Giovanni Patricelli

Giovanni Patricelli has more than 15 years of experience in high-risk situations through senior appointments in corporate and investment banking in Asia and Europe.

Mr. Patricelli has been involved in a vast range of mid- and large-cap transactions encompassing developed and emerging markets, distressed debt and high-yield finance, including ESG constructs.

Mr. Patricelli’s track record includes prominent financial restructurings across a broad range of industries like shipping, aviation/aerospace, food and beverage, transportation and infrastructure, entertainment and real estate. He has experience with in-court and off-court negotiations, business plan and capital structure reviews, debt/equity conversions, debt haircuts, cash sweep modelling, distressed financing and exit strategies via secondary market sales and M&A.

Mr. Patricelli has additional experience in leveraged finance. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, he was a director at the investment banking department at UniCredit, where he was in charge of origination and execution of high-yield bonds and private debt solutions for private equity, credit funds and corporates. Some of Mr. Patricelli’s most notable high yield bond engagements include International Design Group (luxury/design) €720 million, Engineering SpA (IT/digital) €605 million, Gamenet Group (Entertainment) €640 million and Doc Generici (Pharmaceuticals) €470 million.

Mr. Patricelli’s expertise also includes sustainable finance and he led the first-ever ESG rating-linked high yield bond in the Italian market.