BonelliErede

Firm Details:

President: Stefano Simontacchi

Managing Partner: Andrea Carta Mantiglia

Number of partners: 80+

Number of lawyers: 500+

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

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 Tameru Wondm Agegnehu Law Office) and Dubai.

The firm 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 a number of specialised Focus Teams, which bring together the legal expertise of its professionals from various practice areas (administrative law, banking and finance, capital markets, commercial litigation, competition, corporate and M&A, criminal law, employment, EU law, IP, project finance, restructuring, structured finance and tax).

The Focus Teams are organised by sector and practice area and pool their individual legal expertise and in-depth sector knowledge to offer clients assistance with all aspects of their businesses. In October 2020, BonelliErede launched its first alternative legal services provider: beLab S.p.A.. This newly formed company exploits legal digital technologies to provide services and solutions in collaboration with select partners based on a co-evolution approach.

Across EMEA:

BonelliErede currently has three strategic outposts in Africa and the Middle East: Cairo, Addis Ababa, and Dubai. The Cairo and Addis Ababa offices were established in 2016 and are the hub for the firm’s development plans in Africa — the Dubai office opened in 2017.

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 Uria Menendez in Spain.

Main Areas of Practice:

Amongst the firm’s Focus Teams it has a Private Clients Focus Team that follows all HNW related deals. It is an integrated and multidisciplinary team of professionals who for many years have been providing assistance to individuals, families and their consultants (family offices, trustees, financial intermediaries, trust companies) concerning:

• Governance and intergenerational transfers
• Asset protection and administration
• Artwork collections and other luxury items
• Tax planning
• International families
• Philanthropic activities

The team’s experience, coupled with their team members’ in-depth technical training, enables us to identify cutting-edge, highly effective and innovative legal solutions.

The firm knows and understands the needs of its clients and other interested parties, which allows it to design ‘customised’ solutions that reflect their aims and family values in compliance with the applicable legislative and regulatory framework. Thanks to the Focus Team’s international experience and expertise and the ongoing collaboration with a network of leading European and international law firms, BonelliErede offers top-level service in all jurisdictions and supports the firm's Private Clients in multi-country transactions and is able to propose mechanisms and arrangements that are available in non-Italian jurisdictions, when appropriate.

Given the highly sensitive nature of the information involved, the highest levels of confidentiality and secrecy are always applied to Private Clients’ affairs and identity. The team includes 10 partners, 3 of counsel and 2 senior counsel (supported by senior and junior associates) who are recognised experts in the sector for their proven expertise in identifying sophisticated and personalised solutions that meet the firm's Private Client’s needs.

Focus Teams:

• Art and Cultural Property
• Banks
• Bank Loans
• Construction & Engineering
• Corporate Compliance & Investigations
• Corporate Governance
• Debt Capital Markets
• Infrastructure, Energy & Ecological Transition
• Environmental Sustainability
• Equity Capital Markets
• Family Businesses & SMEs
• Healthcare & Life Sciences
• Innovation & Digital Transformation
• Insurance
• International Arbitration
• Luxury
• Private Clients
• Private Equity
• Public International Law & Economic Diplomacy
• Real Estate
• Restructuring & Insolvency
• Sports Law
• Tax Litigation
• Shipping & Transport