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Celebrating the achievements of the finest
lawyers and legal teams in Italy
TopLegal Awards 2018
TOPLEGAL AWARDS
2018
Italy’s oldest and most exclusive legal awards ceremony, now
in its 11th year, took in place in the country’s two main
business centres, Milan and Rome
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T
he TopLegal Awards held last November once again broke records. A total of almost 900 gue-
sts gathered in Milan and Rome, Italy’s two principal legal business centres, to celebrate the
most important event of the year for Italian commercial lawyers. More than ever before in an
increasingly segmented market for legal services, Italian lawyers gravitate towards two different, but
ultimately complementary, geographical epicentres. Over the past decade, Milan has consolidated its
reputation as the unrivalled finance and transactional capital of Italy. Rome, the country’s political
capital, meanwhile, has confirmed its standing as an unrivalled centre for regulatory issues, disputes
and public law.
As happens every year at the TopLegal Awards, company counsel representing leading Italian cor-
porates and financial institutions were also in attendance, drawn to an event widely recognised as the
legal industry standard in Italy. Last year, a record 180 law firms nominated themselves for a prize.
The 2018 winners were selected by a joint team composed of TopLegal journalists and researchers
working throughout the year. Assisting them was a 32-strong panel of CEOs and in-house legal, tax
and employment experts drawn from a cross-section of domestic and international corporates based
The Technical Commission:
TopLegal jury panel
Umberto Baldi (Fincantieri)
Rossella Blasi (Ifom)
Paola Bottero (Autogrill)
Paola Brovelli (Samsung)
Francesco Carducci (Parmalat)
Dario Centomo (Volkswagen Italia)
Emanuela Chizzoni (Takeda Italia)
Sara Citterio (Trussardi)
Francesca Covone (Terna)
Federica Curcuruto (Payback)
Davide Davico (Ersel Sim)
Stefania Del Duca (Granarolo)
Primiano De Maria (IGT)
Andrea Di Paolo (British American Tobacco)
Enrica Dogali (De Cecco)
Maurizio Dottino (Gruppo Marcegaglia)
Tiziana Ferrantini (Acqualatina)
Filippo Gaggini (Progressio SGR)
Fabio Grimaldi (Piaggio)
Massimo Luksch (Volvo)
Francesco Marzari (Siram)
Elena Mauri (Ermenegildo Zegna)
Valentina Merlo (Alpiq Energia Italia)
Pietro Minaudo (Percassi)
Mario Montella (Sogei)
Domenico Muratori (Intesa Sanpaolo)
Marco Paglia (Agenzia Delle Entrate)
Claudio Picucci (ILVA)
Marco Pompeo (Arrow Global)
Alan Scampolo (Decathlon Italia)
Laura Segni (Banca IMI)
Cristina Sgubin (Italo)
Lina Vitolo (Iliad)
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in Italy. A total of 72 prizes were presented over the course of the two evenings in Milan and Rome. The winners were all decided following a highly selective process which many jury panellists likened to an informal beauty contest. In addition to evaluating the strictly legal technical merit of the candi- dates, the panel of experts also considered the quality of legal solutions proposed, the ability of candi- dates to offer innovative services and delivery models, and the level of investment made by law firms in relation to human capital and technology. Finally, the men and women of the jury also considered the overall practical impact and business outcome of legal services for corporate clients. Generally speaking, this year’s jury underscored the value for clients of legal teams and individual practitioners with a business or entrepreneurial vision beyond the legal remit. The legal profession’s sense of obligation towards its various stakeholders also gained increasing importance. The signifi- cance of social values beyond the balance sheet was visible in the Pro Bono, Diversity and Best Place to Work categories. The Highlights The winners of the heavyweight categories, as always, drew the most attention. Bruno Gattai of Gattai Minoli Agostinelli was recognised as the Lawyer of the Year. The prize for Senior Partner of the Year went to Orrick’s Alessandro De Nicola. Dentons was the surprise winner of the Italian Firm of the Year award, the firm’s first ever collective award. The lifetime achievement award for Excellence was presented to Luigi Macchi di Cellere, founding partner of Macchi di Cellere Gangemi. Among the serial winners, the team from BonelliErede come out top gathering an outstanding four prizes in the corporate/M&A, commercial criminal law, employment and tax categories. A further four law firms – Bird & Bird, Chiomenti, Gianni Origoni Grippo and Legance – were also among the big winners on the night, each receiving three awards each. 4 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
LAWYER OF THE YEAR Bruno Gattai (Gattai Minoli Agostinelli)
MANAGING/SENIOR PARTNER OF THE YEAR Alessandro De Nicola (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe)
EMERGING LAWYER OF THE YEAR Luca Amicarelli (Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli)
PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE Luigi Macchi di Cellere (Macchi di Cellere Gangemi)
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Lawyer of the Year,
Bruno Gattai
of Gattai Minoli Agostinelli
Senior Partner of the Year,
Alessandro De Nicola of
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Lawyer of the Year
BRUNO GATTAI (Gattai Minoli Agostinelli)
Led the expansion of the firm founded in 2012 which has steadily inched towards becoming a premier
full-service team in recent years. Recognised for M&A transactions on behalf of leading corporate and
private equity funds, Gattai guided CVC capital partners’ acquisition of Italian pharma multinational
Recordati.
