Jones Day

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Law Firm Overview

Jones Day’s Milan Office opened in 2001 and has steadily grown to its present size of 30 professionals. We are strategically located in the commercial and financial center of Italy and advise Italian and international clients on a comprehensive range of legal matters.

Our Milan Office advises clients on corporate and commercial matters, with particular emphasis on the following areas of law: Antitrust & Competition; Banking & Finance, including banking litigation; Business Restructuring & Reorganization, including pre-insolvency and insolvency matters for issues related to structured finance products and derivatives; Capital Markets; Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Energy; Intellectual Property; International Litigation & Arbitration, Labor & Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, including joint ventures; Private Equity; Real Estate including finance; and Tax.

Our lawyers have deep experience of legal issues affecting many industries, including automotive, chemicals, construction, consumer products, energy, fashion, financial services, health care, insurance, media, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications.

The Milan Office and its attorneys are fully integrated into the Firm's global organization of more than 2,500 lawyers in offices across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Jones Day's One Firm Worldwide approach to legal service provides our clients not only an international reach, but also seamless, efficient access to substantial legal resources wherever needed.

The Milan Office's strong commitment to clients is equaled by our commitment to the community. We provide pro bono support and advice to major non-profit Italian organizations like Pangea, active in the protection of women and children’s rights, and Vidas, which is dedicated to assisting terminally ill patients and their families.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust & Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Civil Investigations & Litigation
• Antitrust in Europe
• Antitrust Mergers & Joint Ventures
• Automotive
• Banking & Finance
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Buyouts
• Capital Markets
• Climate Change
• Collective Bargaining, Contract Enforcement & Union Organizing
• Construction
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Employment Aspects of Corporate Transactions
• Energy
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Europe & Asia Benefits
• Financial Services
• Franchising & Distribution
• Fund Structuring & Fund Services
• Global Infrastructure & Project Finance
• Intellectual Property
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• International Taxation
• IP in Europe
• Labor & Employment
• Lending
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Life Sciences
• M&A Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mergers & Acquisitions Taxation
• Privacy & Data Security
• Private Equity
• Private Equity / Real Estate Taxation
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Energy Development
• Real Estate Finance
• Real Estate Funds
• Single & Multiple Plaintiff Employment Litigation
• Tax
• Tax Audits & Controversies
• Telecommunications
• Venture Capital & Private Investment

