McDermott builds up its transactions expertise in Italy with the arrival of KWM's corporate and transactional team.
The lawyer has been appointed chair of Allianz Italy and deputy chair of Borsa Italiana.
Andersen Tax & Legal has debuted in Italy with the Italian member firm of Andersen Global, Noda Studio, formally adopting the Andersen name.
The Bank of England's (BoE) average annual legal spend has more than tripled during the past three years.
McDermott Will & Emery has announced that it will close its Rome office in September with the firm's Milan office to take centre stage for its footprint in Italy and the region.
International firm Ashurst has hired Gabriele Accardo as a new competition and EU counsel in its Milan office.
Kennedys has formalised its relationship with three-office Italian firm Studio Legal Rinaldi Associati (RASS).
Renowned Italian restructurings lawyer Paolo Manganelli is joining Ashurst from Paul Hastings.
Italian firm Pavia e Ansaldo has successfully assisted the European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA) to secure readmittance to tender in an EU award procedure initiated by the European Commission.
Simmons & Simmons has pulled off a double partner hire in Milan following the firm's closure in Rome.
Women made up fewer than one third of lawyers welcomed to their firms' partnerships this year.
In an important decision on state aid, the Commission cleared public financing for Italian ground handler Airport Handling and found no economic continuity with SEA Handling.
Global law firm Dentons announced today the opening of its new office in Rome, its second in Italy after launching in Milan late last year.
The Competition and Markets Authority will not launch a formal investigation into the legal services sector, but has warned that there is still much to be desired.
In its second European closure this month, Ashurst has announced it is shutting its Rome office after five years.
UK-based firm Fieldfisher has announced a Swiss Verein-structured merger with Italian firm Studio Associato Servizi Professionali Integrati (SASPI).
One of the UK's most esteemed family lawyers, Richard Parry, may be forced by a High Court judge to step down from his trusteeship of the Longleat Estate.
Lance Armstrong's former physician has reportedly filed a lawsuit intended to stop distribution of a film about the disgraced cyclist.
The seven partners who will man the office are made up of five coming from DLA Piper and two from an Italian boutique named hELP - The Employment Law Plant.
Rene Bruelhart spoke to the Financial Times about his role as the Vatican's chief anti-money laundering enforcer and about his co-operation with his next door neighbour, Pope Francis.