Francesco Anglani > BonelliErede > Rome, Italy > Lawyer Profile

BonelliErede‘s clients read as a roll call of pre-eminent, global, fashion design houses and its ‘360 coverage of the legal service industry is unmatched’. The group is led by Francesco Anglani, who is especially adept in all areas of anti-trust, often acting in cases with the Italian Competition Authority and the European Commission. He also regularly assists clients with disputes involving distribution systems or negotiations with franchises and distributors. Brand protection (including anti-counterfeiting) is another key specialism in this sector which is provided by IP expert Giovanni Guglielmetti . The corporate and acquisitions side is covered by Nicola Marchioro whose expertise includes advising on strategic partnerships or joint ventures – he is also the country partner for the United States. Marco Maniscalco provides the employment advice, particularly Italian and cross-border business and employee transfers.

BonelliErede maintains a leading role in advising companies from a broad range of sectors on often cross-border competition proceedings before the European Commission and the Italian Competition Authority. Large multinationals companies also regularly turn to the team for its expertise in competition-related damages actions in cases brought before various European and non-European courts. Here is Francesco Anglani, who notably focuses his capabilities on antitrust compliance programmes and revision of distribution systems, regularly representing clients before European and national courts, while Claudio Tesauro specialises in concentrations, restrictive agreements and abuse of dominant position. Particularly recommended in this sector are European Union law specialist Sara Lembo, who also focuses on anti-corruption agreements, state aid, regulations and unfair trading practices, antitrust expert Giorgio Bitonto, and Marta Contu, who concentrates on economic dependence, merger control and unfair trading practices.