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• Clifford Chance elects two to partnership council

  Mar 01 2012 Clifford Chance has elected two new partners to its partnership council, elevating Italy banking head Giuseppe De Palma and Dubai banking partner Robin Abraham to... more

• Lathams gains commercial litigation capacity in Milan with merger

  Dec 06 2011 US firm Latham & Watkins is now able to offer commercial litigation expertise in Italy, after acquiring Italian litigation boutique Degli Occhi e Associati. Cesare... more

• NZ employment law firm joins global alliance with L&E Global

  Aug 30 2011 New Zealand employment law firm Swarbrick Beck Mackinnon has joined the international employment law alliance L&E Global, joining seven other firms from Europe and the... more

• White & Case to reopen Milan office after Latham & Watkins hire

  Jul 29 2011 White & Case is set to re-open its Milan office after the hire of two London partners from rival firm Latham & Watkins - Michael Immordino and Jonathan Clark.... more

• CMS network expands to Albania

  Apr 19 2011 The CMS Cameron McKenna network has reached Albania after its Italian outlet, CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, hired a nine-lawyer team from Eversheds... more

• Italian lawyers to strike over mandatory mediation in commercial cases

  Mar 15 2011 Lawyers in Italy are preparing to go on strike on Wednesday in protest over new laws requiring the parties to go to mediation in commercial cases. The strike has... more

• Khaitan advises CEAT in $12m acquisition of global brand rights

  Jan 07 2011 CEAT Limited has acquired the trademark “CEAT” globally, from Italian based Pirelli Tyres for €9 million ($12 million i.e. Rs. 54 crore). Khaitan & Co advised CEAT... more

• Khaitan advises CEAT in acquiring global brand rights

  Jan 04 2011 CEAT Limited has acquired the trademark “CEAT” globally, from Italian based Pirelli Tyres for €9 million ($12 million i.e. Rs. 54 crore). Khaitan & Co advised CEAT... more

• Founding partner of Italian firm Gianfranco Negri-Clementi to start new boutique

  Dec 23 2010 Gianfranco Negri-Clementi, founding partner of Italian firm NCTM, has announced that he is leaving the firm to set up his own boutique, Negri-Clementi Studio Legale... more

• Second Italian firm opens its doors in Shanghai

  Sep 17 2010 NCTM has been granted a licence to work in Shanghai, making it the second Italian firm - after Chiomenti Studio Legale - to be issued such a licence to practise in... more

• Norton Rose to launch antitrust practice in Italy with Links hire

  Sep 07 2010 Norton Rose has hired Linklaters’ competition and antitrust head Andrea Zulli, who will launch the firm’s antitrust, regulatory and competition practice in Italy.... more

• Titus & Co advises Ferrero on launch of manufacturing facility in India

  Aug 17 2010 Delhi based Titus & Co has advised the Italian confectionary, Ferrero SpA which owns Ferrero Rocher, Nutella and TicTac to set up a manufacturing facility in... more

• GSA Law Firm accredited at U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy

  Jul 20 2010 Vincenzo Senatore, Managing Partner of GSA Law Firm associated with Kubas Kos Gaertner (a Polish law Firm with offices in Warsaw and Krakow) has become an accredited... more

• Simmons' Padua office to close; 15-lawyer team joins rival

  Jun 14 2010 The Padua office of Simmons & Simmons is set to close down, with the 15-lawyer team – including partners Paolo Brugnera and Paolo Gnignati – defecting to Italian firm... more

• Norton Rose promotes 23 to counsel

  May 17 2010 Norton Rose has promoted 23 lawyers to counsel in the firm’s first round of counsel promotions since the merger with Australia's Deacons. Of the 23, five lawyers have... more

• Eversheds and NCTM grow in China

  Apr 23 2010 Eversheds and NCTM are both set to launch new offices in China. Italy's NCTM expects to receive license approval in the coming months, and intends to open the... more

• Bird & Bird hires SJ Berwin M&A partner Arturo Meglio in Italy

  Feb 22 2010 Bird & Bird has strengthened its Italian corporate group with the hire of M&A partner Arturo Meglio, one of SJ Berwin’s founding Milan partners. Meglio will split... more

• Chiomenti opens in Singapore, enters alliance in Hong Kong

  Feb 09 2010 Italian law firm Chiomenti Studio Legale has announced that it will open an office in Singapore, which will be headed by partners Domenico Ferrari and Raffaella... more

• Clifford Chance offloads Milan office space after turbulent year in Italy

  Feb 04 2010 Clifford Chance is looking to sublet the fourth floor of its Milan office with Goldman Sachs thought to be the prospective tenant. According to Italy managing... more

• Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners opens in Abu Dhabi

  Jan 05 2010 Italian firm Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners is preparing the launch of a new office in Abu Dhabi, after partners at the firm have agreed to the move. The office... more

• Should Knox’s trial even have reached the courtroom?

