At BonelliErede’s partners’ meeting on Saturday, 16 December, the partnership appointed the firm’s new board and made up seven new partners.

As announced in October, close to the expiry of the current board’s mandate, a new board was appointed whose members are: Riccardo Bordi, Emanuela Da Rin, Vittorio Pomarici, Catia Tomasetti and Gianfranco Veneziano. They will join Massimiliano Danusso and Eliana Catalano, who had already been appointed chairman and managing partner, respectively. The new board’s mandate will take effect on 1 January 2024. Also from January, the guidelines of BonelliErede’s multi-year strategic plan – presented at the partners’ meeting – will be implemented.

Furthermore, Giovanni Battaglia, Marco Bitetto, Vincenzo Dell’Osso, Matteo Erede, Giampaolo Genta and Giovanna Zagaria will join BonelliErede’s partnership. They will be joined by Richard Samuel, formerly of counsel at the firm’s London office.

Giovanni Battaglia has been with the firm since 2015 and focuses on banking and finance law, specialising in securitisation, structured finance, debt capital markets and financing transactions. He is a member of the Banks Focus Team and the Africa Team.

Marco Bitetto has been at BonelliErede since 2019, following the integration with Lombardi e Associati. He focuses on corporate law, PE and M&A, JVs and commercial agreements. He is a member of the Private Equity Focus Team.

Vincenzo Dell’Osso has been with the firm since 2016. He is a member of the Corporate Compliance & Investigations Focus Team and handles matters concerning, among other things, internal investigations in the field of international criminal investigations, corporate criminal liability (under Legislative Decree 231), anti-corruption and international sanctions.

Matteo Erede works in corporate litigation, corporate governance, corporate law, extraordinary transactions and capital markets. He has been with BonelliErede since 2013 and is a member of the Family Companies & SMEs and Private Clients focus teams.

Giampaolo Genta has been with the firm since 2012. He deals with taxation, especially international taxation, investment funds and PE structures, M&A and private clients. He is a member of the Art and Cultural Property and Private Clients focus teams.

Giovanna Zagaria has been with BonelliErede since 2011 and deals with administrative law, specialising in project finance, PPP projects, public procurement, public company management, town planning and regulatory matters. She is a member of the Environmental Sustainability and the Infrastructure, Energy & Ecological Transition focus teams.

Finally, Richard Samuel specialises in international commercial arbitration and is a member of BonelliErede’s arbitration team. He has been with the firm since September of this year.

Stefano Simontacchi and Andrea Carta Mantiglia, chairman and managing partner of BonelliErede, had this to say: “Once again, we are delighted to announce the appointment of new partners, most of which are the result of multi-year career development paths. For us, it is a success to be able to trust in our firm’s ability to regenerate internally and to cultivate so many talents across a wide variety of practices – a sign of the robust multidisciplinary abilities of our team and of the strong investment in young people that has always been in our DNA”. Looking ahead to the upcoming end of their term at the firm’s helm, both continued: “After closing the last 2 years with record-breaking results, we are proud to pass the baton to Massimiliano and Eliana with the knowledge that we all share the same strategic vision and with a multi-year action plan that, through everyone’s contribution, will guide BonelliErede’s growth and serve to only strengthen our leading market position in the years to come”.

Massimiliano Danusso and Eliana Catalano, who will take over as chairman and managing partner, respectively, on 1 January, had this to add: “We are happy to begin our adventure at BonelliErede’s helm. We would like to thank Stefano, Andrea and the members of the outgoing board for their excellent work, which we now have a duty to continue. We know we can count on their valuable contribution moving forward, as well as on that of all our people who will be involved in this new journey together. This is crucial to achieving the goals we have set, first and foremost that of continuing to retain the trust and confidence of our clients, in Italy and abroad, by nurturing the most talented lawyers to provide the highest standards of quality and support the continued success of our firm and the companies we advise”.