Marini, Giovanni M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French
• Italian

Lawyer Overview

Giovanni Marini has many years of experience assisting domestic and international clients in all kinds of real estate transactions.

Giovanni has assisted national and foreign clients in the development of commercial, residential, and industrial properties in complex joint ventures, such as significant real estate nonperforming loans transactions, financial leases, corporate finance, and asset finance. His practice deals with all issues of construction, financing, insurance, environmental, and administrative law.

Giovanni is experienced in complex corporate reorganizations and restructurings and has a broad corporate and commercial background with a substantial practice in international and domestic mergers and acquisitions. He also advises on issues related to intellectual property, industrial property, antitrust, and labor.

Giovanni's representative clients include ING Real Estate Development International, LaSalle Investment Management, Morgan Stanley, Nilfisk-Advance, Société Générale, and Sunpower Corporation.

Before joining Jones Day, he practiced in the Washington, London, and Brussels offices of major U.S. and U.K. law firms.

Giovanni writes and lectures on issues of Italian real estate, corporate, and commercial law.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Intellectual Property
• Climate Change
• Financial Services
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• M&A
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Funds

Representative Cases

• EDS sells and leases back 20 properties in international portfolio , (2009)
• EDS sells business unit of A.T. Kearney
• ING Real Estate Development BV sells the second phase of the Castel Guelfo Outlet to IRUS European Retail Property Management Company S.à r.l. , (2010)
• ING Real Estate Development International BV develops Phase II of the Outlet Centre located in Castel Guelfo di Bologna
• ING RED Italy terminates joint venture agreement and acquires the majority of the quotas of Etruria Real Estate S.r.l. , (2009)
• IPM Independent Portfolio Manager Limited acquires Solone S.r.l., developer of solar parks in Puglia
• Macquarie Goodman acquires Eurinpro for $451 million
• Morgan Stanley International Real Estate Funds form joint venture with Pirelli
• Morgan Stanley sells five non-performing loan portfolios
• Procter & Gamble sells European tissue and towel business , (2009)
• Royal Nedalco redevelops industrial site
• Société Générale provides financing for acquisition of Italian shopping centre
• Sonae Sierra and ING Real Estate Development joint venture acquires Helios Property S.r.l. and negotiates forward sale of the hypermarket part of a shopping centre
• SunPower acquires SunRay Renewable Energy for $277 million , (2010)
• SunPower re-negotiates EPC agreements in connection with the development of a solar park in Montalto di Castro

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Environmental Law, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Hazardous Waste, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patents, Permits, Real Estate Law, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, Shareholders' Rights, Solid Waste, Technology Licensing, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Water Pollution, Wetlands & Wild Lands

Bar Admissions

• Italy
• New York

Education

• Georgetown University
• U di Pavia - Italy

Published Works

• Summary of the Main Provisions of the "Bersani Decree", 2006
• Legalization of Foreign Documents, 2005
• Italian Real Estate Funds, 2005

Address

Via Turati, 16/18
20121 Milan, Italy

Phones

39.02.7645.4001 (Business Phone)

Faxes

39.02.7645.4400 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com