Senior Partner of the Year
ALESSANDRO DE NICOLA (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe)
Recognised for steering the Italian practice to its best ever financial performance in 2017. Applau-
ded for his role in designing AI services for clients, De Nicola was among the group of professio-
nals commissioned to report on the new EU privacy directive, General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR).
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Emerging Lawyer of the Year,
Luca Amicarelli of Gianni
Origoni Grippo Cappelli
Luigi Macchi di Cellere
wins the Award for Excellence
Emerging Lawyer of the Year
LUCA AMICARELLI (Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli)
Selected for his contribution to the expansion of the firm’s environment practice, assisting chemi-
cal group Isagro and energy provider Saras. Amicarelli was also involved in drafting a report on
legislation relating to the use of water in agriculture for the World Bank.
Award for Excellence
LUIGI MACCHI OF CELLERE (Macchi di Cellere Gangemi)
Among the first generation of business lawyers trained in the U.S., Macchi di Cellere practiced
under the legendary Giuseppe Bisconti, one of the principal architects of the modern law firm in
Italy, and went to head Bisconti’s New York office in 1980. Six years later he founded his own firm
which went on to become among the market leaders for corporate and commercial law.
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TEAM CATEGORIES
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR Dentons
REGIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR, NORTHERN ITALY Leading Law
REGIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR, CENTRAL ITALY Fidanzia Gigliola
REGIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR, SOUTHERN ITALY Magrì Sersale Ambroselli
REGIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR, ISLANDS Giambrone
BEST PLACE TO WORK Hogan Lovells
INNOVATION LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR Deloitte Legal
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR FOR DIVERSITY Bird & Bird
PRO BONO LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR Baker McKenzie
LEGAL AFFAIRS FIRM OF THE YEAR Panetta
INDEPENDENT ITALIAN DESK OF THE YEAR Racine
INTERNATIONAL ITALIAN DESK OF THE YEAR Garrigues
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Dentons,
Law Firm of the Year
Leading Law, Regional Firm of the Year, Northern Italy
Law Firm of the Year
DENTONS
Dentons hit the ground running when it launched in Milan with eight professionals back in
2015. Since then it has expanded to 117 fee earners and launched a second office in Rome. In-
volved in significant transactions during 2018, including the $6 billion acquisition of automotive
component manufacturer Magneti Marelli by fund client KKR from FCA.
Regional Firm of the Year, Northern Italy
LEADING LAW
Launched only in 2016 as the first Italian network of notaries and lawyers, the firm has doubled
the number of its partners over the last two years. It advised renewable power plant operator
Asja Ambiente Italia on the acquisition of Tuscia Ambiente.
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Fidanzia Gigliola, Regional
Firm of the Year, Central Italy
Magrì Sersale Ambroselli,
Regional Firm of the Year,
Southern Italy
Regional Firm of the Year, Central Italy
GIGLIOLA FIDANZIA
As part of its European strategy, the firm won the public tender to advise the European Parliament on admi-
nistrative law issues. The team also successfully defended Consip, the public procurement operator owned
by the Ministry of the Economy and Finance (MEF) at the Council of State in a case brought by Capgemini.
The case involved a decision to award the contract for cloud computing, security and digital services for the
Public Administration sector worth €450 million.
Regional Firm of the Year, Southern Italy
MAGRÌ SERSALE AMBROSELLI
The firm made a strategic leap, signing a joint collaboration and development agreement with national hea-
vyweight Tonucci, to expand its activities in Italy and the Eastern European markets. It advised the the Cam-
pania regional authority on its controversial waste-to-energy plant at Acerra.
10 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Giambrone, Regional Firm
of the Year, Islands
Hogan Lovells, the Best
Place to Work
Regional Firm of the Year, Islands
GIAMBRONE
Acknowledged for its international expansion after agreeing a partnership with the Jordanian
law firm Abu Setta and a joint venture with a U.S. law firm. Mandates included advising on the
acquisition of a luxury hotel located in the Sardinian resort of Baja.
Best place to work
HOGAN LOVELLS
The firm launched Pathways, a professional growth plan based on constant feedback designed
to allow lawyers to monitor and improve their performance regularly. It also tolled out an Em-
ployee Assistance Program, offering free counselling and practical guidance on financial, legal,
family and work-related issues.
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Deloitte Legal, Innovation Law Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird, Law Firm of the
Year for Diversity
Innovation Law Firm of the Year
DELOITTE LEGAL
Led with its creation of its in-house “on demand” offering for clients allowing corporate legal
departments to draw on additional legal support at a flat rate to manages spikes in their wor-
kload.
Law Firm of the Year for Diversity
BIRD & BIRD
Launched “Together” aimed at reducing the gender gap by promoting cultural change and awa-
reness in favour of diversity.
13 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Baker McKenzie, Pro Bono
Law Firm of the Year
Panetta, Legal Affairs Firm
of the Year
Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year
BAKER MCKENZIE
Launched the Promoting Refugees Integration project in association with the State University
of Milan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The project aims
to help refugees make the transition into the world of work.
Legal Affairs Firm of the Year
PANETTA
The boutique made a name for itself in privacy compliance and data protection, advising Nexi, a
bank specialising in payment systems, on the transformation of its privacy compliance policies.
14 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Racine, Independent Italian
Desk of the Year
Garrigues, International
Italian Desk of the Year
Independent Italian Desk of the Year
RACINE
Founded in 2012, the Italian Desk advised women’s footwear company Sergio Rossi on a re-
structuring involving several of its stores in France.
