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ITALY

KEY ECONOMIC DATA

Area: 301,318 sq km
GDP: €1,417bn
Currency: Euro
GDP per head (PPP): €24,800
Population: 58.1 million
GDP growth: 1.3 per centInflation: 2.3 per cent
Unemployment: 7.4 per cent


PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN ITALY (2007)

January 1; April 9; April 25; May 1; August 15; November 1; December 25; December 26.


LEGAL PROFESSION

Professional title: Avvocato
Number of lawyers: 128,000
Female lawyers as a per cent
of the profession: 39 per cent


USEFUL ADDRESSES

Local bar association

Via Arenula 71

I-00186 Rome
Italy

Tel: +39 06 68 40 961
Fax: +39 06 68 897 460

www.consiglionazionaleforense.it

 

National justice ministry
Ministry of Justice
Via Arenula 71

00186 Rome

Italy

Tel: +39 06 68 851
Tel: +39 06 68 897 460
www.giustizia.it


LAW FIRMS IN MILAN

Map Italy-Milan


LAW FIRM LOCATOR

1 Chiomenti Studio Legale
2 De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani Studio Legale
3 Galgano
4 Labruna Mazziotti Sengi
5 Lombardi Molinari e Associati Studio Legale
6 NCTM Studio Legale Associato
7 Studio Legale Sutti
8 Ughi & Nunziante
9 Varrenti Avvocati Associati
– now Camozzi Bonissoni Varrenti & Associati
10 Vita Samory, Fabbrini e Associati


TRAVEL INFORMATION

Malpensa Airport, the main international airport, is 50km from the centre of the city. A half-hourly express train service runs directly into the centre of the city. The journey takes around 40 minutes. Taxis are also available.


WEBSITE

www.sea-aeroportimilano.it

 


LAW FIRMS IN ROME

Map Italy-Rome


LAW FIRM LOCATOR

1 Chiomenti Studio Legale
2 De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani Studio Legale
3 Labruna Mazziotti Sengi
4 NCTM Studio Legale Associato
5 Studio Legale Sutti
6 Ughi & Nunziante
7 Varrenti Avvocati Associati
– now Camozzi Bonissoni Varrenti & Associati
8 Vita Samory, Fabbrini e Associati


TRAVEL INFORMATION

Rome Fiumicino Airport is located around 26 km southwest of the city. The airport is served by a large number of transport links, including a train service into the city centre, which runs every 30 minutes. The total journey time is 40 minutes. A taxi service will take around 30-40 minutes, and cost in the region of 40-60 euros.


WEBSITE

www.adr.it


CHIOMENTI STUDIO LEGALE

www.chiomenti.net


Via XXIV Maggio, 43
Rome 00187
ItalyTel: +39 (0) 6 466221
Fax: +39 (0) 6 46622600
roma@chiomenti.net


Via Lamarmora, 39
10128 Turin
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 11 568 1938
Fax: +39 (0) 11 505 742


20 Berkeley Square
London W1J 6HF
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7569 1500
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7569 1501
london@chiomenti.net


Via G. Verdi, 2
Milan 20121
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 2 7215 71
Fax: +39 (0) 2 7215 7224
milano@chiomenti.net


One Rockefeller Plaza
Suite 2404
New York NY 10020
United States of America
Tel: +1 (0) 212 660 6400
Fax: +1 (0) 212 660 6401
newyork@chiomenti.net


41 Av. R. Vandendriessche
Brussels B-1150
Belgium
Tel: +32 (0) 2 7759900
Fax: +32 (0) 2 7759927
bruxelles@chiomenti.net

 

Firm profile

Studio Chiomenti provides integrated legal advice with the goals of assisting clients to clearly understand the legal variables affecting their business decisions and turning efficient legal structures into a competitive advantage. In addition to advising in the traditional corporate, banking, financing and capital markets practice areas, the firm provides highly expert legal services in the tax, administrative, labour, EU, antitrust, public utilities, copyright and intellectual property practice areas and in financial markets regulation.

Today the firm is composed of 240 lawyers and tax advisers and has offices in Rome, Milan, Turin, London, New York and Brussels.

In 2001, Chiomenti Studio Legale and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom entered into a strategic alliance that combines their respective strengths in US, Italian and English law.

Chiomenti Studio Legale is the exclusive member firm for Italy of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms.

