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Riccardo Simionato

Lawyer
About

Riccardo is a lawyer in the Finance department. He has gained experience in PPP and project financing in the infrastructure and construction sector, dealing with the relevant contractual, regulatory, and corporate aspects, both at national and international level.

He has gained experience in assisting Italian and foreign public authorities, equity investors, sponsors, EPC and O&M contractors in the infrastructure and construction sector, with specific reference to airports, metro lines, ports, motorways and schools.

Areas of FocusFinance
Professional QualificationsAvvocato admitted to the Milan Bar
Education
  • Law Degree, Bocconi Univeristy, Milano

EXPERIENCE

  • Assistance to IFC (World Bank Group) in the structuring and procurement of the Baghdad Airport PPP project, a €700 million USD PPP for the renovation, expansion and operation of Baghdad International Airport.
  • Assistance to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) in connection with a financing granted to Enerfarm, a company of the Equitix Group, aimed at the conversion to biomethane of four plants (with the possibility of extension to a fifth) and the financing of additional portfolio-related investments.
  • Assistance to Euganea Sanità, concessionaire and operator of the Nuovo Polo Ospedaliero di Schiavonia (Padua), and its shareholders, in connection with a €40 million refinancing granted by Natixis CIB, including the negotiation of the financing documentation, the repayment of the existing financing and the amendment of the project agreements.
  • Assistance to the concessionaire Felettino Hospital Service S.p.A. in the project financing for the design, construction and O&M of the Nuovo Ospedale di La Spezia under a PPP scheme.
Languages
  • Italian
  • English