The Legal 500

Twitter Logo Youtube Circle Icon LinkedIn Icon

CMS

GALLERIA PASSARELLA, 1, 20122 MILANO, ITALY
Tel:
Work +39 02 89 28 38 00
Fax:
Fax +39 02 48 01 29 14
Web:
http://www.cms.law
Aberdeen, Algiers, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Beijing and 70 more

Firm Rankings

Italy

Administrative and public law
Other recommended firms - ranked: tier 1

CMS

[back to top]

Commercial, corporate and M&A
Commercial, corporate and M&A - ranked: tier 5

CMS

CMS’ â€high-quality, commercial practice’ hired Massimo Trentino and the â€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.

[back to top]

Compliance
Compliance - ranked: tier 4

CMS

CMS â€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 â€meets clients’ requirements effectively’ and Laura Opilio is another key name.

[back to top]

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 CittĂ  Metropolitana di Milano. Laura Opilio heads the practice.

[back to top]

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 â€very knowledgeable’ Francesca Sutti, who joined from DLA Piper in September 2016.

[back to top]

Employment
Other recommended firms - ranked: tier 1

CMS

[back to top]

Intellectual property
Other recommended firms - ranked: tier 1

CMS

[back to top]

Investment funds
Investment funds - ranked: tier 3

CMS

CMS recruited â€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.

Next generation lawyers

Andrea Arcangeli - CMS

[back to top]

Real estate and construction
Other recommended firms - ranked: tier 1

CMS

[back to top]

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.

[back to top]

Tax
Tax - ranked: tier 3

CMS

CMS’s â€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 â€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.

[back to top]

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 â€has a thorough knowledge of the legal environment’ and Domenico Gaudiello joined from DLA Piper.

[back to top]

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.

[back to top]

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.

[back to top]

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 â€has invaluable experience’.

[back to top]

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.

[back to top]

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

[back to top]

Further information on CMS

Please choose from this list to view details of what we say about CMS in other jurisdictions.

United Arab Emirates

Offices in Dubai and Dubai

Albania

Offices in Tirana

Angola

Austria

Offices in Vienna

Belgium

Offices in Brussels, Antwerp, Brussels, Brussels, and Brussels

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Offices in Sarajevo

Bulgaria

Offices in Sofia and Sofia

China

Offices in Beijing, Beijing, and Shanghai

Croatia

Offices in Zagreb

Czech Republic

Offices in Prague

Germany

Offices in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, Leipzig, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Munich, and Munich

Algeria

Offices in Algiers

Spain

Offices in Madrid, Malaga, Seville, Madrid, and Barcelona

France

Offices in Paris, Strasbourg, and Lyon

Hong Kong

Offices in Hong Kong and Hong Kong

Hungary

Offices in Budapest

Latin America: International firms

Italy

Offices in Rome and Milan

Lebanon

Offices in Beirut

London

Offices in London EC4N and London EC3A

Luxembourg

Offices in Luxembourg

Morocco

Offices in Casablanca

Montenegro

Offices in Podgorica

Netherlands

Offices in Utrecht and Amsterdam

North West

Offices in Manchester

Poland

Offices in Warsaw and Poznan

Portugal

Offices in Lisbon

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

Offices in Zurich and Geneva

Ukraine

Offices in Kiev and Kiev

Yorkshire and the Humber

Offices in Sheffield S2 and Sheffield S2

Serbia

Offices in Belgrade

Search News and Articles

Legal Developments by:
CMS

  • Access to justice: protective costs orders in planning challenges

    Third parties and competing developers have no rights of appeal to the Secretary of State against planning decisions. Disappointed applicants can appeal to the Secretary of State and can have the merits of the application reconsidered. The only remedy available to a disappointed third party is a challenge by way of judicial review in the High Court on a point of law. The sense of frustration and disempowerment this creates has not been helped by the increasing complexity of the planning process and the use of consultation to legitimise decisions that many perceive may already have been taken.
    - CMS Group

Legal Developments in Italy

Legal Developments and updates from the leading lawyers in each jurisdiction. To contribute, send an email request to
© 2018 www.legal500.com