Taddeo Ferraro
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Taddeo Ferraro

Senior Associate

Email

taddeo.ferraro@aoshearman.com

Phone

+48 22 820 6173

Offices

Warsaw

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Taddeo advises creditors in the financial sector, including banks and investment funds, on distressed asset transactions, court-supervised restructurings, and bankruptcy proceedings.

He has experience in representing financial institutions with exposure across numerous industries, including technology, infrastructure, energy, chemicals, trade, and aviation, in both out-of-court restructurings and insolvency proceedings.

Taddeo is an attorney-at-law and a licenced restructuring advisor. As a regular contributor to law journals and books, Taddeo publishes papers on transactional aspects of banking law, restructuring and bankruptcy.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • A senior lender in a highly complex cross-border distressed renewable-energy project-financing restructuring and enforcement.
  • A syndicate of several international and Polish banks in one of the largest and most complex multi-billion-euro out-of-court debt restructurings in Europe involving a chemical sector company.
  • An American corporation on USD 100 million multi-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings.
  • A pan European private debt manager on the design and execution of a cross-border enforcement strategy for security over assets in Poland.
  • A leading global glass manufacturer engaged in restructuring proceedings related to a counterparty with total liabilities of several hundred million euros.
  • One of France’s largest commercial banks on the establishment and settlement of a financial guarantee valued at several hundred million euros.
  • A US investment fund on the cross-border restructuring of the financing of a commercial aircraft fleet.

Pro bono

  • Building a long-lasting relationship and regularly co-launching projects with a Polish charity whose mission is to counter the social exclusion of children and provide them with a sense of security and confidence in their potential.
  • Mentoring for law students interested in pursuing careers in international finance and commercial law.

Published Work

  • Merczyński B., Ferraro T. (2025) “Bankruptcy of the bank guarantee's applicant” (the original title: “Upadłość zleceniodawcy gwarancji bankowej”), Warsaw, Monitor Prawa Bankowego
  • Ferraro T. (2025) “Defence of Abuse of First Demand Insurance Guarantee – Case Commentary” (the original title: “Zarzut nadużycia gwarancji ubezpieczeniowej na pierwsze żądanie - glosa”), Warsaw, Monitor Prawniczy
  • Subchapter “Poland” in: “Chapter 7. Non-US Class Actions” in: Eisenberg J.N. (ed.) (2023) “Litigating Securities Class Actions”, New York: LexisNexis
  • Ferraro T., Kochaniec-Kaczyńska T., Neumann M. (2022) “The Federation might lose millions” (the original title: “Dojna krowa PZPN idzie na rzez. Zwiazek moze stracic miliony”), Warsaw: Rzeczpospolita
  • Ferraro T. (2021) “Factors affecting the extent of a guarantor’s defences under a first demand bank guarantee” (the original title: Czynniki wpływajace na zakres zarzutow gwaranta w ramach gwarancji bankowej na pierwsze zadanie”), Warsaw: Monitor Prawa Bankowego
  • Ferraro T. (2021) “Arbitration clause and a debtor's statement on submission to execution in bank financing” (the original title: “Klauzula arbitrazowa i notarialne oswiadczenie dłuznika o poddaniu sie egzekucji w finansowaniu bankowym”), Warsaw: Monitor Prawa Bankowego
  • Ferraro T. (2020) “The difference between currencies of a granted and disbursed loan” (the original title: “Roznica w walutach kredytu udzielonego i wyplaconego”), Warsaw: Monitor Prawa Bankowego

Qualifications

Admissions

Licensed Restructuring Advisor, 2025

Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law, 2020 (Attorney-at-law)

Academic

PhD in Law, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2026

PhD studies, Law, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2022

MA, Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University, 2016

Languages

English, Italian, Polish
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.