International Italian Desk of the Year
GARRIGUES
Active for over fifteen years in the legal market, the Italian team advised Amplifon, the world’s
largest hearing aid retailer, on the acquisition of Spanish group Gaes, for €528 million.
15 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019CORPORATE & FINANCE
Team: BonelliErede
CORPORATE/M&A
Practitioner: Filippo Modulo (Chiomenti)
Team: Ashurst
BANKING & FINANCE
Practitioner: Andrea Novarese (Latham & Watkins)
DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS Team: White & Case
Practitioner: Emanuela Campari Bernacchi (Gattai Minoli Agostinelli)
EQUITY CAPITAL MARKETS Practitioner: Claudia Parzani (Linklaters)
Team: Legance
16 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019BonelliErede,
Corporate/M&A Law Firm
of the Year
Filippo Modulo (Chiomenti),
Corporate/M&A Lawyer
of the Year
Corporate/M&A Team of the Year
BONELLIEREDE
Assisted Italo, the only private operator in Europe for high-speed passenger rail transport, on its €2
billion sale to U.S. investor Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). The deal, one of the standout tran-
sactions of the year, was completed in only in two months.
Corporate/M&A Practitioner of the Year
FILIPPO MODULO (CHIOMENTI)
The firm’s managing partner was involved as adviser in the corporate stand-off between French operator
Vivendi and U.S. activist fund Elliott for the management of troubled telecoms giant, Telecom Italia.
17 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Ashurst, Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year
Andrea Novarese (Latham &
Watkins), Banking & Finance
Lawyer of the Year
Banking & Finance Team of the Year
ASHURST
Brought in for the largest ever solar financing in Europe, it advised the banks on the €1.02 billion debt
refinancing granted to Ef Kosmos, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enel Green Power and the F2i infra-
structure fund, partners in the Gruppo EF Solare Italia equal joint venture, the leading photovoltaic
operator in Italy.
Banking & Finance Practitioner of the Year
ANDREA NOVARESE (LATHAM & WATKINS)
Recognised as a trailblazer for innovative financings, he advised the pool of banks on the €900 million
financing granted to Italian high-speed train operator Italo-NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori) in
relation to its acquisition by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
18 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019White & Case, Debt
Capital Markets Law
Firm of the Year
Emanuela Campari Bernacchi
(Gattai Minoli Agostinelli),
Debt Capital Markets
Lawyer of the Year
Debt Capital Markets Team of the Year
WHITE & CASE
A thorough-bred for debt capital markets, it advised telecoms operator Wind Tre on its €7.3 billion
high-yield bond issue. With 20 international banks involved as bookrunners, the cross-border deal
represented the largest single euro issue by an individual borrower.
Debt Capital Markets Practitioner of the Year
EMANUELA CAMPARI BERNACCHI (GATTAI MINOLI AGOSTINELLI)
Involved in several innovative transactions, she advised Italian banking group BPER and BPER Factor
on the innovative disposal of a warehouse by way of a special purpose vehicle financed by factoring
contracts and reverse factoring.
19 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Legance, Equity Capital
Markets Law Firm of the Year
Claudia Parzani (Linklaters),
Equity Capital Markets
Lawyer of the Year
Equity Capital Markets Team of the Year
LEGANCE
Advised Quarantacinque on the voluntary public tender offer on the shares of listed Italian financial
software company Cad IT. This was the first time in Italy that a public offer was financed through the
issue of a non-convertible bond.
Equity Capital Markets Practitioner of the Year:
CLAUDIA PARZANI (LINKLATERS)
Assisted Pirelli on the listing of its ordinary shares on the Italian Bourse. The transaction, which saw
the re-listing of the Italian industrial giant two years after it was taken private, was one of the biggest
European IPOs of 2017.
20 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019DISPUTES
Team: Hogan Lovells
ARBITRATION
Practitioner: Galileo Pozzoli (Curtis Mallet Prevost Colt & Mosle)
Team: Lombardi Segni
LITIGATION: COMMERCIAL
Practitioner: Ferdinando Emanuele (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton)
Team: Bird & Bird
LITIGATION: PUBLIC LAW
Practitioner: Giorgio Fraccastoro (Fraccastoro)
LITIGATION: CASSATION Practitioner: Giuseppe Zizzo (Zizzo)
LITIGATION: INTERNATIONAL Practitioner: Andrea Saccucci (Saccucci)
21 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Hogan Lovells, Arbitration
Law Firm of the Year
Galileo Pozzoli (Curtis Mallet
Prevost Colt & Mosle),
Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
Arbitration Team of the Year:
HOGAN LOVELLS
Successfully defended digital mobile radio manufacturer Sepura in an arbitration initiated by its former di-
stributor for Italy, Sintel, which had claimed damages of €23 million. The case involved the supply of Tetra
radio terminals to the Italian Ministry of the Interior as part of a national security project financed by the
Italian Government to the tune of over €500 million and managed by defence company Leonardo.
Arbitration Practitioner of the Year:
GALILEO POZZOLI (CURTIS MALLET PREVOST COLT & MOSLE)
Appreciated for his track record in international arbitrations, he achieved the third consecutive victory for
the Republic of Uganda in arbitrations brought by Heritage, Tullow, and Total, leading to the definitive uphol-
ding of Uganda’s sovereign tax rights. The case involved tax issues and the transfer of exploitation rights
worth several hundreds of millions of dollars.
