DLA Piper's investment management and funds practice in Italy acts for Italian and international fund managers, collective investment schemes, and institutional investors on both transactional and regulatory matters. The group is headed up by financial services and investment funds specialist Agostino Papa, who is ‘one of the market’s great players’. The team further includes Nicoletta Alfano, an adviser on financial services regulation; Edoardo Campo, who is experienced in asset management, as well as private equity, real estate, social housing and infrastructure funds; and the ’technical and prepared’ Eusapia Simone.
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Distinctions

La satisfaction du client

Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

  • ‘The investment funds team is very well organised and structured at different levels of seniority.’
  • ‘They always drive negotiations with counterparties in a positive and constructive manner and with a business-oriented approach.’
  • ‘With extensive knowledge of regulatory practice, DLA Piper’s team covers a wide range of transactions and advice.’
  • ‘The best investment funds team currently present in the Italian legal landscape.’
  • ‘For all the most technical, strategic and/or delicate issues they are a point of reference. Always advanced and with great experience in sector practices, including foreign ones.'
  • ‘Agostino Papa is a leader and an excellent negotiator, with the ability to communicate and empathise. Skills that help discussions with counterparts and lead both tables to viable, shared and often innovative and strategic solutions.’
  • ‘Agostino Papa is one of the market’s great players, with a deep understanding of the relevant laws and transaction dynamics.’
  • ‘Eusapia Simone is a point of reference for delicate legal issues. Technical and prepared.’

Clients clés

  • Azimut Libera Impresa SGR
  • BFF Bank
  • Bluegem
  • Cassa depositi e prestiti
  • CBRE Limited
  • CDP Real Asset SGR
  • CDP Venture Capital SGR
  • Cognita Holdings
  • Colliers Global Investors Italy SGR
  • Credem Venture Capital SGR

Points forts

  • Advising CDP on the investment activities of Fondo Nazionale Ristrutturazioni Imprese – Comparto Indiretto.
  • Advising CDP Real Asset SGR on the investment by FOF Infrastrutture in several infrastructure alternative investment funds.
  • Advised Arsenale Real Estate SGR on the structuring, establishment and launch of a reserved closed-ended feeder AIF named AREUS II.

Avocats

Les grands avocats du marché

Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.

Meilleurs collaborateurs

Jeunes avocats collaborateurs ou counsels qui se distinguent régulièrement par leur présence dans des dossiers importants du marché, et qui sont identifiés par le marché comme de jeunes talents à suivre.

Responsable de la pratique

Agostino Papa

Autres avocats clés

Nicoletta Alfano; Edoardo Campo; Eusapia Simone