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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
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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