22 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Lombardi Segni,
Commercial Litigation Law
Firm of the Year
Ferdinando Emanuele
(Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton), Commercial
Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Commercial Litigation Team of the Year:
LOMBARDI SEGNI
The first-rate team was involved in a liability action against the former director general of troubled Italian bank
Monte dei Paschi di Siena over damages allegedly deriving from a complex multi-billion euro financial transaction
involving government bonds issued with Deutsche Bank. The judgement established that the bank’s current mana-
gement was not responsible for the decisions taken by its previous management team.
Commercial Litigation Practitioner of the Year:
FERDINANDO EMANUELE (CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON)
Applauded for his distinctive courtroom skills, he acted to defend Vivendi’s interests in the high-profile chal-
lenge launched by activist fund Elliott in its bid to acquire Telecom Italia (Tim). In an unprecedented decision,
the Court ruled in favour of Vivendi’s right to call for the re-election of Tim’s board of directors.
23 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Bird & Bird, Public Law
Litigation Law Firm
of the Year
Giorgio Fraccastoro
(Fraccastoro), Public Law
Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Public Law Litigation Team of the Year:
BIRD & BIRD
Successfully defended Telecom Italia in the proceedings brought by broadband rival Open Fiber in relation to the
Flash Fibre infrastructure development project for broadband networks.
Public Law Litigation Practitioner of the Year
GIORGIO FRACCASTORO (FRACCASTORO)
Successfully acted for the Sardinian medical centre, Polo Sanitario Sardegna Centrale, at the Council of State
(CdS) in proceedings that overturned a previous decision to cancel a project financing agreement. Valued at
over €1 billion, the project financing involved the construction and management of four hospital facilities.
24 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Giuseppe Zizzo (Zizzo),
Cassation Lawyer of the Year
Andrea Saccucci
(Saccucci), International
Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Cassation Practitioner of the Year
GIUSEPPE ZIZZO
Acclaimed for his work in tax law, he successfully defended a telecoms company on its entry into the Italian
mark against the Italian revenue authorities.
International Litigation Practitioner of the Year
ANDREA SACCUCCI (SACCUCCI)
Won an historic decision European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on behalf of the owners of an extensive
residential complex on the Vlora seafront that had been demolished by the Albanian authorities.
The Court upheld the appeal for infringement of ownership, the right to housing, and the right to legal
protection, and condemned the Albanian authorities to pay compensation totalling over €13 million. The
amount was the largest ever paid by Albania for a case brought before the ECHR.
25 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019EMPLOYMENT
Team: BonelliErede
EMPLOYMENT
Practitioner: Franco Toffoletto (Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo)
Team: LabLaw
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION
Practitioner: Annalisa Reale (Chiomenti)
Team: Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo
TRADE UNIONS & PENSIONS Practitioner: Francesco Rotondi (LabLaw)
Team: Legance
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Practitioner: Cristina Capitanio (Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli)
26 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019BonelliErede, Employment
Law Firm of the Year
Franco Toffoletto (Toffoletto
De Luca Tamajo),
Employment Lawyer
of the Year
Employment Team of the Year
BONELLIEREDE
Handled a highly complex case involving Unicredit and Assicurazioni Generali on new regulations concer-
ning remuneration, incentives and individual contracts. The mandate has become a case study for employ-
ment law in the banking sector.
Employment Practitioner of the Year
FRANCO TOFFOLETTO (TOFFOLETTO DE LUCA TAMAJO)
Designed a new platform for HR departments and clients to create customized employment contracts in real
time during interviews.
27 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019LabLaw, Employment Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Annalisa Reale
(Chiomenti), Employment
Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Employment Litigation Team of the Year
LABLAW
Defended temp staffing firm Adecco in a complex dispute, the first of its kind, concerning the legitimacy of a
unilateral option in favour of the employer to apply the non-compete agreement signed by an employee. The
team overturned an original judgement in the Italian Supreme Court, setting a new legal precedent.
Employment Litigation Practitioner
ANNALISA REALE (CHIOMENTI)
Flanked Etihad Airways in a dispute involving issues of jurisdiction and the applicability of national law relating
to an employment contract and its termination in the United Arab Emirates. The appellant lost his appeal to
invoke the application of Italian law and claim damages against Etihad.
28 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo,
Trade Unions & Pensions
Lawyer of the Year
Francesco Rotondi
(LabLaw), Trade Unions &
Pensions Lawyer of the Year
Trade Unions & Pensions Team of the Year
TOFFOLETTO DE LUCA TAMAJO
Assisted Autogrill, an Italian-based multinational catering company, in relation to a “Cross-generational deal”
that involved about 500 workers throughout the country. The case was resolved by allowing those workers
close to retirement to access funds from the company, a measure shared by and adopted with the full consent
of the trade union.
Trade Unions & Pensions Practitioner of the Year
FRANCESCO ROTONDI (LABLAW)
Headed negotiations with the trade union for Italiaonline, a digital communications and marketing company,
at the Ministry of Labour. An agreement was reached following a four-month long strike by workers to ratify
a collective dismissal procedure involving 400 redundancies.
