Alessandro De Nicola > BonelliErede > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Acting for several leading Italian companies, BonelliErede advises on the gamut of business and corporate law matters, including high-stakes M&A. Giulia Bianchi Frangipane is a corporate law specialist; Andrea Carta Mantiglia focuses on the healthcare, life sciences and TMT sectors; Eliana Catalano is ‘a star lawyer’; and Silvia Romanelli’s practice encompasses corporate and business law, M&A, takeover bids, joint ventures, and extraordinary transactions. Other active practitioners are private client focus head Gianpiero Succi, Gianfranco Veneziano, who spearheads development of the firm’s Egyptian practice, and corporate law expert Nicola Marchioro. M&A specialist Alessandro De Nicola was hired from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in February 2024.

BonelliErede‘s data protection and privacy practice in Milan sits within the firm’s wider IP team. The practice regularly assists with interactions with data protection authorities, challenging authorities’ decisions before the courts, and providing guidance throughout inspections and investigations. The group also advises on the data and privacy protection side of outsourcing agreements and commercial and technological joint ventures, and on aspects of such matters related to IoT and AI. Tommaso Faelli heads up the digital innovation focus team. Anna La Mura specialises in privacy and data protection. Giulia Tenaglia advises on the usage of new tech in regulated and non-regulated sectors. The arrival of Ivan Rotunno, Alessandro De Nicola and Giulia Rivarola di Roccella from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in February 2024 further boosted the practice.

‘The leading corporate compliance practice in Italy’, BonelliErede‘s corporate compliance and investigations focus team routinely assists companies with the prevention of possible fraud or corruption. The firm also acts in internal investigations, and is the owner of beLab, an alternative legal service provider with a compliance management and investigations business unit. Francesco Sbisà brings expertise to corporate administrative liability matters. The next line of advisers includes corporate compliance specialist and managing associate Vincenzo Dell’Osso and counsel and internal corporate investigations expert Valentina Frignati. In a major boost to the practice, Alessandro De Nicola, Marco Dell’Antonia, Marco Mancino, Laura Cappiello and Ivan Rotunno all joined the firm from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in February 2024. Alessandro Musella left the firm in early 2024.