About

Provided by Linklaters

In Milan, the Linklaters litigation and arbitration team advises and represents clients in both cross-border and domestic matters, whether they are pre-contentious or the subject of a claim. The team regularly pleads before the Italian civil, commercial.
We have acted on some of the highest profile litigation and arbitration proceedings in Italy for major corporations and financial institutions, both at a local, as well as at an international level.
Our team advises companies faced with issues which have been reputation-threatening, high value and, in many cases, multi-jurisdictional.
We advise on the most complex litigation and arbitration matters in the following areas:

  • corporate litigation;​
  • banking litigation;
  • bankruptcy and insolvency litigation;
  • regulatory investigation;
  • arbitration.

Our Milan team works seamlessly across our global litigation and arbitration practice network to provide tailored assistance for any type of dispute across the world.


Chambers Review

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Dispute Resolution - Italy

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Linklaters is capable of assisting clients with a wide variety of different matters, including commercial, insolvency, antitrust and banking litigation. The firm's lawyers assist clients with shareholder disputes, annulment proceedings and class actions. The team is particularly active on behalf of tech companies, financial services and banks.

Work Highlights

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  • Linklaters represented Santander Consumer Bank in numerous disputes concerning claims regarding the payment of sale commissions and bonuses allegedly due by the client on contracts intermediated by the claimant Finrama.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Alessandro Villani
2
Alessandro Villani
2
Band 2

Alessandro Villani leads Linklaters' litigation department in Italy and regularly represents blue-chip financial services entities, banks and technology clients. He is also well versed in class actions.

Alessandro Villani is very practical, available and effective in managing matters. He has very good negotiation and strategic skills. 

He is able to assist the company in an adequate and profitable way.

Alessandro is very responsive.

Alessandro has excellent negotiation skills and in-depth knowledge of the matters.

Manuela Caccialanza
Star Associates

Manuela Caccialanza is adept at handling banking and corporate litigation from the Milan office of Linklaters. She also regularly assists clients with antitrust proceedings.

Manuela Caccialanza is very attentive to details and available for discussion.

Manuela has strong technical competence.

Fabrizio Santoni
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Fabrizio Santoni is frequently seen handling corporate, antitrust and banking litigation. His client roster includes domestic and international banks and investors.

Fabrizio Santoni can manage very complex and articulated situations.

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Alessandro Villani
2
Alessandro Villani
2
Band 2
Manuela Caccialanza
Star Associates
Fabrizio Santoni
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