
Partner
Main office: Milan
Focus Team: Corporate Compliance & Investigations, Corporate Governance, Digital Innovation, Insurance
Expertise
- Corporate law
- Corporate governance
- Compliance
- M&A
- Resolution of complex disputes
- Foreign languages: English and French
Background
- Joined BonelliErede in 2024
- Member of the Digital Innovation Focus Team
- Member of the Corporate Compliance & Investigations Focus Team
- Member of the Corporate Governance Focus Team
- Member of the Insurance Focus Team
- Was managing partner and then senior partner at the Italian offices of an international law firm, where he also served on the firm’s Global Board
- Was managing partner at an Italian law firm that was part of a Big Four accounting firm’s network
- Member of several 231 supervisory bodies, advisory boards and boards of directors at Italian and international companies and financial institutions
- Author of textbooks and publications on corporate law and compliance
- Editor of a publication on business contracts put out by Il Sole 24 Ore, entitled I Contratti d’Impresa
Ranking and Awards
The Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 EMEA international legal directories list Alessandro as one of Italy’s top experts in corporate law, M&A and compliance
Testimonials
“Alessandro De Nicola is a lawyer of great knowledge in various fields as well as an authority in the field of compliance”
(Chambers and Partners)
Qualifications
- Adjunct professor of comparative business and European law at Bocconi University (Milan)
- Member of the Italian Bar
- MBA from Cambridge University
- PhD in Corporate Law and Economics from Cambridge University
- LLM from Cambridge University
- Law degree from Cattolica University of Milan

BonelliErede expands its team by adding 15 professionals - 14 February 2024
BonelliErede has strengthened its ranks with the arrival of 15 professionals led by Alessandro De Nicola from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s Milan offices. The addition of the new team members – who will be based in Milan – is part of a wider strategy to consolidate the firm’s Leg
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