Maria Elena Cannazza, an LLM graduate from Queen Mary and Westfield College – University of London, has practiced in magic circle and leading domestic law firms specialising in securitisation since the beginning of her career in 2004, assisting arrangers, investors, originators and servicers on the securitisation of a variety of asset-classes, including hard assets (real estate assets and renewable energy plants).
Having practiced in some of the top Italian law firms specialising in debt restructuring, Maria Elena has developed considerable experience in distressed assets. Combining her debt restructuring experience and structured finance expertise, Maria Elena advises on complex transactions in which securitisation is used as a tool for the restructuring and turn-around of NPLs and UTPs.
Before joining iLS in January 2022, Maria Elena was the head of the legal department at one of the major Italian servicers of securitisation transactions. This work experience gave her a unique opportunity to further build on her capabilities as a business lawyer to expand her practice to regulatory advice to servicers and sub-servicers in the context of securitisation transactions.
Maria Elena is Italian native speaker and fluent in English.
She qualified as Italian lawyer in 2004.
iLS is a team of like-minded Italian lawyers with synergetic expertise and a common professional ethos.
iLS partners are drawn from top tier international and Italian law firms, have extensive experience in their respective fields and are widely recognised in the market for the quality of their advice.
iLS client base includes international investors looking for investment opportunities in the Italian market, as well as Italian corporates interested in accessing international capital markets. In particular, iLS partners have established long-lasting client relationships with global investment banks, international investment funds, major Italian banking groups, listed companies, servicers, and rating agencies.
As a top-notch boutique law firm, iLS cherishes intellectual honesty, trust and a spirit of teamwork and we value the human aspect of the client-lawyer relationship. iLS work is partner-led and focused on providing tailor-made solutions for clients’ needs.
