Mario is a Partner in the Finance Group.
Mario has extensive experience advising financial institutions, borrowers, sponsors and ECAs on project and export finance transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He also advises on major asset-based financings in the real estate, transport (including rail, aviation and roads) and sport sectors.
Further areas of expertise include debt restructuring and insolvency matters, acquisition financings (both corporate and leveraged) and private placement transactions.
In 2024, Mario was ranked in Project Finance by Chambers Europe. Clients say that “He is a sophisticated partner with a deep understanding of commercial and financing issues”.
Mario has been a long-term presence as ‘Leading Individual’ in the Banking and Finance directory of Legal 500. In the EMEA 2025 edition clients valued him as “highly competent, flexible and available”, he “demonstrates outstanding coordination and leadership skills, while providing sophisticated advice that is highly sensitive to banks’ internal and commercial needs”.
In 2025, Legalcommunity ranked Mario as ‘Highly Recommended’ in Finance & Project Finance and as ‘Recommended’ in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
A native Italian speaker, he is fluent in English.
- Advising NatWest and UKEF on €100m loan to Bristow for the acquisition of five SAR aircraft. This deal won Helicopter Investor’s Most Innovative Deal of the Year 2025.
- Advising UniCredit S.p.A. on the long-term project financing of the Bel Lavello wind park.
- Advising Prysmian in connection with ECA finance aspects relating to the US$519m financing for National Grid, the UK’s main electricity and gas utility company, for the North Sea Link project, the world’s longest subsea interconnector, between the United Kingdom and Norway.
- Advising Tages Helios and Delos Power Group on the corporate reorganisation and refinancing of a solar portfolio owned by Sicilia Solare S.r.l. and located in Sicily, Italy.
- Advising Blue Elephant Energy AG, on the bridge and medium term phases of the leveraged acquisition and refinancing of a 22 MW solar portfolio in Italy, originally owned by Viridis Energia S.r.l.
Education
- 1998 · Degree in Law, University ‘La Sapienza’, Rome
memberships and associations
- 2001 · Qualified Italian lawyer
- PressWFW advises ING on two US$100m+ financings for Premuda
- PressWFW advises CDP and SACE on €200m ECA-backed DBK financing
- AwardWFW deal wins Transport Export Finance Deal of the Year and Global Deal of the Year at TXF Perfect 10 Awards
- PressWFW advises J.P. Morgan and SACE on €100m financing for Türkiye’s first luxury designer outlet
- PressWFW advises lenders on financing and delivery of Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest vessel Norwegian Aqua
Mario è Partner del dipartimento Finance.
Mario vanta una significativa esperienza nella consulenza a Istituti finanziari, borrower e sponsor in operazioni di Project and Export Finance, nei settori dell’energia e delle infrastrutture. Offre, inoltre, consulenza ai clienti sui principali finanziamenti riguardanti attività nei settori dei trasporti, immobiliare e dello sport.
La sua esperienza include anche l’assistenza in complesse operazioni di ristrutturazione del debito e di insolvency, e l’assistenza ad arranger e borrower in operazioni di acquisition finance (sia corporate che leveraged), direct lending, fronted participation e private placement.
Dal 2013, Chambers Europe riconosce Mario in quanto avvocato specializzato nel Banking e Project Finance. Nella classifica del 2024 i clienti hanno affermato che “he is a sophisticated partner with a deep understanding of commercial and financing issues”.
Mario è inserito da lungo tempo anche nel ranking Banking and Finance di Legal 500 come “Leading Individual”. Nell’edizione EMEA 2025 i clienti lo hanno definito come “highly competent, flexible and available”, “he demonstrates outstanding coordination and leadership skills, while providing sophisticated advice that is highly sensitive to banks’ internal and commercial needs”.
Nel 2025, Legalcommunity ha riconosciuto Mario come “Highly Recommended” in Finance & Project Finance e come “Recommended” nel settore Energy & Infrastructure.
Di madrelingua italiana, parla anche inglese.
- Assistenza alla National Westminster Bank e alla UK Export Finance in merito a un prestito da €100m concesso a Bristow Group per l'acquisto di cinque aerei destinati a fornire servizi SAR. Questa operazione ha vinto il premio Helicopter Investor's Most Innovative Deal of the Year 2025.
- Assistenza a UniCredit S.p.A. nel finanziamento di lungo termine in project financing del parco eolico Bel Lavello
- Assistenza a Prysmian in relazione agli aspetti finanziari ECA relativi al finanziamento di 519 milioni di dollari per National Grid, la principale compagnia elettrica e di gas del Regno Unito, per il progetto North Sea Link, un'interconnessione di cavi sottomarini HDVC che collega Norvegia e Regno Unito.
- Assistenza a Tages Helios e Delos Power Group sulla riorganizzazione societaria e il rifinanziamento di un portafoglio solare di proprietà di Sicilia Solare S.r.l. situato in Sicilia (Italia).
- Assistenza a Blue Elephant Energy AG, Independent Power Producer tedesca attiva nel settore delle energie rinnovabili, nell’acquisizione di un portafoglio fotovoltaico costituito da 15 impianti, ceduti da Viridis Energia S.r.l.
Formazione
- 1998 Laurea in giurisprudenza, Università la Sapienza, Roma
Associazioni professionali
- 2001 · Iscrizione all’albo degli Avvocati
- PressWFW assiste ING in due finanziamenti da oltre 100 milioni di dollari per Premuda
- PressWFW assiste CDP e SACE nel finanziamento da €200 milioni per Development Bank of Kazakhstan
- AwardWFW deal wins Transport Export Finance Deal of the Year and Global Deal of the Year at TXF Perfect 10 Awards
- PressWFW advises J.P. Morgan and SACE on €100m financing for Türkiye’s first luxury designer outlet
- PressWFW assiste BNPP, gli altri finanziatori, SACE e SIMEST nel finanziamento e consegna della nave Norwegian Aqua a NCLH