Published Works

• European Practice, 2012
• New Opposition Procedure for Italian Trademarks, 2011
• The Technology, Media and Teleccomunicationd Review, Italy, Law Business Research Ltd., 2nd Ed., 2011
• The International Who’s Who of Regulatory Communications Lawyers Roundtable, 2011
• Global Stock Plans Update, 2011
• European Perspective, Italian Supreme Court Recognizes That Judiciary Has Limited Powers to Review Arrangements With Creditors, 2011
• Milan Labor & Employment, 2011
• Milan Tax Practice, 2011
• The Unitary Community Patent Protection, 2011
• Milan Real Estate, 2011
• Market Transparency in Italy: Has the Time for Disclosure of Cash-Settled Equity Derivatives Finally Come?, 2011
• Milan Office, 2011
• Force Majeure in Troubled Times: The Example of Libya, 2011
• EC Tax Review, Kluwer Law International, Vol. 19, Iss. 6, 2010
• International Litigation & Arbitration – Europe, 2010
• U.S. and EU Expand Sanctions Against Iran, 2010
• Compassionate Use in Europe: A Patchy Framework for Early Market Entry, 2010
• The New EU Rules On Vertical Restraints, Law360, 2010
• Italian and EU Antitrust Practice, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: European Commission Adopts New Regulation and Guidance for Distribution Agreements, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: Italian Antitrust Authority Imposes € 22 Million in Fines on Ten-year LPG Cartel, 2010
• Pension Issues on Asset Transfers: A European Perspective, 2010
• The Commission's Settlement Package: EU-US Comparison, European Competition Law Review, 2009
• European Labor & Employment Law Update, 2009
• Staff Restructuring: How International Companies Are Dealing with Redundancies in the EU, 2009
• Private Equity 2009 - Italy - Getting The Deal Through, 2009
• RoutetoItaly, Focus on Capital Markets, edited by Corporate International, 2009
• European Labor & Employment Law Update, 2008
• Loss of Tax Exemption for Italian Stock Options Has a Silver Lining, 2008
• Focus Abroad: Latest Developments in Italian Bankruptcy Law, 2008
• The first Italian antitrust leniency notice, Competition Law International, 2008
• Europe's Unwelcome Scheme to Make Aviation Go Green, Jones Day Airlines and Aviation News Blast, 2008
• European Labor & Employment Law Update, 2008
• Italy's New Class-Action Law, 2008
• Unfair Commercial Practices and Misleading Advertising—New Powers Granted to the Italian Antitrust Authority, 2008
• European Labor & Employment Law Update, 2008
• European law: packing it in, European Food and Feed Law Review, Issue 6/2007, 2007
• Extraterritorial Application of the USA PATRIOT Act and Related Regimes: Issues for European Banks Operating in the United States, Privacy & Data Security Law Journal, 2007
• Hyperinflation in the Construction Industry: European 'Hardship' Principles Versus the American Doctrine of Impracticability of Performance, The Journal of The American College of Construction Lawyers, 2007
• Tender Offers in Italy, 2007
• La Consob, Il Cumulo Degli Incarichi e Le (Tante) Assenze, Finanza & Mercati, 2007
• Filing a Divisional Application in Europe: A Risky Endeavor?, 2006
• Italian Banks, a discussion of the extension of the antitrust authority's power over changes in the banking sector, Global Competition Review, Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2006
• Global Focus: European Distressed Debt Market, 2005
• Private enforcement of antitrust – the Italian perspective, The European Antitrust Review 2006, 2005
• Italian Real Estate Funds, 2005
• Intellectual Property: The New Italian Industrial Property Code, 2005
• European financial markets: do they need a single regulator?, 2005
• Gaps and bridges: transatlantic cooperation, The 2005 European Antitrust Review, Global Competition Review special report, 2004
• Groups of Companies Under the New Italian Company Law, 2004
• Group Taxation in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, 2002

