
Expertise
- Banking and finance, with particular focus on:
- real estate financing
- corporate finance
- acquisition finance
- debt capital markets (securitisations and bond loans)
- operations related to distressed assets
- Foreign Languages: English
Background
- Board member since 2024 and former member (2018-2021)
- Team Leader of the Banks Focus Team
- Member of the Real Estate Focus Team
- Country partner for Greece and Turkey
- Made partner in 2004
- Joined in 2003
Ranking and Awards
Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 EMEA international legal directory list Emanuela one of Italy’s major experts in banking and financial law, real estate finance, securitisations and debt capital markets
Testimonials
“She is excellent – a brilliant lawyer and very strong in restructuring.”
(Chambers & Partners)
Qualifications
- Member of the Italian Bar
- Law degree from La Sapienza university in Rome
Knowledge Sharing

Digital transformation in banking
In 2018, total global investment in fintech companies hit $111.8 billion across 2,196 deals. In Europe alone, investment in fintech reached $34.2 billion across 536 deals. Technology giants such as Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook are venturing into the financial services industry
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Development Decree: new amendments to the Italian Securitisation Law
Law Decree No. 34 of 30 April 2019 (the so-called Decreto Crescita, or "Development Decree") has introduced some further, significant amendments to the "Italian Securitisation Law" aimed, inter alia at (i) fostering the transfer of “unlikely to pay” (UTP) receivables; (ii) introducing chang
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TAX Treatment of REOCOs: some clarifications from the Italian Tax Authority
Which are the accounting and tax ramifications for ReoCos incorporated under the new Article 7.1 of the Securitisation Law? In the document available here, our real state Focus Tea
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2019 Budget law: New amendments to the Italian securitisation law
The 2019 Budget Law has amended the Securitisation Law by (i) removing certain restrictions on CDOs, (ii) clarifying the rules governing the direct lending by securitisation vehicles, (iii) clarifying on the rules gove
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BonelliErede appoints new board and makes up seven partners - 20 December 2023
At BonelliErede’s partners’ meeting on Saturday, 16 December, the partnership appointed the firm’s new board and made up seven new partners. As announced in October, close to the expiry of the current board’s mandate, a new board was appointed whose members are: Riccardo Bordi, Eman
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BonelliErede adapts its governance structure to face new challenges - 3 December 2018
BonelliErede’s partners met on Saturday, 1 December, to discuss some important aspects concerning the governance structure of the firm, which is the leader in Italy for legal and tax services. Board members Stefano Cacchi Pessani, Marcello Giustiniani, Umberto Nicodano, Alberto Saravalle and
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Another success for BonelliErede, this time at the 2016 Legalcommunity Finance Awards - 3 March 2016
The 2016 edition of the Legalcommunity Finance Awards – one of the most important recognitions of excellence in the Italian legal market – was held in Milan on 25 February. BonelliErede received the most prestigious award: “Law Firm of the Year”, with Emanuela Da Rin, Antonio La Porta,
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