The instability caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and exacerbated by Russia’s war with Ukraine, with the resulting gas supply difficulties and growing inflation, has affected the Italian legal market as much as anywhere else. This notwithstanding, Italy’s leading independent law firms were able to curb the slowdown in some practices and achieve excellent results in others, most notably through investment in technology and new talent.
Perhaps the most interesting development was the launch, on 1 January 2024, of PedersoliGattai, resulting from the merger of Gattai, Minoli Partners and Euro Elite firm Pedersoli, together with a third group of professionals led by Carlo Montagna and Stefano Cacchi Pessani. PedersoliGattai has ambitions to be an Italian legal powerhouse offering consultancy services in a range of practice areas. The firm hopes, according to founding partner Bruno Gattai, to provide ‘better advice on cross-border deals in M&A and banking and finance’.
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