29 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Legance, Industrial
Relations Law Firm
of the Year
Cristina Capitanio
(Gianni Origoni Grippo
Cappelli) Industrial Relations
Lawyer of the Year
Industrial Relations Practitioner of the Year
LEGANCE
The team advised commissioners at Italian steel company Ilva in relation to its extraordinary administration
procedure and acquisition by ArcelorMittal. Ilva, which has Europe’s largest steel output and over 10,000
employees, has been shrouded in controversy and political tensions over its fate.
Industrial Relations Practitioner of the Year
CRISTINA CAPITANIO (GIANNI ORIGONI GRIPPO CAPPELLI)
Assisted ArcelorMittal on the employment aspects of its €1.8 billion acquisition of Italian steel company Ilva,
currently in extraordinary administration. The acquisition involved numerous stakeholders including the
Ministry for Economic Development and the Ministry of the Environment.
30 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Team: Trevisan & Cuonzo
PATENT LITIGATION Practitioner: Stefania Bergia (Simmons & Simmons)
Team: Orsingher Ortu
TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHT
Practitioner: Massimiliano Mostardini (Bird & Bird)
31 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Trevisan & Cuonzo, Patent
Litigation Law Firm
of the Year
Stefania Bergia (Simmons &
Simmons), Patent Litigation
Industrial Relations
Lawyer of the Year
Patent Litigation Team of the Year
TREVISAN & CUONZO
Won a significant ruling for Boehringer which clarified the rules governing the activities of active pharma-
ceutical ingredient manufacturers in Italy. With a ground-breaking decision, the Milan Court found Teva
and its affiliate company Sicor liable for patent infringement in a case concerning Boehringer Ingelheim’s
exclusive rights on the active pharmaceutical ingredient.
Patent Litigation Practitioner of the Year
STEFANIA BERGIA (SIMMONS & SIMMONS)
Won a victory for Sulbana, a Swiss company that manufactures food and hygiene equipment, on the loss
of confidential technical know-how.
32 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Orsingher Ortu, Trademarks
and Copyright Law
Firm of the Year
Massimiliano Mostardini
(Bird & Bird), Trademarks
and Copyright
Lawyer of the Year
Trademarks and Copyright Team of the Year
ORSINGHER ORTU
Praised for its track record in protecting the worldwide management of brand portfolios, the team succes-
sfully assisted Ferrari against counterfeiting activities by manufacturers of scale model cars.
Trademarks and Copyright Practitioner of the Year
MASSIMILIANO MOSTARDINI (BIRD & BIRD)
Advised and litigated for Nestlé in relation to trademark infringements to the Nespresso and Nescafé
Dolce Gusto brands.
33 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019CRIMINAL COMMERCIAL
CRIMINAL COMMERCIAL: Team: De Castiglione Guaineri
ENVIRONMENT Practitioner: Massimo Dinoia (Dinoia Federico Pelanda Uslenghi)
CRIMINAL COMMERCIAL: Team: Cagnola
FINANCE Practitioner: Giorgio Perroni (Perroni)
CRIMINAL COMMERCIAL:
Practitioner: Giorgio Perroni (Perroni)
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
CRIMINAL COMMERCIAL: Team: BonelliErede
CORPORATE Practitioner: Giuseppe Fornari (Fornari)
CRIMINAL COMMERCIAL: Team: Diodà
TAX Practitioner: Roberto Pisano (Pisano)
34 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Risk of criminal offence in connection with
the international circulation of works of art
and culture
Avv. Francesco Isolabella, Avv. Nicola Pietrantoni
T he international circulation of works of art and cul-
ture, as provided and regulated by Law (D. Lgs.)
42/2004, is undoubtedly an issue of significant, current
under €13,500” (art. 65, par. 4). Competent authorities,
in these cases, request from the interested party a decla-
ration, pursuant to art. 47 of Presidential Decree (DPR)
and evolving relevance. As a matter of fact, the Italian 445/2000, that the works “… fall within the cases in which
Council of Ministers during its session of 28/2/2019, authorisation is not requested” (art. 65, par. 4-bis).