Practice areas

Administrative law
Banking and finance
Capital markets
Corporate and M&A
Labour law
Energy
European, competition andinternational law
Insolvency and corporaterestructuring
Intellectual property, mediaand IT
Litigation and arbitration, civil law
Real estate
Regulatory and financialservices
Tax
Telecommunications

 

DE BERTI JACCHIA FRANCHINI FORLANI STUDIO LEGALE

www.dejalex.com

Main office

Via San Paolo, 7
Milan 20121
Italy
Tel: +39 0 2 72554 1
Fax: +39 0 2 72554 500
milan@dejalex.com

Other offices

Via A. Bertoloni, 14
Rome 00197
Italy
Tel: +39 0 6 809154 1
Fax: +39 0 6 809154 44
rome@dejalex.com

Belgium
Tel: +32 (0) 2 645 5670
Fax: +32 (0) 2 7420138
bruxelles@dejalex.com

Russia
Tel: +7 495 937 89 72
Fax: +7 495 980 91 98
moscow@dejalex.com

Firm headcount

Partners 16
Associates 54

Firm profile

De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani was established in 1975 in Milan, and subsequently set up its own fully staffed offices in Rome, Brussels and Moscow.
With 70 lawyers, De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani counts, in size as well as in terms of international presence, among the leading law firms of Italy.
Our firm advises in all areas of Italian, European and international work, representing a large number of domestic and foreign clients in both contentious and non-contentious matters. Through our Moscow office, the firm also advises and assists European clients doing business in and with Russia.
A significant proportion of the firm’s clients are multinational companies ranking among the 500 largest companies worldwide (Fortune Global 500).
All staff, both legal and non-legal, in the law firm are able to speak and work fluently in both Italian and English. Other languages spoken are French, German, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.

Practice areas

Administrative and regulatory
Arbitration and ADR
Automotive
Banking, finance andsecurities
Competition and anti-trust
Corporate and commercial law,M&A, private equity
Domestic and internationallitigation
Employment and pensions
Environment and energy
European Union law
IP and pharmaceutical law
IT and telecommunications
Insolvency and restructuring
Real estate and planning
Retail
Sport
Succession and trusts
Tax
Transport, shipping, air law and insurance


GALGANO

www.galgano.it

Main office

Via Santo Stefano, 11
Bologna 40125
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 51 232622
Fax: +39 (0) 51 231238
bologna@galgano.it

Other offices

Viale Majno, 7
Milan 20122
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 2 777 2141
Fax: +39 (0) 2 76397091
milano@galgano.it

Key personnel

Francesco Galgano – Senior partner, Bologna
David Contini – Partner, Milan

Firm profile

Galgano is a leading Italian firm with a national and international corporate, commercial and finance practice. We concentrate on offering legal services relating to banking, capital markets, M&A and venture capital, TMT and dispute resolution. Clients of the firm include industrial corporations, technology businesses, banks, insurance companies, institutional investors, governmental bodies and other public entities, and private individuals.

The firm is very strongly represented in academic circles, with a number of partners holding university professorships in addition to their professional activities. The firm’s business-oriented culture ensures that this academic excellence is directed towards finding workable solutions for our clients. Professor Galgano has also been an active participant in the drafting of new legislation, such as the recent reform of corporate law.

Practice areas

Administrative
Anti-trust
Banking and finance
Capital markets
Commercial
Corporate
Employment
Intellectual property andcompetition
Litigation
Projects
Real estate
Technology and telecoms

 

LABRUNA MAZZIOTTI SEGNI

www.lmslex.com

Offices

Via del Corso, 62
Rome 00186
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 6 322841
Fax: +39 (0) 2 57760400

Via Santa Maria Fulcorina, 13
Milan 20123
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 2 881861
Fax: +39 (0) 2 57760400

Key personnel

Fabio Labruna – Partner
Andrea Mazziotti di Celso – Partner
Antonio Segni – Partner

Firm headcount

Counsel 5
Partners 6
Associates 40

Firm profile

Labruna Mazziotti Segni is a newly-established independent Italian law firm, founded in February 2006 by three partners who have run their career in one of the leading domestic firms in Italy. After only ten months in existence LMS has won the Chambers Global Award as the “Italian Firm of the Year”.

The firm focuses on M&A, corporate finance and capital markets, the practice areas in which its lawyers are already recognized as leading players.

Its highly-selected practice teams include partners and senior associates with outstanding experience, who have advised in some of the most significant transactions in the recent years. Many of its lawyers have honed their professional skills attending post-graduate courses in the US and UK, or have been seconded to the most reputable international law firms and investment banks. It can also rely on established relationships with leading international firms in the EU and USA to provide global assistance to its clients in the most sophisticated cross-border transactions.

