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Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie

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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Italy

Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance , tier 4

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie’s Alberto Fornari is group head of a team that assisted a pool of banks with the granting of senior and mezzanine facilities for a €205m financing and advised a multi-jurisdictional group on a €750m senior multicurrency agreement.

Bologna Leading firms

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Studio Legale Bernini e Associati has severed its association with Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie. Giorgio Bernini (ex-Minister of Foreign Trade during the first Berlusconi administration) is an international arbitration, competition and antitrust expert.

Capital markets Equity

Within Capital markets Equity, tier 4

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie was counsel to the lead managers in connection with an €108m offering of ordinary shares of Juventus Football Club to its shareholders, and advised on the Maire Tecnimont and IMMIT IPOs. The ‘standout’ Alberto Fornari is appreciated for his ‘technical ability and for understanding banking clients’ needs’.

Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome

Within Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome, tier 5

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie has continued to see a good deal of mid-size deals, particularly in the energy sector. Merck Holding was assisted with the acquisition of a majority stake of Theramex, and Israeli-based Aladdin Knowledge Systems represented on its acquisition of Eutronsec. Alberto Semeria is well-regarded.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, tier 4

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie broad-ranging disputes team is led by Claudio Cavilli. The practice acts on commercial disputes and clawback actions as well as criminal matters, and has seen an increase in arbitration work. It recently acted for M&G Packaging on multiple arbitration and civil proceedings concerning claims against a group of insurance companies, and McLaren was assisted in a case involving industrial espionage. The firm recently discontinued its presence in Bologna.

EU, regulatory and competition

Within EU, regulatory and competition, tier 5

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie’s Andrea Cicala is said to have built up ‘a good team of competition lawyers at different seniority levels in Milan’. At contentious levels, numerous Saviola group companies were assisted in challenging an alleged price fixing cartel decision by the ICA, and Ideal Standard was advised on an Article 81 procedure. Emerson Electric was represented on several multi-jurisdictional merger control filings.

Employment

Within Employment, tier 4

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie’s Gianfranco Di Garbo recently acted for Target Italiana on employee dissolution matters and advised Nordson on its restructuring needs.

Intellectual property

Within Intellectual property , tier 4

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie’s IP instructions benefit from the firm’s first-class TMT practice, with the firm advising on copyright consultancy matters and trade mark litigation. Lorenzo de Martinis is recommended.

Legal market

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In 2008, the Italian legal market proved less explosive than in recent years.Owing to the economic uncertainty, many firms were reluctant to invest in expensive lateral hires. The market’s movements were a far cry from 2007’s headline departure of 17 partners from Italian independent Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners, most of whom went on to form Legance Studio Legale Associato. That said, in a market as notoriously volatile as Italy’s, a few changes are inevitable. Notable events for 2008 included White & Case closing its Italian office after years of troubled history, Chiomenti Studio Legale and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP severing their exclusivity pact and Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie splitting from the Bologna office of Professor Bernini. As for the usual lawyer raiding, five of Vita Samory, Fabbrini e Associati’s 11 partners departed for US firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe including name partner Luca Fabbrini and Guido Testa. And after losing five partners a year ago to Latham & Watkins, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo was again hit when its banking and finance head Alberto Del Din left for Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker (Europe) LLP taking structured finance partner Lorenza Talpo with him.

Real estate

Within Real estate, tier 4

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie’s practice represented Oracle on the development and leasing of its new head office in Milan. One client says: ‘Giovanni Agus is extremely capable and responsive, with equally impressive backup from Alessandra Calabrese. Work is competently handled but by the lowest-cost lawyer appropriate to the task’.

TMT

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

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie’s principal TMT partners are Lorenzo de Martinis and Raffaele Giarda. Telecoms client Colt was advised on a range of contractual and regulatory issues including network maintenance agreements. In IT, First Data Corporation instructed the international practice on an outsourcing agreement with EDS, and LVMH was advised on its Louis Vuitton e-commerce project. In media, Apple was represented in relation to IPOD internet sales and Sony assisted with the launch in Italy of a new localisation service alternative to GPS.

Tax

Within Tax, tier 4

Gerardo Boniello runs Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie’s standalone team that is active in transfer pricing matters. It assisted Telecom Italian with tax matters concerning the €1bn disposal of its French operations and acted for INTEL Corp on the restructuring and tax planning side to its joint venture with ST Microsystem. Tiscali Group is also a regular client for tax structuring. Clients consider the firm’s tax consultants to possess ‘outstanding levels of professionalism’.

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