Matteo Trabacchin
Partner
Matteo is a Partner in the Finance Group.
Matteo has extensive experience in project financing, infrastructure and energy.
He advises major financial institutions and sponsors – both in Italy and abroad – on financing transactions for the construction and operation of infrastructure (railways, subways, hospitals, data centres) and projects for the production of energy from renewable and traditional sources (wind, photovoltaic, hydroelectric, LNG, biogas, biomethane, gas storage), as well as acting for investors on project development, M&A and joint ventures transactions.
Matteo also has considerable expertise in trade, acquisition and real estate finance, commercial agreements (EPC, O&M, etc.), corporate law and energy markets (physical and financial).
In 2025 Matteo was ranked as “Leading” lawyer in the Energy sector and as “Key Lawyer” in Banking & Finance (Borrower and Arranger) by Legal500 EMEA. Clients say that he “stands out in terms of quality of advice and delivery” and that his “management of facility agreements is remarkable, ensuring that all risks are covered from the banking side”.
In addition to being a native Italian speaker, Matteo is fluent in English.
- Advised Ellomay Capital Ltd. and its subsidiary, Ellomay Holdings Luxembourg Sarl, on a €110m notes issuance for the project financing of its 198 MW Italian solar portfolio.
- Advised Arpinge Energy Efficiency & Renewables S.r.l. on the acquisition of five BESS projects under development with a total combined capacity of approximately 670 MW.
- Advised a syndicate of ten banks on a milestone non-recourse multi-currency up to €1.3bn green financing granted to Recurrent Energy, subsidiary of Canadian Solar, for the construction and development of renewable energy projects across Europe.
- Advised Verdalia Bioenergy, backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s infrastructure unit, on the acquisition of four biomethane plants in the northern Italian regions of Piedmont and Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
- Advised an infrastructure fund on a syndication of a circa €1bn facility granted to an IT company to realise two data centres in Italy for a total capacity of circa 100 MW.
Education
- 2009 – 2010 · LL.M. in International Commercial Law, University of London, with a dissertation on project finance “Financing a Nuclear Project in EU”
- 2008 · Center for American and International Law, Texas (US)
- 2006 · Law Degree, University of Parma
memberships and associations
- Qualified as Italian Lawyer
- PressWFW advises UniCredit on a green financing for six PV projects
- PressWFW promotes five to partnership for 2025
- PressWFW advises Ellomay Capital on €110m merchant financing for 198 MW Italian solar portfolio
- PressWFW advises EQUITA Capital on acquisition of four PV projects
- PressWFW advises on €2.5bn Sonnedix refinancing
Matteo è Partner del diparimento Finance.
Matteo è specializzato in project financing, infrastrutture ed energia.
Assiste abitualmente istituti finanziari e sponsor – in Italia e all’estero – nel finanziamento di operazioni per la realizzazione e gestione di infrastrutture (ferrovie, metropolitane, ospedali, data centre) e di progetti per la produzione di energia da fonti rinnovabili e tradizionali (eolico, fotovoltaico, idroelettrico, LNG, biogas, biometano, stoccaggio di gas), nonché investitori nella strutturazione di progetti, operazioni di acquisizione e di joint venture nel settore delle infrastrutture e delle energie.
Matteo ha, inoltre, esperienza in trade finance, acquisition finance, real estate finance, accordi commerciali (EPC, O&M, ecc.), diritto societario e mercati dell’energia.
Nel 2025 è stato riconosciuto come “Leading” nel settore Energy e “Key Lawyer” in Banking & Finance (Borrower and Arranger) da Legal500 EMEA. I clienti dicono che “stands out in terms of quality of advice and delivery” e che “Matteo Trabacchin’s management of facility agreements is remarkable, ensuring that all risks are covered from the banking side”.
Di madrelingua italiana, Matteo parla inglese.
- Assistenza a Ellomay Capital Ltd., tramite la sua controllata Ellomay Holdings Luxembourg Sarl, nell’emissione di obbligazioni per il project financing da 110 milioni di euro per lo sviluppo, la costruzione e l’operatività di un portafoglio solare da 198 MW in Italia.
- Assistenza ad Arpinge Energy Efficiency & Renewables S.r.l. nell’acquisizione di cinque progetti BESS in fase di sviluppo che avranno una capacità installata complessiva di circa 670 MW.
- Assistenza a un pool di dieci banche in un innovativo finanziamento green, non-recourse e multicurrency fino a 1,3 miliardi di euro in favore della piattaforma di sviluppo Recurrent Energy, controllata di Canadian Solar, per la costruzione e lo sviluppo di progetti di energia rinnovabile in tutta Europa.
- Assistenza a Verdalia Bioenergy nell’acquisizione, con il sostegno del business Infrastrutture di Goldman Sachs AM, di quattro impianti di biometano ready-to-build, due in Piemonte e due in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
- Assistenza a un fondo infrastrutturale per la sindacazione di una linea di credito di circa 1 miliardo di euro concessa a una società IT per la realizzazione di due data center in Italia con una capacità totale complessiva di circa 100 MW.
FORMAZIONE
- 2009 – 2010 · LL.M. in International Commercial Law, University of London
- 2008 · Center for American and International Law, Texas (US)
- 2006 · Laurea magistrale in Giurisprudenza, Università di Parma
ASSOCIAZIONI PROFESSIONALI
- Abilitato all’esercizio della professione forense
- PressWFW e PedersoliGattai con UniCredit e Fortore Energia in un finanziamento green da 50,7 milioni di euro
- PressWFW promotes five to partnership for 2025
- PressWFW e White & Case assistono Ellomay Capital e un investitore istituzionale tedesco nel merchant financing da €110 milioni per un portafoglio solare in Italia
- PressWFW assiste EQUITA Capital nell’acquisizione di quattro progetti fotovoltaici
- PressWFW advises on €2.5bn Sonnedix refinancing
