Expertise

• Utilities and energy services
• Public finance
• Project bonds
• Project finance
• Market-first transactions in Italy in the following sectors:
  • traditional and renewable energy
  • waste
  • water
  • hospitals
  • underground systems
  • roads and motorways

• Reorganisation of listed companies
• Assistance to banks, shareholders and borrowers
• She is also in charge for the development of the Middle Eastern practice

Foreign languages: English, French

Background

• Coordinator of the banking and finance practice
• Member of the Banks Focus Team
• Member of the Construction & Engineering Focus Team
• Member of the Energy & Infrastructure Focus Team
• Member of the Africa Committee and of the Africa Team

• Joined as a Partner in 2011
• Worked with Graham Winter and Anne Baldock, the pioneers of project finance and project bond
• Participated in the government roundtables established to draft regulations governing project bonds at the request of national and international banking associations

Ranking and Awards

• BonelliErede crowned “Italy Law Firm of the Year – Finance” at the 2018 Legalcommunity Energy Awards
• Legalcommunity named Catia “Project Finance Lawyer of the Year” in 2016 and “Energy Lawyer of the Year” in 2015
• Leading international legal guides Chambers & Partners, The Legal500 and IFLR, list Catia as a leading Italian expert in the fields of project finance, energy and restructuring

Testimonials

“She is one of the most complete lawyers in terms of project financing skill; very much the best”

(Chambers & Partners)

Qualifications

• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
• Member of the Italian Bar, admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation and other Italian high courts
• LPC: College of Law, London
• Law degree from the University of Bologna