Francesco Sanna
Francesco is a partner in the Milan office, where he leads the Real Estate team.
With more than twenty-five years of experience in the real estate sector, Francesco advises domestic and international institutional and private investors on a broad range of real estate matters, including investments, core portfolio and single-asset transactions, as well as complex developments, value-add and refurbishment projects, and design, construction and operation agreements, including infrastructure.
He is widely recognised for his expertise in providing strategic advice on core and value-add real estate investments, acquisitions and disposals, and on the structuring of sophisticated real estate developments.
Over the course of his career, he has built a strong reputation among international and domestic institutional and private equity investors and developers, as well as among Italian asset management companies active in the REIT industry.
He also regularly advises on design, EPC and O&M agreements and construction contracts for civil, energy and infrastructure projects, including claims and pre-litigation management, as well as on large corporate leases, hotel management agreements, and on business branch leases, acquisitions and disposals relating to real estate assets.
Leading international legal directories, including Chambers Europe and The Legal 500 EMEA, consistently rank him among Italy's leading real estate lawyers.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- a leading private equity firm on the disposal of a luxury hotel in Rome, including the relevant business branch, to a an Italian operator
- a leading Italian asset manager on the development and lease of the new headquarters to the largest Italian oil & gas company
- one of the largest Italian logistics developers on a joint venture with a global private equity investor for the contribution, and future development, of a large area intended for the construction of a hyperscale data centre near Milan
- a leading international institutional investor on the acquisition of a large multi-tenant logistics complex in Lombardy
- a French developer on the development and forward sale of a new headquarters to a leading Italian gas company
Background
Francesco holds a Law degree from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan.
