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Italy
Administrative and public law
Other recommended firms - ranked: tier 1
CMS
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Commercial, corporate and M&A - ranked: tier 5
CMS
CMS’ ‘high-quality, commercial practice’ hired Massimo Trentino and the ‘knowledgeable and reliable’ Daniela Murer from McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato and R&P Legal, respectively. The team advises on large M&A transactions, international groups’ reorganisations, joint ventures and shareholder and investment agreements. Pietro Cavasola assisted Eleven Sports with the acquisition of a majority stake in a web TV channel. Other main advisers are Marco Casasole, Matteo Ciminelli, Paolo Scarduelli and Dietmar Zischg.
Compliance
Compliance - ranked: tier 4
CMS
CMS ‘has solid experience in compliance issues’ and assists with Decree 231 matters, and corporate compliance strategies and programmes. The team also advises on criminal proceedings and investigations, including bribery and corruption matters, and has expertise in money laundering, tax evasion issues, environmental and safety offences, and insider trading and market manipulation. Emilio Battaglia ‘meets clients’ requirements effectively’ and Laura Opilio is another key name.
Dispute resolution
Dispute resolution - ranked: tier 5
CMS
CMS specialises in commercial, insurance, financial, tax and life sciences litigation. The client portfolio includes Intesa Sanpaolo Città Metropolitana di Milano. Laura Opilio heads the practice.
EU and competition
EU and competition - ranked: tier 4
CMS
CMS advised automotive leasing company ALD on proceedings before the ICA to reach an agreement between long-term rental market operators and fleet management, and assisted Porsche Italia with competition matters related to its sales policies as well as with antitrust compliance trainings. The practice is headed by Paolo Scarduelli and the ‘very knowledgeable’ Francesca Sutti, who joined from DLA Piper in September 2016.
Employment
Other recommended firms - ranked: tier 1
CMS
Intellectual property
Other recommended firms - ranked: tier 1
CMS
Investment funds
Investment funds - ranked: tier 3
CMS
CMS recruited ‘best-in-class’ counsel Andrea Arcangeli for the Rome office from Simmons & Simmons; Arcangeli is particularly focused on private equity, private debt and real estate funds. The practice’s client base also includes infrastructure, hedge, venture capital, and exchange-traded funds.
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Andrea Arcangeli - CMS
Real estate and construction
Other recommended firms - ranked: tier 1
CMS
Restructuring and insolvency
Restructuring and insolvency - ranked: tier 4
CMS
CMS advises debtors, lenders, insolvency practitioners, and boards of directors, as well as buyers and sellers of distressed debt and pension trustees, on financially distressed situations. Mauro Battistella is highly regarded.
Tax
Tax - ranked: tier 3
CMS
CMS’s ‘strengths are experience and promptness’. The practice is well known for international taxation and also assists with transfer pricing, and the taxation of banking and insurance sector branches as well as with tax issues in connection with cross-border M&A deals and financings. In addition, it acts in tax litigation, negotiations during tax audits, and settlement, mutual agreement and advance pricing procedures.Giuseppe Ascoli, and Roberto Ascoli are highly rated; and Federico Baridon is ‘smart and proactive’. Other key contacts include Stefano Chirichigno, Federico Raffaelli and Giovanni Calì. The team hired former GE Oil & Gas tax director Stefano Giuliano.
Italy: Banking and finance
Bank regulatory
Banking and finance: bank regulatory - ranked: tier 4
CMS
CMS regularly advises Commerzbank on regulatory issues pertaining to its banking activities in Italy. Paolo Bonolis ‘has a thorough knowledge of the legal environment’ and Domenico Gaudiello joined from DLA Piper.
Borrower side
Banking and finance: borrower side - ranked: tier 5
CMS
CMS hired Domenico Gaudiello as public finance leader from DLA Piper. Banking and financial law head Paolo Bonolis is recommended for complex financing transactions.
Lender or arranger side
Banking and finance: lender or arranger side - ranked: tier 5
CMS
CMS acts in complex banking matters and structured finance, as well as deals involving alternative lenders. Paolo Bonolis heads the banking and financial practice, which recently welcomed Domenico Gaudiello as public finance leader from DLA Piper.
Italy: Capital markets
Debt
Capital markets: debt - ranked: tier 4
CMS
CMS is experienced in Eurobonds, hybrid bonds, covered bonds, and Euro commercial paper and certificate of deposit programmes; other areas of note include liability management matters, project bonds, and retail bonds. The team was also recently active in structuring securities and NPLs. Paolo Bonolis ‘has invaluable experience’.
