Giuseppe De Palma is Co- Regional Practice Area Leader GFM for One Europe and specialises in acquisition finance, restructuring and project/export finance.
He has advised on groundbreaking domestic and international portfolio management transactions, restructuring project financings, leveraged finance on loan management/transactions, syndicated lendings and export credit transactions.
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Milan
- +3902806341
- Email me
- Speaks Italian and English
- Practice area Restructuring & insolvency, Global Financial Markets, PFI PPP, Construction
- Sector Real estate, Energy & resources, Private equity
Career & qualifications
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University of Rome La Sapienza (LL.D) 1991
- Admitted as an avvocato in Italy 1994
- University of London, Queen Mary & Westfield College (LL.M) 1995
- Joined Clifford Chance 1995
- University of Rome La Sapienza (Doctorate in Laws) 1996
- Partner since 2000
- Member of the firm's Partnership Council 2012
- Managing Partner, Italy 2014
Awards and citations
- "Giuseppe De Palma is a role model and an excellent lawyer." Real Estate: Finance respondent, Chambers European Guide.
Chambers Europe 2026, Real Estate: Finance - Italy - Giuseppe De Palma is an acclaimed lawyer at Clifford Chance who has considerable experience advising both lenders and borrowers on acquisition financing and SACE-backed facilities. He is also well versed in refinancings and restructurings, and in handling real estate finance deals, such as for the purchase of property portfolios and the development of new properties.
Chambers Europe 2026, Real Estate: Finance - Italy - Giuseppe de Palma is ranked as Band 2.
Chambers Europe 2026, Real Estate Finance – Italy - Giuseppe De Palma is ranked as "Market leader".
IFLR 1000 2024, Restructuring and insolvency, Project development, Banking, Project finance, Real estate finance,
- Italy. - #1 Real Estate Finance
Chambers Europe 2019 - #2 Banking & Finance
Chambers Europe and Global 2019 - Leading Individual Hall of Fame in Banking & Finance: Borrower, Lender or Arranger side
Legal500 2019 - Market Leader in Restructuring & Insolvency, Project Development, Banking, Project Finance, Real Estate Finance
IFLR1000 2019 - Giuseppe De Palma is valued by clients for his ability to “cover any kind of lending.”
Real Estate Finance, Chambers Europe 2019, Banking & Finance: Chambers Global and Europe 2019