
Profile
Francisco is a member of the Banking & Financial Services Practice in Greenberg Traurig's Milan office. He focuses his practice on corporate and real estate financing, leveraged buy-outs, and bilateral loans, on both lenders’ and borrowers’ sides, including the structuring and negotiations of security packages. Francisco also handles structured finance transactions, advising international and domestic financial institutions with respect to securitization transactions, investment and disinvestment in NPLs and UTPs portfolios as well as bond issuance for domestic and international companies.
Concentrations
- Real estate finance
- Structured finance
- Acquisition finance
- Bond issues
- Corporate lending
- Restructuring
Capabilities
Experience
- Assistance to an Italian asset management company and to a UK private equity and real estate fund in connection with the real estate financing for the acquisition of three buildings located in Milan.
- Assistance to a UK real estate asset management company in respect of a real estate financing (Euro 45 million) for the acquisition and development of luxury residential buildings located in Milan.°
- Assistance to a club deal and the asset management company in connection with the real estate financing for the acquisition of an iconic building located in the central business district of Rome.°
- Assistance to an Italian company in connection with a real estate financing for the acquisition and development of two trophy assets located in Milan.°
- Assistance to an asset management company and to a UK investor in connection with the acquisition and development of residential assets located in Milan.°
- Assistance to a UK distressed credit fund in connection with the acquisition and securitizazion of a portfolio of NPLs receivables.°
- assistance to a leading Italian bank in connection with the transfer of a portfolio of UTPs receivables in favour of a primary U.S. distressed credit fund.°
- Assistance to a leading Italian bank in connection wit the transfer of a portfolio of UTPs receivables in favour of an Italian leading bank and a German leading bank.°
- Assistance to an Italian company in connection with the issuance of Notes for refinancing purposes.°
- Assistance to a pool of Italian banks in connection with an acquisition facility agreement.°
- Assistance to an Italian company in connection with the restructuring agreement executed with its financial creditors according to Italian Bankruptcy Law.°
- Assistance to an Italian bank in connection with the execution of a rescheduling agreement in the context of a recovery plan pursuant to Italian Bankruptcy Law.°
- Advising an Italian bank in connection with the project financing for the acquisition of photovoltaic plants.°
- Advising an Italian bank in connection with the project financing for the acquisition and development of biomass plants.°
- Assistance to a U.S. investment bank in connection with the subscription of a secured corporate bond issued by an Italian company.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Santini prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria, an affiliate of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. and Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Credentials
- LL.M., International Banking and Finance Law, City University London, 2019
- J.D., University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 2015
- Italy
- Italian, Native
- English, Fluent
- French, Fluent
- Spanish, Fluent