Italy: Industry focus
Energy
Industry focus: energy - ranked: tier 3
CMS
CMS assisted TotalErg with all aspects of its downstream business, including commercial contracts and public tender procedures, and successfully represented petrol and petroleum refinery Raffineria di Roma in an extraordinary appeal to the President of the Republic against doubling the port tariffs applied to goods entering and exiting the Civitavecchia-Fiumicino ports. Pietro Cavasola is the key contact.
TMT
Industry focus: TMT - ranked: tier 4
CMS
CMS has been assisting Intesa Sanpaolo Group’s company Infogroup with a number of outsourcing agreements concerning the supply of IT services to banks, governmental organizations and other clients, and has been advising Italian sport newspaper publisher NES Editoriale on data protection and IP issues involved in the managing and operation of the websites of newspapers Corriere dello Sport and Tuttosport, which contain tools for videos and advertising services. Italo de Feo and associate Marco Leone are names to note.
Leading individuals
Italo de Feo - CMS
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United Arab Emirates
Albania
Offices in Tirana
Angola
Austria
Offices in Vienna
- Administrative law and public sector
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Projects and energy
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- TMT
- Tax
Belgium
Offices in Brussels, Antwerp, Brussels, Brussels, and Brussels
- Aviation
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition : Belgian law
- Dispute resolution
- EU regulatory : Privacy and data protection
- Employment
- Industry focus : IT and telecoms
- Industry focus : Media and entertainment
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Offices in Sarajevo
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
Bulgaria
China
Offices in Beijing, Beijing, and Shanghai
Croatia
Offices in Zagreb
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Privatisation, projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
Germany
Offices in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, Leipzig, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Munich, and Munich
- Antitrust
- Banking and finance : Investment funds
- Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
- Banking and finance : Project finance
- Capital markets : Debt capital markets
- Capital markets : Equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Compliance : Internal investigations
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: Large international deals (€500m+)
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized international deals (€100m-€500m)
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized domestic deals (€100m-€500m)
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Product liability
- Employment
- IT and outsourcing : Data protection
- IT and outsourcing : Information technology (including contracts)
- IT and outsourcing : Outsourcing
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Telecoms
- Insurance : Advice to insurers
- Insurance : Insurance litigation
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation
- Intellectual property : Trade marks and unfair competition
- Media : Entertainment
- Media : Press and publishing
- Private equity
- Private equity : Venture capital
- Public sector : PPP
- Public sector : Planning and environment
- Public sector : Public procurement
- Real estate and construction : Construction (including construction litigation)
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring
- Tax
- Trade and distribution
- Transport : Maritime and shipping
Algeria
Offices in Algiers
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
Spain
Offices in Madrid, Malaga, Seville, Madrid, and Barcelona
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Industry focus : TMT
- Insurance
- Intellectual property : Copyright
- Intellectual property : Trade marks
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
France
Offices in Paris, Strasbourg, and Lyon
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance : Transactional work
- Capital markets : Debt
- Derivatives, structured finance and securitisation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : IT, telecoms and the Internet
- Intellectual property : Trade marks, designs and copyright
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Fund formation
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong and Hong Kong
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
Latin America: International firms
Italy
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance : Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets : Debt
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : TMT
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Lebanon
Offices in Beirut
London
Offices in London EC4N and London EC3A
Luxembourg
Offices in Luxembourg
Morocco
Offices in Casablanca
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Projects and public law
- Tax
- Tourism and real estate
Montenegro
Offices in Podgorica
Netherlands
Offices in Utrecht and Amsterdam
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Mediation
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Energy : Regulatory
- Energy : Transactional
- Industry focus : Food and beverages
- Industry focus : Retail
- Insurance
- Intellectual property : Trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
North West
Offices in Manchester
Oman
Offices in Muscat
Poland
Portugal
Offices in Lisbon
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Romania
Offices in Bucharest
Russia
Offices in Moscow
Scotland
Offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen
South East
Offices in Reading
Singapore
Offices in Singapore, Singapore, and Singapore
Slovenia
Offices in Ljubljana
South West
Offices in Bristol
Switzerland
- Banking and finance : Zurich
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Employment
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- Sports law
- Tax
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
Ukraine
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Yorkshire and the Humber
Offices in Sheffield S2 and Sheffield S2
Serbia
Offices in Belgrade