Franco Vigliano is head of Ashurst Milan and leads the office's energy, transport and infrastructure practice. He specialises in project finance, PPP and PFI.

Franco has been involved in the drafting of Italian legislation and the definition of standard forms of agreement concerning project finance, power generation, gas, water and infrastructure.

His wider experience includes banking, M&A, corporate finance, LBO, real estate finance, asset finance, export credit, structured finance, restructuring and capital markets.
Franco teaches project finance at Padova University (MASCI Master programme) and is a visiting lecturer at Bocconi University. He has published three books and numerous articles and publications.

Before joining Ashurst, Franco was head of the Italian, banking and project finance departments of another global law firm. He has practised since 1981 in Rome, London and Milan.

• Columbia University NY, NY - LLM (Fulbright Scholar) - 1986
• Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione, Rome - 1981
• University of Rome (Law degree "cum laude and publication of the essay") - 1979
• Admitted to the Bar - 1983
• Partner since 1989, at Ashurst since 2006