Dispute resolution

Vittorio Allavena

Partner, Vittorio Allavena specialises in litigation with particular focus on corporate law, bankruptcy, banking and insurance and private clients, directors' and majority shareholders' liability for abuse of management and coordination powers, liability of financial intermediaries, abuse of economic dependence in supply relations, D&O and BBB insurance coverage, follow-on actions for antitrust damages, arbitration cases (acting as counsel and as arbitrator). He is member of the Corporate Governance, Insurance, Sports Law and Private Clients Focus Teams as well as the Competition Litigation Task Force.

Giuseppe Lombardi

Partner, Giuseppe Lombardi specialises in litigation and arbitration with particular focus on corporate, banking and insolvency as well as non-contentious matters such as M&A, corporate finance, debt restructuring and corporate reorganisation, especially for cases involving generational changeovers. He is member of the Banks, Corporate Governance, Restructuring & Insolvency and Private Clients Focus Teams. He is also member of the Competition Litigation Task Force.

Andrea Magliani

Advice on complex litigations before Civil Courts and Arbitration Panels (domestic and international). Wide experience in disputes involving civil law, contracts, bankruptcy, corporate and commercial law.  

GianBattista Origoni

FOUNDING PARTNER

Carlo Pedersoli

He was a partner at Studio Pedersoli e Associati, until the early 2000s, and was the founding partner of Pedersoli Studio Legale with offices in Milan, Turin and Rome. He specialises in corporate and commercial, advising on litigation and extrajudicial matters, with longstanding experience in extraordinary transactions in the banking and financial sector. He has been a speaker at several conferences on corporate and commercial law.

Paolo Pototschnig

Senior Partner

Francesca Rolla

Partner

Bruno Giuffrè

Andrea Costa

Andrea advises Italian and international clients in pre-litigation and civil, commercial, and bankruptcy litigation before ordinary courts, including the Italian Supreme Court. He has also gained significant experience in national and international ad hoc and self-regulated arbitrations. He also provides out-of-court legal advice on civil and corporate law.

Andrea Atteritano

Partner

Riccardo Bordi

Partner, Riccardo Bordi advises clients both in litigation and transactions. He has worked and is currently involved in complex litigations and extraordinary transactions in Italy and EMEA, with particular focus on the construction, infrastructure, healthcare and oil&gas sectors. He also regularly advises management, shareholders and companies in the most complex issues of corporate law in Italy. He is member of the firm's Board and member of the Construction & Engineering, Corporate Governance and Public International Law & Economic Diplomacy Focus Teams.

Emanuele Breggia

Lawyer

Cecilia Carrara

Partner

Fabio Cozzi

Fabio Cozzi heads the Italian dispute resolution practice and focuses his practice on cross-border litigation, domestic and international arbitration, compliance, financial crime and international trade. He advises corporations, financial institutions and investment funds in complex disputes, often spanning multiple jurisdictions, as well as domestic and international arbitration proceedings in a range of commercial, corporate, real estate, energy, bankruptcy, financial and technology-related matters. Fabio also counsels corporate clients and financial institutions on compliance and international trade issues, assessing the risk deriving from trade restrictions, economic and financial sanctions and advising on internal investigations related to corruption and financial crime. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/fabio-cozzi/

Daria Pastore

Partner

Davide Rossetti

Angelo Anglani

Equity Partner, based in Rome. Angelo Anglani is an experienced dispute resolution lawyer, with a particular focus on cross border litigation and international arbitration. His practice ranges from general commercial litigation to securities litigation, mass actions, unfair competition, product liability, litigation or pre-litigation arising from m&a, construction, energy and commercial contracts, also with respect to any insolvency related aspects. He is very active in the area of international and domestic arbitration, whether under the rules of ICC and other arbitral institutions, under ad-hoc rules, or in the context of court challenges of arbitration awards. Frequently appointed as arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings. He frequently acted as expert on Italian law in legal proceedings pending before foreign courts, preparing affidavit and/or expert reports on aspects of Italian law applicable to the relevant disputes. He repeatedly assisted, as a counsel, foreign clients in mediation procedures held in Italy.

