Experienced Lawyers

Achieve your full potential through exposure to different clients on complex, high-profile work as part of our collegiate global community. Here, global reach means more than location. It’s the way we work beyond borders. Sharing ideas, knowledge and local market expertise on cross-jurisdictional work, our teams learn and develop together. We encourage creativity and diversity of thought. So, bring your international mindset and collaborative approach and we’ll empower you to explore different ways of working and unlock new ways forward for clients. We’ll value the contributions you make to the firm’s vision. And we’ll support you to embrace every challenge – to make the progress you want.

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Our work is based on a thorough understanding of our clients' immediate business objectives and long-term strategy, their industry sector, their products or services and the commercial reality of the markets in which they operate. Our experience has taught us how to work efficiently on complex projects and ensure that we use our resources – and our clients' time – as effectively as possible. And clients say that our approach and our talented lawyers deliver the right results.

We work closely with our top-tier clients, addressing the challenges and conflicts they face, being innovative in the solutions proposed, advising on front-page deals, and contributing when necessary with a cross-border service.

We make the most of the global firm's infrastructure and resources without in any way relinquishing the distinctive Italian flavor of our offices locally. We encourage our lawyers to develop themselves in their own practices as quickly and effectively as possible, with autonomous client contact and transaction management as twin goals.

The following areas represent the main focus of our work in Milan and Rome.

Antitrust Corporate and M&A Global Financial Markets Global Tech Group Litigation & Dispute Resolution Real Estate Tax, Pensions, Employment and Incentives

Antitrust

Clifford Chance's Italian Competition Group represents one of the most experienced antitrust teams in Italy within this area and one of the leading firms among the international peers based in Italy. Clifford Chance's major strength consists of the unique combination of:

cutting-edge antitrust traditional advice – our team covers a full range of areas from assistance in anticompetitive agreements and abuse of dominant proceedings, merger control to state aid, FDIs, consumer protection, private enforcement having significantly increased these latter activities over the past years in line with market needs;
a deep local expertise and a full understanding of Italian clients' needs and the market;
a strong knowledge of EU Law and the global environment.

Corporate and M&A

We have been advising on some of the most prestigious and complex deals taking place in the Italian market and abroad, which make Clifford Chance the go-to firm for the most complex and challenging M&A domestic and cross-border deals. Our structure allows us to combine the delivery of global transaction management with expert local advice. We work in all sectors of industry, including banks, insurance, industrials, energy, infrastructures, technology, media and telecommunications, luxury and fashion, consumer goods and pharmaceuticals.

Global Financial Markets

Our Global Financial Markets practice consistently acts on complex, high-value deals in the Italian financial markets, with experts in English, US and Italian Law. Our clients include financial institutions acting as arrangers and lenders, as well as borrowing entities, which we advise in relation to investment grade/corporate financings, leveraged and bank/bond financings, debt restructurings and project financings; on the capital markets side, our team is constantly involved in many of the most groundbreaking debt and equity transactions in the Italian market over the last few years.

Global Tech Group

Our Tech Group is an integrated multi-disciplinary team of over 400 technology-focused lawyers around the world delivering holistic, joined-up advice covering the many strands of law and deal-making where Clifford Chance advises. We deliver expert legal advice to clients on their most exciting, complex and transformational tech-related matters, providing fantastic career opportunities for our recruits.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Our litigation practice is uniquely positioned in the Italian market thanks to its unrivaled combination of civil and criminal experience that no other domestic or international law firm is able to provide. Our team combines the international approach and advantages of our global network with the distinct style of Italian litigation firms, due to our academic credentials and domestic experience. Thanks to its standing among litigation law firms in Italy, our professionals are called upon to represent domestic and international clients in the most visible and complex matters, which include banking, financial and insurance litigation, corporate and commercial litigation, regulatory investigation and financial crimes, arbitration and intellectual property cases.

Real Estate

Our leading real estate team work with clients in every aspect of the market – from investors, developers and occupiers to banks, insurance companies, private equity groups, funds and asset managers. We combine legal expertise and market knowledge across construction, real estate investment trusts, real estate and the environment.

Tax, Pensions, Employment and Incentives

The Clifford Chance Tax Team is a leader in the Italian market, having consolidated its reputation among the main domestic and international players. Today it consists of a core group of professionals with highly specialised legal, tax and accountancy skills. Our TPE practice, also includes an Employment team focused on a wide range of labour, HR and employment issues, providing strategic, practical and timely advice to help clients deliver effective business solutions to their internal stakeholders.