BonelliErede

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BonelliErede
Headquarters Milan, Italy
No. of officesEight
No. of lawyersOver 500
Major practice areasGeneral practice
Key people
  • Stefano Simontacchi (Chairman)
  • Andrea Carta Mantiglia (Managing Partner)
RevenueApproximately €200 million (2020)
Date founded1999 (Milan, Genoa and Brussels)
Company type Associazione tra professionisti
Website www.belex.com

BonelliErede is an Italian law firm. [1] 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.

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Legacy firms

Bonelli e Associati was founded in 1996 by Franco Bonelli, [2] 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, [3] 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, [4] 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. [5] 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.

In May 2019, BonelliErede announced the integration with Lombardi e Associati, one of the leading Italian independent law firms in litigation and corporate law. The integration came into force in July 2019. [6]

The firm is now managed by a Board of Directors that is made up of 9 partners, including the Chairman (Stefano Simontacchi) and the Managing Partner (Andrea Carta Mantiglia).In October 2020, beLab, BonelliErede's Alternative Legal Service Provider, gained its own autonomy and became a corporation. [7]

Name

In July 2015, the firm changed its name to BonelliErede. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Studi Legali: nasce BonelliErede". Corriere della Sera .
  2. ‘Biography of Franco Bonelli’ http://www.beplex.com/avvocati_fondatore.asp?lingua=eng&id=17 Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ‘Biography of Sergio Erede’ http://www.beplex.com/avvocati_fondatore.asp?lingua=eng&id=158 Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ‘Biography of Aurelio Pappalardo’ http://www.beplex.com/avvocati_fondatore.asp?lingua=eng&id=173 Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Three top Italian firms merge to fight UK and US predators", The Lawyer, 1999, archived from the original on 2012-12-11.
  6. "BonelliErede shakes up Italian legal market to merge with 70-strong rival Lombardi". Legal Business. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  7. "BonelliErede spins off alternative legal services business into separate company". www.globallegalpost.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.