Labruna Mazziotti Segni is confident that it can offer to its clients superior technical skills and business-oriented sensitivity, associated with great motivation and a client-oriented attitude.

Practice areas

Antitrust
Banking and finance
Capital markets
Corporate
Corporate finance
Intellectual property
Labour law
Litigation and restructuring
Mergers and acquisitions
Real estate
Tax

 

LOMBARDI MOLINARI EASSOCIATI STUDIO LEGALE

info@lmlaw.it
www.lmlaw.it

Main Office

Via Andegari, 4/A
Milan 20121
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 2 89 62 21
Fax: +39 (0) 2 89 62 23 33

Key personnel

Giuseppe Lombardi – Managing partner
Ugo Molinari – Managing partner

Firm headcount

Partners: 6
Junior Partners: 8
Associates: 25
Counsel: 2

Firm profile

Lombardi Molinari e Associati is an independent law firm providing corporate and commercial law advice. The firm, founded by Giuseppe Lombardi who leads it with the other managing partner, Ugo Molinari, has approximately 50 lawyers, of whom six are partners.

The firm’s lawyers have worked in a variety of practice areas, on both contentious and non contentious matters. This has significantly helped in training versatile advisors able to develop a deep and broad vision of any legal issues submitted to them. The lawyers’ expertise and the current size of the firm make it possible for ad-hoc teams of lawyers led by at least one partner to handle the most complex transactions and cases.

Since its formation, the firm has been involved in important litigation and arbitration cases in corporate, commercial and general civil law matters. However, the firm has been increasingly active for the last few years in advising and assisting companies, financial institutions and private equity funds in non-contentious matters (mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, tender offers, and structured finance and banking transactions).

The firm has also significant experience in business reorganisations, including bankruptcy issues, having assisted various Italian groups in restructuring their activities.

The firm’s clients are assisted in complex and innovative transactions as well as in high-profile disputes both within Italy and at an international level. The firm provides legal assistance in English, German and French.

Practice areas

Banking and finance
Competition
Corporate and commercial
Insolvency and corporaterestructuring
Intellectual property
Litigation and arbitration
Mergers and acquisition
Real estate

 

NCTM STUDIO LEGALEASSOCIATO

info@nctm.itwww.nctm.it

Main office

Via Agnello, 12
Milan 20121
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 2 72551 1
Fax: +39 (0) 2 72551 501

Key personnel

Paolo Montironi – Managing partner
Alberto Toffoletto – Managing partner

Firm headcount

Lawyers: 150

Firm profile

NCTM, with its long-standing tradition, is one of the top independent law firms in Italy and internationally. With offices in Milan, Rome, Verona and Vicenza and about 150 professionals, 34 of whom are partners, today NCTM is Italy’s fifth largest law firm, according to a leading legal publication, and as such plays an important role in the international arena. NCTM’s goal is to satisfy and safeguard any request concerning the clients’ interests and to supply the same with prompt and detailed answers. NCTM intends to prevent problems, rather than solve them, providing not only assistance in disputes, but also advising on all legal and tax aspects of each transaction. Following this philosophy, all offices are fully integrated to provide clients with the same quality of assistance in all practice areas. NCTM has chosen independence: its clients can take advantage of this autonomy, as well as the firm’s close acquaintance with the international legal market, implemented to guide clients towards the most suitable professionals in each specific case in each jurisdiction.

Other office locations

Rome, Verona and Vicenza

Practice areas

Administrative law
Anti-trust
Banking and finance
Capital markets and IPOs
Commercial
Corporate
Environment and laboursecurity
Insolvency and debtrestructuring
Intellectual property
Labour law
Litigation and arbitration
Mergers and acquisitions
Private equity
Real estate
Regulated sectors (TLC, new technologies, gas and energy)
Insurance
Tax

 

Studio Legale SUTTI

www.sutti.com

Main office

Via Montenapoleone 8
Milan 20121
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 2 762041
Fax: +39 (0) 2 76204805

Key personnel

Marco Monti – Senior partner
Stefano Sutti – Managing partner

Firm profile

Studio Legale Sutti (SLS) operates offices in Rome, Bergamo, Monza, Genoa and in Milan, where it was originally established in 1952 by Dr Angelo Sutti, Knight of the Italian Republic. Its headquarters, where more than half of its human resources are still based, including tax advisers, patent attorneys and EHS specialists, are located in the historical centre of the city, at via Montenapoleone 8, and coordinate SLS business firmwide.

