BonelliErede
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
|---|---|
| No. of offices | Five |
| No. of lawyers | Approximately 350 [1] |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Revenue | €130 million[1] |
| Date founded | 1999 (Milan, Genoa and Bruxelles) |
| Company type | Associazione tra professionisti |
| Website | |
| www.belex.com | |
BonelliErede is an Italian law firm.[2] It was formed in 1999 when the Genoa-based Bonelli e Associati merged with the Milan-based Erede e Associati and the Brussels-based Pappalardo e Associati.
Legacy firms
Bonelli e Associati was founded in 1996 by Franco Bonelli,[3] an attorney in M&A and Litigation and Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Genoa.
Erede e Associati, founded in 1995, was led by Sergio Erede,[4] a graduate of the University of Milan and Harvard Law School. He had been previously associated with Sullivan & Cromwell and Hale & Dorr, now known as WilmerHale.
Pappalardo e Associati was founded in 1992 by Aurelio Pappalardo,[5] a graduate of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and the University of Chicago, who had previously worked at the Milan office of Jones Day.
Merger
The three-way merger was largely a result of market pressure during a period of rapid change in the Italian legal sector as international (mostly American and British) law firms such as Clifford Chance, and Shearman & Sterling actively sought to expand their existing operations, or open offices in Italy.[6] The merger was essentially a flanking operation that forced foreign firms to concentrate their energies on mergers with smaller Italian firms or to acquire specific teams.
The firm is managed by a Board of Directors that are made up of 6 partners, including the Managing Partner, Alberto Saravalle,[7][8] who was nominated in 2007. His predecessors were Giovanni Domenichini (2001–2007).[9] (1999–2001), and Umberto Nicodano[10]
Name
In July 2015, the firm changed its name to BonelliErede.[2]
References
- 1 2 "I numeri dello studio legale Bonelli Erede Pappalardo". Il Sole 24 Ore.
- 1 2 "Studi Legali: nasce BonelliErede". Corriere della Sera.
- ↑ ‘Biography of Franco Bonelli’ http://www.beplex.com/avvocati_fondatore.asp?lingua=eng&id=17
- ↑ ‘Biography of Sergio Erede’ http://www.beplex.com/avvocati_fondatore.asp?lingua=eng&id=158
- ↑ ‘Biography of Aurelio Pappalardo’ http://www.beplex.com/avvocati_fondatore.asp?lingua=eng&id=173
- ↑ "Three top Italian firms merge to fight UK and US predators", The Lawyer, 1999.
- ↑ ‘Biography of Alberto Saravalle’ http://www.beplex.com/avvocati_associato.asp?lingua=eng&id=178
- ↑ The Lawyer (2007) 'Bonelli: Alberto Saravalle' http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=130015\
- ↑ ‘Biography of Giovanni Domenichini’ http://www.beplex.com/avvocati_associato.asp?lingua=eng&id=157
- ↑ ‘Biography of Umberto Nicodano’ http://www.beplex.com/avvocati_associato.asp?lingua=eng&id=169