resolved on yet another intervention on applicable laws Having received the declaration, the export office
and regulations to “improve the effectiveness, transpa- may prevent the circulation of the work only if it con-
rency and efficiency of the control function over the cir- siders that such work displays “an exceptional artistic,
culation at a national and international level of works of historic, archaeological or ethnic/anthropological interest
art and culture”. Of particular significance, the criminal for the integrity and fullness of the cultural heritage of the
consequences that may affect not only Italian and foreign Nation” (art. 10, par. 3, letter d-bis). If on the one hand the
sector operators (auction houses, art galleries, museums, so-called “self-certification” mechanism eases the export
private collectors), but also any physical or legal person procedure, on the other it risks amplifying implications
– including foreign – who owns or is a potential buyer of a criminal nature. For example, the untruthfulness of a
of a work that has artistic or cultural interest. In a growin- statement on the ownership of the work, its financial va-
gly global market, in which on a daily basis, commercial lue, the date of its creation, and the inevitable consequen-
transactions are closed also having as object works of art ces not only in terms of false statement to a public officer
of a substantial financial value, the transfer of such wor- (art. 495 of the Criminal Code), but also receiving of sto-
ks in EU countries and outside of the EU represents one len goods (art. 648 of the Criminal Code), money launde-
of the most problematic and regulated issues, both at a ring (art. 648-bis of the Criminal Code) and self-money
national and EU level. Italian laws and regulations on the laundering (art. 648-ter of the Criminal Code), which
matter, aimed at fighting the unlawful trafficking of cultu- may involve several subjects. The current regulatory
ral heritage and at protecting the integrity of the national framework, as anticipated, is rapidly and continuously
artistic heritage, provides bans and limitations to circula- evolving. It is useful to remember that the Chamber, in
tion outside of Italy, on the basis of the characteristics of its session of 22/6/2017, approved a wording (not yet
the individual works. In general, for the export of assets discussed in the Senate) that provided, among other no-
having cultural interest, an authorisation for definitive velties, a worsening of punishments for criminal offences
(art. 68) or temporary (art. 71) free circulation must be against cultural heritage, and the inclusion of such cri-
obtained from the local Soprintendenza (art authority). minal offences in the catalogue of so-called “underlying
In the absence of this, there could be a criminal case of offences” pursuant to Law (D. Lgs.) 231/2001 (“admini-
“unlawful exit and export”, with seizure of the work and strative liability of legal persons”). If this stance were to
interdiction for the sentenced perpetrator (art. 174). translate into law, it would demand that companies set
The latest legislative action of 2017, aimed at easing – up an internal organisation and management model sui-
and thus favouring – the export and commercial exchan- table for the prevention of specific criminal offence risks
ge of specific categories of works (in particular, modern – especially foreign companies present in Italy and with
and contemporary artworks), allowed for the departure high frequency of cross-border activities.
from Italy, without authorisation from the Ministry, of
“works of painting, sculpture, graphics or any object of a Finalist
Criminal Commercial
living author or whose realisation is not older than seven-
ty years” and of “things that hold cultural interest, are the
Studio Legale Associato Isolabella
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35 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019De Castiglione Guaineri,
Criminal Commercial
Environment Law
Firm of the Year
Massimo Dinoia (Dfs),
Criminal Commercial
Environment Lawyer
of the Year
Criminal Commercial, Environment Team of the Year
DE CASTIGLIONE GUAINERI
Secured the definitive acquittal at the Supreme Court of the former CEO of Italian energy giant Enel, accused
of environmental disaster in relation to the operations of Italy’s largest thermo-electric power plant.
Criminal Commercial, Environment Practitioner of the Year
MASSIMO DINOIA (DFS)
Defended the former CEO of Solvay’s Italian operations accused of contaminating waters in the Italian town
of Alessandria following a chromium emergency. The judgement limited the criminal responsibility of the
client leading to his full acquittal.
36 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Cagnola, Criminal
Commercial Finance Law
Firm of the Year
Giorgio Perroni (Perroni),
Criminal Commercial
Finance Lawyer of the Year
Criminal Commercial, Finance Team of the Year
CAGNOLA
Successfully defended the CEO of Savio Macchine Tessili, which manufactures automatic winders, in an alle-
ged case of fraud against the Italian State bought by the Public Prosecutor at the appellate court.
Criminal Commercial, Finance Practitioner of the Year
GIORGIO PERRONI (PERRONI)
Represented the former director general of Italian bank Banca Popolare di Milano, Enzo Chiesa, in relation
to charges of aggravated fraud issuing from a bond issue placed by the bank. The case was thrown out by the
Court of Milan.
37 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019The Perroni e Associati law firm, whose founding members are Giorgio Perroni and Elisabetta Busuito, has offices in
Milan and Rome.
Thanks to the experience acquired over many years, the firm offers a wide range of legal services in the main criminal
law areas, both in court and out-of-court, guaranteeing clients top quality, timely, reliable professional assistance.
The law firm now comprises ten professionals, who are all specialized in various sectors of criminal law.
Moreover, through both its Rome and Milan offices and thanks to its wide network of professional contacts with other
leading law firms all over Italy and abroad, it offers clients comprehensive legal counsel, also within the EU and interna-
tional framework.
Our law firm is highly specialized in the field of white-collar crimes.
Thanks to the consolidated experience, expertise and sensitivity of its founding partners, combined with the first-rate
work of its seasoned professionals, the law firm provides high quality, timely and efficient legal assistance in criminal
proceedings, in particular as regards:
- Corporate crimes - Medical liability
- Bankruptcy and insolvency crimes - Crimes against the public administration
- Workplace safety and health crimes - Crimes against the delivery of justice
- Brokerage crimes - Environmental and planning crimes
- Tax crimes - Crimes concerning honour, privacy and reputation
- Banking crimes (defamation in print or other mass communication media)
- Crimes against property - Crimes in the field of public procurement and privatized
- Crimes against public faith public enterprises
- Computer crimes - Crimes against the person (murder, bodily injuries,
stalking)
- Administrative liability of legal entities
Besides providing in-court assistance and defence, the law firm offers out-of-court advice in the form of consultancy on
countless aspects of business activity involving possible offences, also in terms of drafting, maintaining and updating
of the appropriate Organisation and Management Models, in accordance with Legislative Decree 231 dated 8 June, 2001
on the administrative liability of legal entities and companies.
In recent years, the firm has continued to achieve important professional success on very delicate, complex issues,
both from a strictly legal point of view but also as regards the reputation of the subjects involved (with all the ensuing
problems linked to the media coverage of the trials).
