Marcella Fantini is a managing director in BRG’s Rome office.

She has worked for a wide range of clients, including regulators, regulated companies, investors, and private energy firms. Ms. Fantini has assisted investment funds and merchant banks in regulatory due diligence procedures for the acquisition, sale and financing of gas-related assets and power plants, providing detailed analyses of the regulatory environment and potential upsides and risks arising from applicable regulation and its expected developments. She supported major gas pipelines during the design process for new tariff regulations and regulated gas infrastructures, renewable plants and potential lenders during the refinancing process.

Ms. Fantini has authored over twenty-five regulatory due diligence reports and has significant expertise in tariff review processes and in supporting clients in claims before sector regulators. She also has experience assessing the business plans of energy companies and incentives for renewable generation. She has assisted regulated companies in analyzing key issues in their regulatory strategy.

Before joining BRG, Ms Fantini worked in economic consulting and as a senior researcher for Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, an institute focusing on the economy, energy and the environment; and lectured in economics at the University of Bergamo.

Employment History

BRG, 2024–present
Managing Director

The Brattle Group
Principal, 2023–2024
Senior Associate/Senior Consultant, 2012–2023

NERA Economic Consulting, 2001–2012
Senior Consultant

Fondazione Enrico Mattei, 1994–2001
Senior Researcher

University of Bergamo, 1998–2001
Lecturer in Economics

University of Milano
Teaching Assistant in Economics

Areas of Expertise

Education

Bocconi University – Milan, Italy
MS, Economics

University of Bologna
Laurea, Economics and Trade (summa cum laude); topics: econometrics, finance
Engineering School