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About

The firm: Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici (GPBL) is a full-service, independent law firm, representing the benchmark for complex corporate and structured finance transactions in Italy. With offices in Milan, Rome, London, the firm acts as advisors for national and international clients on the structuring of their mergers, acquisitions, listings, restructurings and financial transactions, also providing legal and tax assistance to banks, corporations, public companies and other entities offering a cutting-edge innovative and sophisticated solutions both in corporate and structured finance transactions and in complex litigation matters.

GPBL supports clients through 16 specialised focus teams offering tailor made innovative and sophisticated solutions. The firm’s clients are prominent corporations and financial institutions — including several listed companies — and high-net-worth individuals in Italy and abroad.

As of 1 January 2021, Gatti Pavesi Bianchi merged with Ludovici Piccone & Partners, moving towards an important path of growth and internationalization by combining the practices of Gatti Pavesi Bianchi with tax and wealth planning, in which Ludovici Piccone & Partners enjoys a recognized expertise.

Main areas of practice

  • Administrative law
  • Banking and finance
  • Bankruptcy and restructuring
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Corporate law
  • Economic public law
  • Energy, utilities and infrastructure
  • Financial markets and securities investments
  • Intellectual property and data protection
  • Investment management and financial institutions regulation
  • Labour law and industrial relations
  • Litigation and arbitration
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Private clients / HNWI
  • Private equity
  • Real estate
  • Transfer pricing
  • Tax

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish

Memberships

  • AIFI (Italian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association)
  • AIPB (Italian Private Banking Association)
  • IFA (International Fiscal Association)
  • Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP)
  • IBA (International Bar Association)

Staffing Figures

  • 170+ Number of lawyers