The Legal 500

Within Banking and finance Other recommended firms

Within Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome, tier 4

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie represented Delifrance in its purchase of an Italian company operating in the food industry. Alberto Semeria in Milan and Raffaele Giarda in Rome are recommended.

Within Dispute resolution, Baker & McKenzie is a third tier firm,

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie advised Hitachi Europe in a tort claim against the former directors and statutory auditors of Green Air in order to hold them liable for failing to preserve the integrity of the company’s assets. In Milan, Claudio Camilli, Gianfranco Di Garbo and counsel Silvia Picchetti are recommended. Gianfranco Macconi and counsel Guido Brocchieri are the principal contacts in Rome.

Within EU, regulatory and competition law, tier 5

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie represented Trade Stomil in a headline private antitrust enforcement action before the Milan Courts, based on an EC decision that ascertained the existence of a cartel. Andrea Cicala is recommended.

Within Employment, tier 4

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie advised Oracle Italia in negotiations with the unions, following its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Practice head Uberto Percivalle, Gianfranco Di Garbo, and Massimiliano Biolchini are the principal contacts.

Within Energy, tier 5

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie assisted Unieco with an EPC contract concerning a waste-to-energy project. Rome-based Alfredo Lucente and Milan-based Alberto Fornari are the key contacts.

Within Intellectual property Other recommended firms

Within Bologna, Baker & McKenzie is a second tier firm,

Studio Legale Bernini e Associati acts in civil law, trust matters, international commercial law, antitrust law, litigation, IP, e-commerce, and sports law. The partners are Giorgio Bernini, Anna Maria Bernini and Bianca Maria Giacò.

Within TMT, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie recently assisted a client with cloud computing services agreements, and advised QVC Television on the launch of a teleshopping broadcasting channel. It is also the legal partner to an EU-funded project aimed at building technology solutions compliant with applicable privacy and data security requirements in network monitoring. Milan-based Lorenzo de Martinis is the technology contact, whereas Rome-based Raffaele Giarda leads on telecoms matters.

Within Tax, tier 4

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie advised Amplifon on the cross-border tax structuring of its €325m acquisition of NHC Group, and Saipem on a global transfer pricing project. Massimo Giaconia is well regarded.