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Carnelutti Studio Legale Associato's banking practice is made up of Luca Arnaboldi, Marco Lantelme and Alberto Rittatore Vonwiller. A €200 million mandate saw Vonwiller advise Dayco Europe on the restructuring of the financial debt of the Mark IV Group through the issue of bonds on the European and US markets.

Arnaboldi and Lantelme also teamed up to advise Intesa Sanpaolo and Banca IMI in their capacity as lead bank and agent of a pool of lending banks including UniCredit, BNL and Credito Bergamasco alike, on finalising a standstill agreement connected to the debt restructuring of an Italian textile company Canepa. The mandate was closed on March 11 2011.

Among Carnelutti Studio Legale Associato's corporate M&A mandates, one notable example saw Luca Arnaboldi lead the team advising SunEdison on the sale of Europe's largest photovoltaic power plant in the Veneto Region, which is currently under construction, to the private-equity fund First Reserve. The €276 million transaction was closed on October 1 2010.

A notable project finance mandate at Carnelutti Studio Legale Associato saw Luca Arnaboldi and Tommaso Ferrario teaming up acting for SunEdison Italia on the financing aspect of two photovoltaic power plants settled in the Municipality of Alessano.