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BonelliErede

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BonelliErede

BonelliErede

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+39 02 77 11 31

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Firm Details

Chairman: Massimiliano Danusso

Managing partner: Eliana Catalano

Number of partners: 94

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 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 a number of 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 their 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:

BonelliErede has an extensive focus on international works. The firm 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. In addition, thanks to a cooperation agreement with Zahaf & Partners, we are also present in Tripoli.

An essential part of the firm’s international strategy is to forge relationships with other distinguished independent and international law firm 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
Belgium
  • Brussels
    Square de Meeus, 40, Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium, 1000
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Egypt
Ethiopia
  • Addis Ababa
    Beza Building, 6th Floor, Office Number 604 , Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Italy
UK
United Arab Emirates
  • Dubai
    1404 Index Tower, DIFC, PO Box 506828, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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BonelliErede rankings

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Belgium
Competition: EU
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Massimo Merola
5
Massimo Merola
5
Band 5
Competition/European Law: State Aid
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Massimo Merola
1
Massimo Merola
1
Band 1
Egypt
Corporate/M&A
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Corporate/M&A
5
Corporate/M&A
5
Band 5
Lawyers
Ziad Bahaa-Eldin
E
Ziad Bahaa-Eldin
E
Eminent Practitioners
Ethiopia
General Business Law
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
General Business Law
2
General Business Law
2
Band 2
Lawyers
2
Lidet Abebe Tizazu
2
Band 2
Mahlet Kassa
3
Mahlet Kassa
3
Band 3
Italy
Banking & Finance
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Banking & Finance
2
Banking & Finance
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Emanuela Da Rin
2
Emanuela Da Rin
2
Band 2
Banking & Finance: Financial Services Regulation
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Banking & Finance: Financial Services Regulation
2
Banking & Finance: Financial Services Regulation
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Giuseppe Rumi
2
Giuseppe Rumi
2
Band 2
Capital Markets: Debt
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Capital Markets: Debt
3
Capital Markets: Debt
3
Band 3
Lawyers
G Massimiliano Danusso
3
G Massimiliano Danusso
3
Band 3
Emanuela Da Rin
4
Emanuela Da Rin
4
Band 4
Capital Markets: Equity
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Capital Markets: Equity
2
Capital Markets: Equity
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Vittoria Giustiniani
4
Vittoria Giustiniani
4
Band 4
Capital Markets: Securitisation
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Capital Markets: Securitisation
3
Capital Markets: Securitisation
3
Band 3
Lawyers
G Massimiliano Danusso
3
G Massimiliano Danusso
3
Band 3
Emanuela Da Rin
4
Emanuela Da Rin
4
Band 4
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
1 Department
8 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
1
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
1
Band 1
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