Linklaters has stepped up its Italian push with the lateral hire of corporate partner Francesco Stella. Stella has left Giliberti Pappalettera Triscornia e Associati, a one-time prospective merger partner for Linklaters, to join the magic circle firm’s practice in Milan. The two firms began talks in January 2006 after Linklaters split from long-term ally Gianni […]
Latham & Watkins has ramped up its European presence with five star hires from Italian corporate powerhouse Bonelli Erede Pappalardo. Former Bonelli finance partner Andrea Novarese and M&A partners Maria Cristina Storchi, Fabio Coppola, Tommaso Amirante and Simone Monesi increase the total number of partners in Latham’s Milan office from one to six. Latham Italian […]
Hammonds’ Italian ally Hammonds Rossotto has boosted its Milan office with the hire of Jones Day partner Ettore Scandale. The hire is part of a plan to build up the banking and finance practice at Rossotto in preparation for a downturn in M&A deals. Managing partner Riccardo Rossotto said: “When the market’s going shopping then […]
The Italian legal market is set to go through some of the most radical changes in its history, as the government puts in place the Bersani reforms to liberalise the provision of legal services. The reforms cover several industries and have proved controversial on the peninsula. Last year major cities were paralysed when thousands of […]
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo has made up two partners in its Milan office, boosting its litigation and financial services regulation practices. Senior associates Monica Iacoviello and Giuseppe Rumi have both been promoted to the partnership. Rumi’s practice is in financial services regulation, focusing on bank mergers, whereas Iacoviello handles corporate litigation matters Managing partner of the […]
Norton Rose raids A&O to ramp up Paris and Milan practices” />Norton Rose has made a dual raid on Allen & Overy‘s (A&O) European banking practice with the hire of new partners in Paris and Milan. Asset finance specialist Luc Rentmeesters joins Norton Rose’s French office in mid-September after eight years as a partner at […]
Just like its footballers, Italy’s lawyers have had a roller-coaster ride this year. While the match-fixing scandal has struck at the heart of the domestic football league, the banking sector has ridden out its turbulent times by replacing Bank of Italy governor Antonio Fazio with Mario Draghi. The change has already triggered a shift in […]
DLA Piper poaches Orrick Milan team” />DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has raided Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe‘s Milan office, scooping a six-lawyer team as part of a nationwide recruitment push. This raid is the latest move among two firms that have become close rivals as their expansionist ways have clashed. The firms are involved in […]
Eversheds’ Italian ally Piergrossi Bianchini Eversheds is forming a new association to bring on board top-quality regulatory and administrative expertise. Eversheds‘ Italian ally Piergrossi Bianchini Eversheds is forming a new association to bring on board top-quality regulatory and administrative expertise. The firm has linked up with two-partner Milan outfit Studio Steccanella, five years on from first […]
White & Case is to close its Rome branch at the same time as the firm is flying one of its most senior finance partners over from New York to bolster its Milan practice. The New York-based firm revealed last week that it has begun winding down its nine-lawyer Rome office after a review of […]
DLA’s former French ally Ginestie Magellan Paley-Vincent has continued its expansionist streak, opening its debut office in Milan. The firm has hired White & Case partner Anne-Manuelle Gaillet to launch an Italian outpost. A salaried, or “local” partner at White & Case’s Milan office, Gaillet specialises in corporate/M&A. Earlier this year, following its split from […]
Lovells has added a new banking partner to its Milan office. Lovells has added a new banking partner to its Milan office. Francesco Curreli, a former senior associate at Italian powerhouse Bonelli Erede Pappalardo is dual-qualified in England and Italy and specialises in acquisition finance and syndicated lending. Lovells’ Italian practice has grown from 25 […]