Italian firm Legance has made up two associates to partner and added four senior counsel to its ranks in this year’s promotions round. Litigator Cecilia Carrara and TMT lawyer Gilberto Nava were both promoted to Legance’s partnership on 7 February. The four senior counsel bring the number of lawyers in this role to eight. The […]
US firm Bryan Cave has lost its Milan office with all three partners moving to Italian independent Grande Stevens. At the same time Grande Stevens has lost seven partners from its Turin office to rival Pedersoli e Associati as the latter continues to bulk up in the city. Bryan Cave chairman Don Lents said in […]
Allen & Overy’s leading project finance lawyer in Italy is set to leave the firm to join Italian firm Bonelli Erede Pappalardo. Catia Tomasetti, a partner at Allen & Overy’s Rome office since 2000, will join Bonelli’s Rome office as a partner at the beginning of next year. The exact date is not yet known. […]
Bird & Bird has strengthened its Italian corporate group with the hire of a partner from SJ Berwin in Milan.
Italian firm Chiomenti will tie-up with a Clyde & Co spin-off firm in Hong Kong as a precursor to a full merger.
Clifford Chance is looking to sublet the fourth floor of its Milan office with Goldman Sachs thought to be the prospective tenant.
Shearman & Sterling is relocating two of its Rome partners to Milan to launch its second office in Italy.
Ashurst has appointed two new Milan heads in the wake of a four partner departure from the office. Ashurst_150.jpg” /> Franco Vigliano Partners Franco Vigliano and Mark Sperotto have been appointed Milan office head and Milan managing partner respectively. The move follows Ashurst’s Milan head and corporate partner Daniele Raynaud leaving the firm along with […]
Italian law firms spent the end of last year scrapping to get deals closed and 2009 has brought more uncomfortable news for M&A lawyers. Practice area: HR & Training The first HR and Training special report outlines 10 steps that learning and development teams at law firms can use to maintain standards during the recession, […]
DLA Piper has bolstered its Milan real estate practice through a merger with boutique firm Apollo & Associati. The four-lawyer group, including founding partner Davide Apollo, will join DLA Piper at the start of the year. One associate will be joining DLA Piper as a partner, boosting the Italian real estate practice to five partners […]
The news that White & Case is to close its Milan office and pull out of Italy came just as the firm started to implement recommendations from management consultants McKinsey & Co (The Lawyer, 27 October). According to a source, pulling out of Italy was not part of the McKinsey review, with management deciding to […]
White & Case closes in Milan, pulls out of Italy” />White & Case will close its Milan office at the end of November, pulling out of Italy altogether. Sean Geary, managing partner for Italy, will relocate to New York once the 15-lawyer Milan office shuts its doors for good next month. The move comes three […]