Silvia Romanelli > BonelliErede > Rome, 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.

With ‘a strong track record in the ECM space’, BonelliErede has an enviable reputation for its advice to listed and regulated companies on privatisations and listings. Heading up the department, Vittoria Giustiniani is consistently mandated by companies to access capital markets through IPOs and capital increases. Other key figures include Silvia Romanelli, a highly-regarded expert in takeover bids and share issuances, and Gianfranco Veneziano, who brings ‘in-depth knowledge of capital markets‘. Managing associate Francesca Peruzzi is another name to note. Former partners Federica Munno and Carlo Montagna departed the firm during 2023.