The Italian report – Midway upon the journey of our life
Visiting Milan at the end of 2019, it was striking that a map of law firms’ office addresses drawn up…
Italy
International round-up: Squires enters Italy as NRF shuts Bahrain outpost
Squire Patton Boggs has entered the Italian legal market with a four-partner Milan base while Norton Rose Fulbright has become the…
Italian legal market consolidates as local champion Bonelli merges with rival Lombardi
The leadership of Slaughter and May’s Italian ally, BonelliErede, claims the firm has moved far ahead of its competitors after…
BonelliErede shakes up Italian legal market to merge with 70-strong rival Lombardi
Slaughter and May Italian ally BonelliErede is to merge with litigation and corporate independent firm Lombardi e Associati, strengthening its…
Letter from… Milan: Living in style yet still playing the generation game
‘All the top people in this country have grey hair,’ notes one Milan playmaker. It is a truth Italians know…
Fieldfisher opens fifth Italy office with merger as firm set for further expansion
Fieldfisher has combined with Bologna firm Lucchini Gattamorta & Associates (LGA) as it opens its fifth outpost in Italy, continuing…
‘Milan is a natural candidate’: Italian IP lawyers target London patents court post Brexit
Italy’s intellectual property (IP) lawyers are eyeing up London’s branch of the Unified Patents Court (UPC) in the wake of…
The Italian job: Dentons opens in Rome a year after Milan launch
With its sights currently set on deepening its European coverage, Dentons has expanded its presence in Italy by opening an…
When in Rome – Dentons follows Italy launch by opening in capital
After launching in Milan late last year, Dentons has continued its recent European expansion by announcing a second office in…
European tax boost for Shearman as it becomes BFs with Tremonti
Shearman & Sterling has boosted it European tax offering by entering into a ‘best friends’ cooperation agreement with tier one Italian…
Italy 2.0
The Italian legal market has modernised over the past decade as local firms have reacted to greater client demands and…