Studio Legale Sutti these days is a full-service business law firm, and this is especially true in Milan. The main focuses of its practice in Northern Italy are, however, dispute resolution, corporate deals, intellectual property, employment, and international corporate tax planning.

Other offices

Rome, Bergamo, Monza, Genova, Sofia, Bucharest, Belgrade,Zagreb, Tokyo, London and Timisoara.

Languages spoken:

Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Bulgarian,Romanian, Serbian, Croatian and Russian

Practice areas

Administrative and public law
Advertising and marketing
Anti-trust
Banking
Capital markets
Company/Commercial
Construction
Consumer law
Corporate tax planning
Debt collection
Employment/Labour law
Energy/Natural resources
Environmental law
Foreign investment
Immigration and nationality
Insolvency
Intellectual property
International trade
Litigation and arbitration
Media and entertainment
Mergers and acquisitions
Product liability
Project finance
Property
Shipping and admiralty
International tax law
White collar crime

 

UGHI & NUNZIANTE

www.unlaw.it

Via Venti Settembre, 1
Rome 00187
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 06 474 831
Fax: +39 (0) 06 4815 912
un.rome@unlaw.it

Via Sant’ Andrea, 19
Milan 20121
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 02 762 171
Fax: +39 (0) 02 760 09535
un.milan@unlaw.it

Piazza San Babila, 3
Milan 20122
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 02 777 21 511
Fax: +39 (0) 02 777 21 515
un.milan@unlaw.it

Firm profile

Ughi & Nunziante, whose origins go back to the 1950s, is one of the oldest law firms in Italy. The firm has 80 lawyers whose clients range from medium-sized corporations in their early stages of international expansion, to large multinational, financial institutions, governments and non-profit organisations. Many of the firm’s clients are non-Italian entities who turn to the firm for advice on legal issues connected with their existing Italian operations, on the establishment of new operations in Italy, for assistance in international transactions which have an Italian element.

Practice areas

Administrative law
Agency, franchise anddistribution
Anti-trust litigation
Banking and finance
Bankruptcy
Commercial litigation
Competition and regulation
Corporate law
EU law
Energy
Environmental
Intellectual property
International and domesticarbitration
Labour
M&A/Private equity
Media and entertainment
Real estate
Tax and international taxplanning
Telecommunications
Transport and insurance law

 

CAMOZZI BONISSONI VARRENTI & ASSOCIATI

www.camozzibonissonivarrenti.it

Main offices

Galleria San Carlo, 6
Milan 20122
Italy
Tel: +39 02 778061
Fax: +39 02 76021816

Other offices

Via A. Bertoloni 29
Rome 00197
Italy
Tel: +39 06 8077547
Fax: +39 06 8077527

Via Collegio di Spagna, 15
Bologna 40123
Italy
Tel: +39 051 587 8521
Fax: +39 051 587 9205

Key personnel

Rome contacts: Francesco Cartolano, Nicola Sterbini
Milan contacts: Angelo Bonissoni, Allesandro Varrenti

Firm profile

Camozzi Bonissoni Varrenti & Associati is the merger of Camozzi & Bonissoni and Varrenti Avvocati Associati. It is a full service firm with a particular emphasis on general corporate, corporate finance and tax related practices. The firm has also an extensive private equity practice and a large property department. Other areas of practice for which the firm is publicly recognised are capital markets, trusts and estates and non-profit organisations. The firm has office in Rome, Milan and Bologna.

Practice areas

Banking
Capital markets (equity and debt)
Corporate
Corporate finance
Corporate restructuring and insolvency
Litigation
Mergers and acquisitions
Private equity
Property
Regulatory
Structured finance
Tax


VITA SAMORY, FABBRINI EASSOCIATI

studio.milano@vita-fabbrini.com
www.vita-fabbrini.com

Main office

Corso G. Matteotti 10
Milan 20121
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 2 77 42 01
Fax: +39 (0) 2 76 394 361
studio.milano@vita-fabbrini.com

Other offices

Via L. Bissolati, 76
Rome 00187
Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 6 48 07 011
Fax: +39 (0) 6 48 20 917
studio.roma@vita-fabbrini.com

Key personnel

Guido Testa – Partner

Practice areas

Antitrust law
Arbitration
Aviation law
Banking and finance law
Bankruptcy/insolvency law
Civil and corporate litigation
Commercial law
Contracts
Corporate law
Domestic and internationaltaxation
EU law
IPOs
Insurance law
Labour law
Merger and acquisitions
Private equity
Real estate
Venture capital

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