BonelliErede

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 professionals from various practice areas. The focus teams are organised by sector and practice area and pool professionals’ 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.

BonelliErede comprises 93 partners and over 500 professionals, including of counsel and associates of various seniority – bringing the total, including business support, to over 800 people.

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. In addition, thanks to a cooperation agreement with Zahaf & Partners, the firm is 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.