  Dec 09 2009 Speculation, circumstantial evidence, questionable forensics — no wonder the Knox trial makes us uncomfortable, writes The Times. "It is a tragedy that Italy —... more

• Italian jury finds U.S. student guilty of murdering British roommate

  Dec 07 2009 After a 10-month trial in Perugia, Italy, a jury has found American student Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito guilty of murdering British... more

• Freshfields makes up six to counsel rank in latest promotions round

  Oct 24 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted six lawyers to counsel in the firm's latest round of appointments. The magic circle firm, which has two rounds of... more

• Shearman set to boost Italy presence with Milan office launch

  Oct 24 2009 Shearman & Sterling is set to open its second office in Italy with the addition of a presence in Milan to its existing Rome base. Shearman is setting up the new... more

• Freshfields, Cleary, Salans head up $1.6bn Gazprom deal

  Oct 01 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and Salans have won roles on a $1.6bn Russian energy deal, which saw the Russian energy giant buy a... more

• Clifford Chance starts to rebuild Italian practice with former associate

  Sep 16 2009 Clifford Chance is looking to rebuild its pracctice in Italy, which has suffered a number of key losses in recent months. Former Clifford Chance associate Lucio... more

• Ashurst hit by partner walkout in Italy

  Aug 12 2009 Ashurst has appointed partners Franco Vigliano and Mark Sperotto as new Milan heads after a a four partner walk out in the firm's Milan office. Ashurst’s Milan... more

• Lovells loses Italian insolvency chief Silvio Tersilla to Gianni

  May 13 2009 Lovells has lost the head of its Italian business restructuring and insolvency team, Silvio Tersilla, to its Italian leader Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners. Tersilla... more

• Three capital markets partners leaving Clifford Chance

  Apr 27 2009 Clifford Chance Italy capital markets partners Paolo Calderaro, Michele Crisostomo, and Silvio Riolo are all leaving the firm at the end of April to start a new firm.... more

• Bonelli, Pavesi, and d’Urso Gatti close biggest Italian M&A deal in 2008

  Jan 03 2009 Bonelli Erede Pappalardo (BEP), Pavesi Gitti Verzoni and d’Urso Gatti have completed the largest Italian M&A deal in 2008. BEP partners Roberto Pistorelli and... more

• DLA Piper to swallow Italian real estate boutique Apollo

  Dec 22 2008 DLA Piper is to take over Apollo & Associati – one of Milan’s few leading real estate boutiques that was launched less than three years ago – as the international... more

• Orrick signs up five-partner corporate team in Milan

  Nov 18 2008 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is set to double the number of partners in its Milan office – with the hire of a team of lawyers from local firm Vita Samory Fabbrini &... more

• Skadden terminates exclusive alliance with Italian firm Chiomenti

  Oct 24 2008 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and its Italian "best friend" Chiomenti Studio Legale have terminated their exclusive strategic alliance after seven years. Skadden... more

• White & Case pulls out of Italy

  Oct 23 2008 White & Case is to exit from the Italian legal market. The firm will close its Milan office at the end of November. more

• DLA Italy private equity chief Proverbio joins Norton Rose

  Sep 12 2008 DLA Piper has lost the head of its Italian private equity practice, Davide Proverbio, to City rival Norton Rose. Proverbio, who was recruited by DLA Piper from... more

• Mediaset chooses Italian firms for €500M lawsuit against Google and YouTube

  Aug 01 2008 Italian publishing company Mediaset has hired local litigation firms Calleri Noviello & Morazzoni Sangalli and Studio Previti to represent it in a €500m lawsuit... more

• Italian leader Pedersoli loses partner trio

  Jun 30 2008 Pedersoli & Associati is set to lose three of its 13 equity partners, with commercial and litigation heavyweight Enrico Zattoni leaving for Italian heavyweight to join... more

• Jones Day takes DLA Piper’s Italian Banking Chief Francesco Squerzoni

  Jun 15 2008 Francesco Squerzoni, the head of banking at DLA Piper’s Italian practice, is quitting the firm to join Jones Day in a coup for the US firm’s local team. Squerzoni... more

• Allen & Overy's Italian head quits for Babcock & Brown

  May 13 2008 Allen & Overy’s corporate practice in Italy has been dealt a blow after the department’s managing partner, Paolo Cerina, announced he is leaving the firm to join... more

• Italian Law Firm Chiomenti bags six Asian offices with China merger

  Apr 24 2008 Italian firm Chiomenti has boosted its Asian practice after signing a merger deal with Sino-Italian firm Birindelli & Associati, adding six new offices in Asia.... more

• Lovells Promotions plunge to 18

  Apr 12 2008 Lovells has promoted 18 associates to its partnership, a significant drop on last year's bumper crop of 31. The year before that the firm promoted 18. As with most... more

• Clifford Chance Loses Rome Partners to Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Mar 19 2008 Clifford Chance has seen partner Tiziana Del Prete and counsel Guido Masini leave its Rome office to join Dewey & LeBoeuf as the US firm looks to beef up its... more

• Italy prosecutors appeal U.S. soldier's murder case

  Mar 05 2008 Italian prosecutors have appealed a Rome court's decision to drop a murder case against a U.S. soldier who killed an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, taking the... more

• A&O scoops Italian banking team from Freshfields

  Jan 12 2008 Allen & Overy partner Stefano Sennhauser has raided his former firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for a team of six banking associates in a move that heralds a... more

• Italy prosecutor to appeal dismissal of murder charge against US soldier

  Jan 07 2008 Italian prosecutor Franco Ionta said Friday that he would "almost certainly" appeal a Rome court's October 2007 dismissal of a criminal case against US Army Spc. Mario... more

• Law Firm DLA Piper Boosts Italian Corporate Law Practice

  Nov 23 2007 DLA Piper has appointed Annalisa Rossi as a partner in its Corporate practice group in Rome. Annalisa, counsel at Clifford Chance prior to joining DLA Piper, has more... more

• Linklaters secures Bonelli partner

  Sep 17 2007 Linklaters has swooped on Bonelli Erede Pappalardo to ramp up its corporate offering in Italy with the hire of partner Luca Picone. Picone's practice at Bonelli... more