Luciano Castelli

Lawyer

Alfredo Craca

Partner

Francesco D'Alessandro

Francesco offers Italian and international clients out-of-court advice and in-court assistance in all major areas pertaining to white-collar offences with a focus on criminal corporate law, finance, bankruptcy, taxation and environmental issues, and as well as corporate criminal liability. As a lawyer entitled to practice before the Supreme Court since 2010, for over ten years Francesco has advised major companies operating in the banking and finance, environmental, energy, petrochemical, mass distribution, telecommunications, and construction industries. He has been involved in cases concerning crimes against property, public administration, and complex Italian and international proceedings involving bribery and corruption indictments. He has drafted and updated various organisational and management models under Legislative Decree No. 231/2001 while acting as Chairman of the Supervisory Body.

Daniele Geronzi

Partner

Monica Iacoviello

Partner, Monica Iacoviello specialises in civil, commercial and bankruptcy law, litigation and arbitration, with particular focus on corporate litigation, litigation regarding the acquisition of equity stakes, company boards, advisors and rating agency liability, trade law and tender contracts, abuse of dominant position, banking litigation, guarantees and credit protection, tort. She is member of the Luxury, Banks and the Construction & Engineering Focus Teams.

Silvio Martuccelli

Professor Martuccelli advises Italian and international clients on class actions and other complex civil, commercial, corporate, banking and insurance law matters, both in court and arbitration proceedings. Recognized as an Arbitration law expert, he is appointed arbitrator in ad hoc arbitrations and institutional arbitrations. He also provides out-of-court consultancy on Private Law with a focus on commercial contracts, corporate acquisitions, corporate disputes, national and international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, and bankruptcy and pre-bankruptcy proceedings. Entrusted with the appointment under the Bank of Italy, he has been member of Surveillance Committees in the context of extraordinary administration proceedings (Banca Etruria e del Lazio S.p.A.; Prisma SGR S.p.A.). He acted as Chairman of the Commission for the Bar Exam 2017 at the Rome Court of Appeal. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of ITA Airways S.p.A., where he also chaired the Compensation and Nomination Committee. He is member of Guarantee Tribunal at the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). He is a member of the Board of Directors of R.F.I. S.p.A. (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana) and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the company.

Valeria Mazzoletti

Senior Partner

Paolo Flavio Mondini

Partner

Stefano Parlatore

Partner

Carlo Pavesi

Carlo Pavesi’s practice focuses on corporate law, domestic and cross-border merger and acquisitions, and private equity transactions. He has handled several of the largest Italian M&A deals of the recent years, and is considered as one of the leading lawyers for M&A transactions involving financial and banking institutions. Carlo Pavesi has represented Italian and international private equity funds in a wide range of M&A transactions. He advises on capital market transactions (including IPOs and equity offerings), and corporate governance matters. He is also active in high-profile corporate litigation and arbitration.

Alberto Santa Maria

Litigation

Alberto Toffoletto

Equity Partner

Maurizio Traverso

Founding Partner

Sara Biglieri

Sara Biglieri is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office, Head of the Italian Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and Head of Europe Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. Sara provides high level legal assistance to large multinational groups and primary commercial and financial companies in Italy, dealing mostly with dispute resolution, arbitration and compliance issues, and supports clients on building the most suitable defence solutions to solve or mitigate business issues. She represents clients in litigated disputes before courts of any degree throughout Italy and before the Supreme Court and in commercial arbitrations. She is also an experienced arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations and she has been appointed by the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan in several arbitrations under its rules. Her areas of focus include a broad range of sectors including life science, large scale retail and fast moving consumer goods industries, real estate, banking and insurance. Sara assists clients in multifaceted corporate, commercial, real estate and banking disputes. Praised by clients for her practical approach, whilst focusing on the company’s interests, she also handles complex torts, product liability litigations and cases of unfair competition. Sara advises on all aspects of corporate compliance in accordance with Legislative Decree 231/2001, and she is an active member of Dentons’ European Compliance Product Group. She serves as either the president of or as a member on the Vigilance Committee (under Legislative Decree 231/2001) of several major Italian companies.

Stefano Modenesi

Davide Traina

Davide Traina is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office and a member of the global Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. He gained significant experience in the real estate sector, assisting national and international clients in complex real estate transactions and in the establishment of funds, as well as in the pre-contentious and contentious phases of commercial transactions, also in case of arbitration. Davide frequently deals with real estate and corporate litigations, as well as with post-closing claims and disputes on real estate development transactions.