (cum laude), 1992

Bar Admissions


Italy