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Milan-listed UniCredit provided Al-Mirqab, the investment firm ofthe former Qatar prime minister Hamad Jassim JM Al Thani, with a 729 million euros Term Loan Facility for acquiring 80% of Milan’s 11800 sqms building Via Montenapoleone 8 from French luxury fashion house Kering that will retain a 20% (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Massimiliano Mastalia is Unicredit’s Head of Wealth & Large Corporates.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Société Generale provided Peridot Solar, a portfolio company of FitzWalter Capital, with a 153 million euros facility for the development Sand Solar, a photovoltaic plant of 137 MW in Sicily (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Dentons and BonelliErede advised the lenders. ADVANT Nctm, EOS, Marsh, KPMG, Arcus Financial Advisors, and Trotter Studio Associato assisted Peridot. Gelsomina Vigliotti is the vice president of EIB. Enrico Chiapparoli is SocGen Italy’s country head. Javier Rubio is the ceo of Peridot Solar.
Ortus Power Resources Italy received from Bper CIB and MCC a non-recourse green loan project finance of 97 million euros for refinancing a 23 MW portfolio of photovoltaic plants and for the development of a 78 MW projects pipeline (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Ortus is a joint venture that Ortus Climate Mitigation and Capenergie 4 – Omnes Capital signed. Arcus and Norton Rose Fulbright advised Ortus Power Resources Italy. DLA Piper Italia and Protos assisted the lenders.
Italian food company Roncadin attracted a 20 million euros ESG Linked Loan from Crédit Agricole Italia (si veda qui il comunicato stampa) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The lender will charge a lower interest if Roncadin improves an ESG Score.
Cherry Bank supported Gavazzi Tessuti Tecnici’s ceo Marco Colombo and directors Luca Brazzoduro, Paolo Brusadelli, and Louis Schouler for a majority buyout of the company with the support of Pirola Corporate Finance and Studio Pirola (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Nicolò Torrani is Gavazzi’s former chairman. Luca Clarizia is the structured finance head of Cherry Bank, a firm whose majority belongs Giovanni Bossi.
Italian renewable energy company Regran received a 6.2 million euros facility from UniCredit for the development of a 1 MWp photovoltaic plant and a 4 MWp agrivoltaic asset (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Marco Anfuso is the ceo of Regran. Salvatore Malandrino is Unicredit Sicily regional manager. Anfuso founded Regran with Paolo Grande. The company reportedly aim to list by 2028.
