Dispute Resolution | Europe

BonelliErede is widely revered as a disputes powerhouse with an impressive track record overseeing local and international litigation cases. The law firm provides a leading bench of notable lawyers acting as counsel and chair in high-profile arbitration proceedings, including ICC, DIAC and UNCITRAL cases. The team is regularly mandated by a portfolio of multinational companies ranging over a number of sectors including energy and finance. It also assists clients with construction, environment and investment litigation proceedings.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is a respected dispute resolution heavyweight commanding a strong reputation across the arbitration and litigation fields. The team's lawyers are active across a wide range of cases, with a particular focus on antitrust litigation, such as unfair competition and cartel matters, as well as related damages claims. The department further assists with international commercial arbitration. Its experience extends to banking litigation and shareholder disputes, as well as insolvency proceedings and appeals, before several levels of the courts.

Chiomenti is an experienced disputes practice retained by an impressive list of wide portfolio of clients encompassing financial services, food and beverage, TMT and sports. The firm handles a broad range of contentious issues, from directors' liability claims to commercial litigation. It also demonstrates increasingly strong capabilities in domestic and international commercial arbitration under ICC and CAM rules.

Clifford Chance is an international heavyweight well known for advising on both arbitration and litigation proceedings. The firm's lawyers offer expertise in banking and insolvency litigation, as well as representing companies in shareholder disputes. The group also regularly handles commercial arbitrations administered under the ICC and CAM. The team combines aptitude in these areas with criminal law expertise. Clifford Chance's client roster includes international financial institutions and well-reputed companies from the energy and insurance sectors.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer offers an accomplished disputes and arbitration department within a reputable international firm. The team offers a specialised practice assisting notable local and multinational clients with their financial disputes. Its lawyers are well versed in handling a broad range of litigation and arbitrations, including class actions, damages claims and liability actions. The team is also well versed in competition infringement mandates. It assists clients from the automotive, financial services and energy sectors with multi-jurisdictional disputes in Europe, the UK and the USA.

Gianni & Origoni is a dynamic Italian practice offering coverage of a broad range of mandates, including litigation and pre-trial relief. The team's lawyers are capable of handling commercial disputes, class actions, environmental litigation and both banking and insolvency proceedings. Its client portfolio includes an impressive list of names from the manufacturing, financial services and pharmaceutical industries.

Legance - Avvocati Associati is a well-regarded firm regularly advising a distinguished roster of international and local clients hailing from the energy, healthcare, financial services and TMT industries. The team is experienced in handling financial, commercial and insolvency disputes. Legance's activity further extends to commercial and multi-jurisdictional arbitration proceedings, as well as challenging the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. The firm's lawyers have recognised abilities in multi-jurisdictional proceedings.

PedersoliGattai is a highly accomplished disputes practice with particular strengths in banking sector litigation. The team offers expertise in insolvency, antitrust and corporate litigation. The firm's experience extends to arbitration and liability and shareholder disputes, as well as insolvency proceedings.

A&O Shearman offers a respected disputes practice with an excellent track record handling complex financial arbitration and litigation. The firm's lawyers handle a variety of disputes, including restructuring and insolvency, corporate and antitrust litigation. The team combines its strengths in these areas with expertise in criminal matters. The firm fields an impressive client roster that features a number of household names from the energy and banking sectors.

Dentons offers a growing practice focusing on litigation and arbitration, with notable activity in proceedings before the ICC. Its lawyers are well placed to advise on multi-jurisdictional mandates owing to an extensive international footprint. The firm is active on a range of commercial and contractual disputes, including product liability and defamation claims, as well as antitrust, real estate and banking disputes.

Fivers is a notable name in the Italian dispute resolution arena. The firm frequently advises companies from the financial services, sports and product manufacturing industries on corporate and banking litigation cases such as shareholder disputes, damages claims and directors' liability actions. Its lawyers can boast additional experience in bankruptcy litigation.

Hogan Lovells is highly experienced in product liability work. The team combines this with expertise in a number of other areas, including corporate and contractual litigation and banking and competition disputes, including assistance with criminal investigations. The firm's lawyers offer notable experience in insurance disputes. The team is well placed to handle matters with an international element, with particular activity in cross-border disputes involving French and Swiss aspects. The department also has knowledge of a wide range of industries, including food and drink, energy and technology.