Circonvallazione Clodia, 29 Corso di Porta Vittoria, 46 segreteriaroma@perronieassociati.it
00195 ROMA, Italia 20122 MILANO, Italia segreteriamilano@perronieassociati.it
+39 06 68392041 +39 02 5456105 amministrazione@perronieassociati.it
fax +39 06 68308091 fax +39
38 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL 02 55199809
EDITION April 2019 www.perronieassociati.itGiorgio Perroni (Perroni),
Criminal Commercial Public
Administration Lawyer
of the Year
BonelliErede, Criminal
Commercial Corporate Law
Firm of the Year
Criminal Commercial, Public Administration Practitioner of the Year
GIORGIO PERRONI (PERRONI)
Defended Susanna Masi, a former EY tax expert employed as advisor to Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan,
who was accused of passing on details of confidential discussions and impending tax planning decisions of
interest to the accountants’ corporate clients. Masi was also suspected of seeking to sway discussions in the
ministry in line with the interests of EY clients, in return for payments totalling €220,000 between 2013 and
2015. The allegations were found to be unfounded and the case against Masi was dismissed.
Criminal Commercial, Corporate Team of the Year
BONELLIEREDE
Successfully defended Nuova Banca delle Marche, the good bank created from the insolvency of Banca delle
Marche, in a criminal case brought against two of the bank’s former clients accused of corruption between
private parties along with the Banca delle Marche’s former general manager.
39 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Giuseppe Fornari (Fornari),
Criminal Commercial
Corporate Lawyer of the Year
Diodà, Criminal Commercial Tax Law Firm of the Year
Criminal Commercial, Corporate Practitioner of the Year
GIUSEPPE FORNARI (FORNARI)
Represented the CEO of failed online directory and internet company Seat Pagine Gialle in an alleged case of
fraudulent bankruptcy leading to the annulment of a ban on the client from holding any further managerial
positions.
Criminal Commercial, Tax Team of the Year
DIODÀ
The team successfully defended a major Italian group on a transfer pricing case in which it was alleged that
the client had fraudulently benefited from the application of foreign taxation rules.
40 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Roberto Pisano (Pisano),
Criminal Commercial Tax
Lawyer of the Year
Criminal Commercial, Tax Practitioner of the Year:
ROBERTO PISANO (PISANO)
Reversed a first-instance conviction for Marco Giorgi, CEO of Aion Renewables, an Italian listed manu-
facturer of photovoltaic systems, in a trial relating to VAT fraud.
42 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC LAW: Team: Lipani Catricalà
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Practitioner: Anna Romano (Satta Romano)
PUBLIC LAW: Team: Legance
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES Practitioner: Damiano Lipani (Lipani Catricalà)
PUBLIC FINANCE Practitioner: Marco Cerritelli (McDermott Will & Emery)
Team: Ristuccia & Tufarelli
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT & PPP
Practitioner: Francesco Sciaudone (Grimaldi)
Team: Lombardi Segni
HEALTH & WELFARE
Practitioner: Paolo De Carlo (R&p Legal)
43 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Lipani Catricalà, Public Law
Public Administration Law
Firm of the Year
The Satta Romano team
collect the award for Public
Law Public Administration
Lawyer of the Year
Public Law, Public Administration Team of the Year
LIPANI CATRICALÀ
Advised the newly-launched National Railway Safety Agency on developing its operating model, technical
regulation of the railway sector, as well as certification and supervision.
Public Law, Public Administration Practitioner of the Year
ANNA ROMANO (SATTA ROMANO)
Acted as consultant to the ministry for economic development in relation to an international arbitration
involving the protections of a foreign investor under the Energy Charter Treaty.
44 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Legance, Public Law
State-owned Enterprises
Law Firm of the Year
Damiano Lipani (Lipani
Catricalà), Public Law
State-owned Enterprises
Lawyer of the Year
Public Law, State-owned Enterprises Team of the Year:
LEGANCE
The team assisted airport operator, Aeroporti di Puglia, on State Aid rules in relation to the extension of
a runway.
Public Law, State-owned Enterprises Practitioner of the Year
DAMIANO LIPANI (LIPANI CATRICALÀ)
Advised electricity utility A2A on the construction of a purification plant that avoided EU infringement
proceedings.
45 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Marco Cerritelli (McDermott
Will & Emery), Public
Finance Lawyer of the Year
Ristuccia & Tufarelli, Public
Procurement & PPP Law
Firm of the Year
Public Finance (Practitioner)
MARCO CERRITELLI (MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY)
Advised public bank Istituto per il Credito Sportivo, set up to promote sport and culture in Italy, on the
innovative financing deal for the Cortina 2021 public foundation. The deal related to the investment pro-
gramme for the 2021 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships to be held in Cortina.
Public Procurement & PPP Team of the Year
RISTUCCIA & TUFARELLI
Assisted broadband company Fastweb on its tender for fixed-line telephony services for the Italian public
administration. The tender involved a four-year agreement worth €925 million and saw the firm successful-
ly defend their client in court for the appeal mounted by former incumbent Telecom Italia.
46 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019A NICHE LAW FIRM SINCE 1954
Public procurement Telecommunications Banking Corporate Litigation
and public law and IT Law and finance law
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47 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019 ABOUT US
00193 ROME - ITALY 20121 MILAN - ITALY PEC: RISTUF@PEC.RISTUF.ITThe Grimaldi team collect
the award for Public
Procurement & PPP
Lawyer of the Year
Lombardi Segni,
Health & Welfare Law
Firm of the Year
Public Procurement & PPP Practitioner of the Year
FRANCESCO SCIAUDONE (GRIMALDI)
Acknowledged for his representation of Consip, the public procurement operator owned by the Ministry
of the Economy and Finance (MEF), relating to public procurement cases before the regional administra-
tive court (TAR).
