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BonelliErede
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BonelliErede

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Overview

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  • Firm Details

    Chairman: Massimiliano Danusso

    Managing partner: Eliana Catalano

    Number of partners: 90+

    Number of lawyers: 500+

    Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Amharic, Chinese

    Firm Overview

    Founded in 1999 from the merger of three Italian law firms, BonelliErede is one of the largest independent law firms in Italy, with offices in Milan, Rome, Genoa, Brussels, London, Cairo (in cooperation with Bahaa-Eldin Law Office), Addis Ababa (in cooperation with Lidet Abebe Tizazu Law Office) and Dubai. The firm is a true international player that offers a full range of commercial legal and tax services, combining business acumen with academic excellence.

    To better respond to clients’ needs, BonelliErede offers support through specialised Focus Teams, which bring together the legal expertise of its professionals from various practice areas. The Focus Teams are organised by sector and practice area and pool professionals’ individual legal expertise and in-depth sector knowledge to offer clients assistance with all aspects of their businesses.

    BonelliErede has also launched its first alternative legal services provider: beLab S.p.A.. The company provides innovative legal services underpinned by state-of-the-art technologies that enable businesses to optimise and digitalise management of legal affairs.

    Across EMEA

    Thanks to its offices in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and to the partnerships with independent law firms around the world, BonelliErede is a true international player. The firm currently has three strategic outposts in Cairo, Addis Ababa, and Dubai. The Cairo and Addis Ababa offices were established in 2016 and the Dubai office opened in 2017. In addition, thanks to a cooperation agreement with Zahaf & Partners, the firm is also present in Tripoli.

    An essential part of the firm’s international strategy is to forge relationships with other distinguished independent and international law firms worldwide, with elite expertise in every practice area of business law, to thus afford clients access to the very best legal services for all types of projects and in almost every jurisdiction. BonelliErede also works with the Best Friends network, which is made up of leading firms from around the world, including: Bredin Prat in France, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in the Netherlands, Hengeler Mueller in Germany, Slaughter and May in the UK and Uría Menéndez in Spain.

    Focus Teams

    ■ Art & Cultural Property

    ■ Banks

    ■ Construction & Engineering

    ■ Corporate Compliance & Investigations

    ■ Corporate Governance

    ■ Debt Capital Markets

    ■ Digital Innovation

    ■ Environmental Sustainability

    ■ Equity Capital Markets

    ■ Family Business & SMEs

    ■ Healthcare & Life Sciences

    ■ Infrastructure, Energy & Ecological Transition

    ■ Insurance

    ■ International Arbitration

    ■ Luxury

    ■ Private Clients

    ■ Private Equity

    ■ Public International Law & Economic Diplomacy

    ■ Real Estate

    ■ Restructuring & Insolvency

    ■ Shipping, Transport & Logistics

    ■ Sports Law

    ■ Tax Litigation

    Italian offices

    Milan: Via Barozzi 1, 20122

    Tel: +39 02 77 1131

    Rome: Via Vittoria Colonna 39, 00193

    Tel: +39 06 84 5511

    Genoa: Via delle Casaccie 1, 16121

    Tel: +39 010 846 21

    International offices

    BELGIUM

    Brussels: 40 Square de Meeûs 1000

    Tel: +32 2 5520070

    UK

    London: 30 Cannon Street EC4M 6XH

    Tel: +44 020 7653 6888

    EGYPT*

    Cairo (*in cooperation with Bahaa-Eldin Law Office): Iconia Building, 16 Mohamed Thaqeb Street Zamalek

    Tel: +202 25867500

    ETHIOPIA*

    Addis Ababa (*in cooperation with Lidet Abebe Tizazu Law Office): Beza Building, 6th Floor, Office Number 604, Woreda 03, Bole Sub City

    Tel: +251 930333331

    UAE

    Dubai: 1404 Index Tower, DIFC, PO Box 506828

    Tel: +971 45816900

Ranked Offices at BonelliErede

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Italy - Head office

Lombardy

Via Michele Barozzi 1 , Milan, Lombardy, Italy, 20122, Milan

Belgium

Brussels Capital Region

Square de Meeus, 40, Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium, 1000, Brussels

Egypt

Cairo

Iconia Building, 16 Mohamed Thaqeb Street, Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

Beza Building, 6th Floor, Office Number 604 , Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

Italy

Liguria

Via delle Casaccie 1, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, 16121, Genoa


Lazio

via Vittoria Colonna 39, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 00193, Rome

UK

Greater London

4th Floor, 30 Cannon Street, London, Greater London, UK, EC4M 6XH, London

United Arab Emirates

Dubai

1404 Index Tower, DIFC, PO Box 506828, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dubai

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Italy

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Belgium

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Italy

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