Osborne Clarke
Osborne Clarke represents significant domestic and international clients in complex, cross-border cases. The firm regularly acts for clients active in a range of sectors, including energy, real estate, technology and investments. Federico Banti heads the dispute resolution department and handles ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, such as under the ICC and CAM rules. Also of note are Francesco Berardi and Daniele Fontanari for their work handling energy and real estate disputes, respectively.
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Testimonials
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‘Francesco Berardi has shown high standing legal expertise and professionalism. He is able to advise on complex legal issues in civil, competition and commercial law matters and reassures clients by giving prompt and detailed responses. He has also shown great communication, interpersonal and leading skills.’
‘Good team work.’
‘Very competent, reliable and successful litigation management.’
‘Strong technical preparation and effective defence strategy.’
Key clients
- Sony Music Entertainment Italy S.p.A.
- Uber Technologies Inc. & Uber B.V.
- UCI Cinemas
- Capgemini Italia S.p.A.
- CC Lab Italia S.r.l
- Hanes Group
- Grifols Italia S.p.A.
- AGESP Energia S.r.l.
- Unieco Soc. Coop in LCA
- Fatro S.p.A.
- First Solar GmbH
- Pasubio Sviluppo S.p.A.
Work highlights
- Advising real estate and construction player Unieco on its mission to bring to account former directors, contractual parties and the professional certifier involved for their roles in an earlier debt restructuring agreement for the company that ended up costing it some €120m.
- Advising real estate company Pasubio Sviluppo in a high value insolvency-related litigation brought against banking group Credit Agricole.
- Providing comprehensive legal support to AGESP Energia, across a variety of public contracts and energy-regulatory issues.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Federico Banti