Health & Welfare Team of the Year
LOMBARDI SEGNI
Advised the San Raffaele Hospital near Milan on its agreement with the Telethon Foundation, the leading
Italian charity organization that invests in research on rare genetic diseases, to create the Sr-Tiget Institute,
a joint-venture to develop pre-clinical and clinical research on incurable genetic diseases.
48 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Paolo De Carlo (R&P
Legal), Health & Welfare
Lawyer of the Year
Health & Welfare Practitioner of the Year
PAOLO DE CARLO (R&P LEGAL)
Advised Materias, an early stage combined accelerator for innovative materials-based start-ups, on its
agreements with universities and research centres, both in Italy and abroad.
49 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019REGULATORY
Team: Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli
ANTITRUST Practitioner: Marco D’Ostuni (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton)
Team: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
AUTHORITIES: LITIGATION
Practitioner: Fabio Cintioli (Cintioli)
Team: Macchi di Cellere Gangemi
REGULATORY
Practitioner: Romeo Battigaglia (Simmons & Simmons)
50 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Gianni Origoni
Grippo Cappelli, Antitrust
Law Firm of the Year
Marco D’Ostuni
(Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton, left), Antitrust
Lawyer of the Year
Antitrust Team of the Year
GIANNI ORIGONI GRIPPO CAPPELLI
Successfully defended multinational oil and gas company ENI in case brought by Alitalia following an inve-
stigation by the Italian competition authority (AGMC). The investigation centred on an alleged agreement
restricting the supply of aviation fuel by six energy companies in the Italian market.
Antitrust Practitioner of the Year
MARCO D’OSTUNI (CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON)
Represented Sky Italia in the confirmation of the earlier suspension of MediaPro Italia’s sale of Serie A
football audio-visual rights. The dispute concerned the competitive procedure for the assignment of tele-
vision rights related to top flight Italian league football.
51 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Freshfields
Bruckhaus Deringer,
Authorities Litigation Law
Firm of the Year
The team from Cintioli
collect the Authorities
Litigation Lawyer
of the Year Award
Authorities Litigation Team of the Year
FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
Assisted steelmaker Acciai Speciali Terni with a judicial proceeding before the regional court (TAR) of
Milan regarding the annulment of the Italian Energy Authority’s resolution concerning incentives to ener-
gy-intensive users.
Authorities, Litigation Practitioner of the Year
FABIO CINTIOLI (CINTIOLI)
Successfully represented Vodafone in a dispute against incumbent Telecom Italia which annulled a resolu-
tion by the communication authority (Agcom) in relation to the promotion of repeat offers for consumers.
52 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Macchi di Cellere Gangemi,
Regulatory Law Firm
of the Year
Romeo Battigaglia
(Simmons and Simmons,
far right), Regulatory
Lawyer of the Year
Regulatory Team of the Year:
MACCHI DI CELLERE GANGEMI
Assisted Spanish energy company Iberdrola on its access to the liberalised Italian energy and gas market,
advising the client on unfair competition, privacy, antitrust, and consumer law matters.
Regulatory Practitioner of the Year
ROMEO BATTIGAGLIA (SIMMONS & SIMMONS)
Assisted Blackstone in obtaining one of the first authorisations to do direct lending in Italy, granted by the
Bank of Italy to a foreign alternative investment fund.
53 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019TAX
Team: BonelliErede
TAX
Practitioner: Giuseppe Andrea Giannantonio (Chiomenti)
Team: Maisto
TAX: LITIGATION
Practitioner: Pietro Piccone Ferrarotti (Ludovici Piccone)
54 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019BonelliErede, Tax Law
Firm of the Year
Giuseppe Andrea
Giannantonio (Chiomenti),
Tax Lawyer of the Year
Tax Team of the Year
BONELLIEREDE
Advised listed French company Foncière des Régions and its Italian subsidiary Beni Stabili Siiq, on the tax aspects
of their business integration. The deal is the first acquisition of an Italian real estate investment trust merger by a tax
non-resident company.
Tax: Practitioner of the Year:
GIUSEPPE ANDREA GIANNANTONIO (CHIOMENTI)
Advised French private equity firm Ardian on the conversion of a real estate investment fund into a incorporated
investment fund (Sicaf). The new fund, providing the investment platform for Ardian in Italy, set a market precedent
for Italian tax rules.
55 • TOPLEGAL AWARDS – SPECIAL EDITION April 2019Maisto, Tax Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Pietro Piccone
Ferrarotti (Ludovici Piccone),
Tax Litigation Lawyer
of the Year
Tax: Practitioner of the Year
MAISTO
Represented Amazon which settled a tax dispute with the Italian authorities by paying €100 million. The Italian tax
authorities had pursued a criminal investigation into whether the e-commerce giant evaded tax in Italy for four years
between 2011 and 2015.
Tax, Litigation Practitioner of the Year:
PIETRO PICCONE FERRAROTTI (LUDOVICI PICCONE)
Represented four Italian subsidiaries of a multinational in relation to an investigation into an alleged multi-year
transfer pricing violation.
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