Advant Nctm is a sizeable team instructed on a varied caseload covering banking litigation, commercial disputes and antitrust litigation, with significant activity in contract disputes. Its lawyers assist a number of notable multinational clients, including banks and luxury brands. The firm's disputes team enjoys strong knowledge of a number of industry sectors, including telecoms, consumer goods and transportation. It handles both domestic and international arbitration, with team members acting as both counsel and chair.

LCA Studio Legale is a widely recognised firm with expertise in real estate, corporate and construction disputes. Its lawyers act for a variety of domestic and international clients active in the sports, energy and fashion sectors. The firm also has notable activity in insolvency, antitrust and IP litigation.

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.

Bird & Bird fields an established IP litigation practice offering assistance with patent, trademark and copyright infringement disputes. Its Italian team acts on competition and TMT matters. The firm's lawyers advise an impressive portfolio of clients from a variety of industries, including retail, food and banking. It also regularly acts on real estate disputes.

Cappelli Riolo Calderaro Crisostomo Del Din & Partners is a boutique firm recognised for its expertise in financial disputes and related white-collar crime. Its lawyers frequently act on disputes resulting from securitisations and damages claims, as well as regulatory enforcement proceedings. Clients include international banks and asset managers.

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle is a dynamic practice group assisting clients with commercial and state investment arbitration. The team represents sovereign countries on cross-border disputes, including corporate litigation. The firm's lawyers also act on contractual and antitrust litigation arising from the oil and gas and logistics sector.

Eversheds Sutherland is a well-established international firm whose Italian disputes practice acts on a variety of high-value mandates in connection with insolvency, banking, insurance and construction litigation. The firm is capable of handling complex mandates with cross-border elements for both domestic and foreign clients. The team's lawyers also have a strong depth of knowledge in the energy and aviation industries.

Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici is an adept litigation practice advising on a range of commercial disputes, including banking and contractual cases. The team typically handles cases flowing from corporate liability proceedings or those regarding anti-competitive behaviour. It also offers notable experience in shareholder disputes.

International and domestic arbitrations form a significant part of Greenberg Traurig's work. The firm also supports clients in litigation, with proceedings ranging from construction to real estate, including contractual disagreements. Clients belong to a range of different sectors, including technology and energy. The team's lawyers also represent a range of companies from the retail and banking sectors.

Pavia e Ansaldo is a well-regarded Italian firm regularly handling claims arising in the energy, telecoms and finance sectors. Its disputes team is well equipped to deal with international matters by virtue of lawyers with expertise in an array of countries such as the USA and UK. Its practitioners are also adept at acting as arbitrators in international arbitration proceedings.

GA is a quality outfit handling a broad range of contractual, banking and insolvency disputes. The firm assists high-profile domestic and international clients from a range of industries, including banking, infrastructure and energy. Its lawyers are active in alternative dispute resolution. The team also assists with shareholder disputes and breach of contract cases.

Gitti and Partners is a well-reputed domestic outfit with strong experience in banking, corporate and contractual litigation. The firm offers additional advice on bankruptcy proceedings and real estate disputes. Its lawyers are adept at assisting domestic and international banks and financial institutions, as well as companies within the life sciences sector.

LMS Studio Legale is an Italian practice that boasts expertise in litigation matters. The group assists a full spectrum of clients, from financial institutions to private individuals. The caseload of its lawyers comprises insurance, insolvency and construction-related disputes. It also advises on banking litigation and claims relating to D&O liability.

Osborne Clarke is an international firm representing notable clients in the construction, pharmaceutical and entertainment industries in corporate and bankruptcy disputes. The team's lawyers regularly advise clients on shareholder disputes and controversies concerning corporate management. The team also assists clients with insurance litigation.

Portolano Cavallo is well-regarded domestic law firm with experience in commercial litigation, including IP, antitrust and corporate disputes. Its client roster includes major international companies within the TMT sector. The team provides additional assistance to corporations in the energy and pharmaceuticals industries.

Saccucci & Partners is a well-established outfit that draws praise for its expertise in the field of human rights and public law proceedings. The practice group often represents clients before the European Court of Human Rights and is also well versed in criminal proceedings. The law firm's client roster ranges from corporations to individuals.