Clifford Chance attracts instructions for civil, white-collar criminal and regulatory matters and handles cases before courts of all levels. The firm’s dispute specialisms include corporate and commercial, arbitration, restructuring and insurance, regulatory enforcement and criminal defence. Head of practice Fabio Guastadisegni represents clients before the Italian supreme court, with a focus on insolvency and restructuring as well as banking and finance. Carlo Felice Giampaolino specialises in commercial, insurance and corporate issues, regularly appearing before arbitral tribunals and the commercial courts. Andrea Tuninetti Ferrari is noted for his work handling IP and data law disputes.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Antonio Golino and Giuseppe Principato are excellent, efficient and knowledgeable.’

  • ‘Responsive team. Good understanding of the situation and the client's needs. Technical knowledge and also a view on strategy to win the case.'

  • ‘Carlo Felice Giampaolino and Alessandro Sciarra have strong technical knowledge and a clear view on strategies to win a case.’

  • ‘Fabio Guastadisegni is a secure, established, exceptionally knowledgeable and respected partner.'

  • ‘A broad set of competencies. Well balanced in terms of diversity. Very quick in assessing the issues, and exceptionally strong in identifying solutions and alternatives.'

Key clients

  • Webuild
  • Crédit Agricole
  • Citibank
  • Credit Suisse
  • Cinven
  • ING

Work highlights

  • Assisting Citibank in a dispute commenced by the extraordinary commissioners of Tirrenia in bankruptcy to claw-back the security package granted by Moby S.p.A. and CIN – Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione S.p.A. on their fleet.
  • Advising the board of directors of Cinven, a primary private equity house, on regulatory and litigation risks arising from the potential wind-down of Eurovita, a major insurance company.
  • Assisting the Italian branch of a primary global bank headquartered in the Netherlands in relation to a major litigation brought before the High Court of Justice – Commercial Court by a Russian entity claiming the payment of advanced performance bonds issued by the Italian branch of the client in relation to a construction contract entered into between an Italian Corporate and the Russian entity.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Fabio Guastadisegni

Other key lawyers

Carlo Felic Giampaolino, Andrea Tuninetti Ferrari, Alessandro Sciarra, Giuseppe Principato