Representative Cases

• A psychologist working with a non-profit organization is assisted in a complex custody matter in Milan
• Abbott Molecular prevails against DakoCytomation in long-running patent litigation in Milan , (2009)
• American investment bank litigates case in which plaintiff demands issuance of requested documents , (2009)
• American medical corporation litigates injunction of payment and reaches settlement agreement with pharmaceutical company , (2009)
• Banca Nuova securitizes portfolio of contributions owed by the Sicily Region , (2009)
• Bayer AG acquires GE's silanes business
• Bayer obtains antitrust clearance for MEDRAD affiliate to acquire Possis Medical , (2009)
• Bayer secures worldwide antitrust approval for Visible Genetics acquisition , (2009)
• Bayerische Landesbank finances Italian special purpose vehicle for development of shopping center in Biella, Italy , (2010)
• Bridgestone sells 100% of shares of Bridgestone’s Italian and Chinese steel cord manufacturing subsidiaries to Belgian-based NV Bekaert SA , (2010)
• British Land obtains portfolio acquisition facility
• BT obtains antitrust clearance over acquisition of sole control in Enìa JV , (2011)
• CalEast and Gazeley joint venture restates and extends financing with Eurohypo
• Cascades merges with Reno De Medici , (2009)
• Cerberus Partners acquires non-performing loan portfolio from Bayerische Landesbank , (2009)
• Cerberus Partners and Goldman Sachs acquire Wittur , (2009)
• Citigroup Global Markets acts as advisor in the potential disposal of the controlling participation in Alitalia, the Italian flag air carrier
• Compagnie de Fives-Lille acquires Sandvik Sorting Systems , (2009)
• Concateno completes tender offer for Cozart plc , (2009)
• Cordea completes restructuring in connection with reorganization
• Cordea obtains credit facility , (2009)
• Core Communications Services negotiates agreement with Italian mobile operators to provide long distance telecom services through mobile networks
• Credit Agricole CIB provides financing for purchase of real estate assets
• Dana securitizes receivables , (2009)
• Deka Immobilien Investment-led syndicate provides refinancing
• Diebold acquires Sersi Italia
• Eckes completes sale of spirits operation to Oaktree Capital , (2009)
• Ecore executes assignment agreement of trade receivables with Mediofactoring , (2009)
• EDS sells and leases back 20 properties in international portfolio , (2009)
• Engineering solutions company litigates claims by Scottish company relating to Italian company's insolvency proceedings , (2009)
• ENI group completes acquisition of block of shares in Altergaz , (2012)
• ENI increases stake in French alternative gas supplier , (2012)
• Exide Technologies issues $675 million of 8 5/8% Senior Notes in Rule 144A offering; issues tender offer for Senior Notes; and amends and restates $200 million ABL lending facility , (2011)
• Exide Technologies obtains $495 million lending facility , (2009)
• Foruminvest Italia acquires commercial building in Torino, Italy, for transformation into a shopping center , (2010)
• Foruminvest Italia sells 50% stake in Mongolfiera Molfetta Shopping Center (Italy)
• French company files opposition to injunction of payment brought by Italian company
• GE Capital completes work-out of acquisition loan for Gruppo Cartorama , (2011)
• Global diagnostics manufacturer defends market position in patent infringement dispute over test kit for tissue transglutaminase , (2010)
• Global pharmaceutical company defends against patent infringement allegations
• GM purchases GM Strasbourg in the framework of conciliation proceedings
• Goldman Sachs, Cerberus Partners, and Credit Suisse complete sale of Wittur Group to Triton Partners , (2010)
• H.I.G. Capital sells HALO Italia
• Harsco acquires Huennebeck Group for $170 million , (2009)
• Industrial Bank of Taiwan arranges securitization to finance the expansion of Chi Mei Optoelectronics , (2009)
• Infragruppo and Sviluppo Mobilitá acquire controlling interest in Infracom Italia
• ING Real Estate Development BV sells the second phase of the Castel Guelfo Outlet to IRUS European Retail Property Management Company S.à r.l. , (2010)
• ING Real Estate Development International BV develops Phase II of the Outlet Centre located in Castel Guelfo di Bologna
• ING Real Estate Finance S.E. EFC S.A. grants mortgage loan to Hausinvest
• ING Real Estate Finance S.E. EFC S.A. provides financing to Cordea Savills for retail park acquisition in Fidenza, Italy
• ING Real Estate Finance S.E. EFC S.A. provides financing to real estate fund DGE Immo Spezial , (2011)
• ING RED Italy terminates joint venture agreement and acquires the majority of the quotas of Etruria Real Estate S.r.l. , (2009)
• Interbanca finances Gruppo Cartorama acquisition , (2009)
• Interbanca provides acquisition financing for quotas of Rollon S.r.l. , (2009)
• Interbanca signs deed of acknowledgement of pledge over shares
• Interbanca, Unicredit and MPS Capital Services provide financing to Jeckerson , (2009)
• Intesa San Paolo acts as financial advisor in connection with the acquisition of Finn-Power Oy by Prima Industrie S.p.A. for $355 million , (2009)
• Invista International purchases textile business from DuPont
• IPM Independent Portfolio Manager Limited acquires Solone S.r.l. , (2010)
• Italian bank defends writ of summons served by Italian municipality seeking to restore damages resulting from derivative transactions
• Italian energy service company arbitrates resolutions to balance sheet , (2009)
• Italian investment bank defends suit brought by investment management services company in connection with a portfolio investment in which it acted as Bank drawer of non-negotiable cheque
• Italian investment bank litigates issuance of bonds by company in temporary receivership
• Italian investment bank litigates issuance of bonds by Italian textile holding company in bankruptcy
• Italian investment bank litigates sale of notes by an Italian food company to an individual , (2009)
• Italian investment bank litigates sale of notes issued by Italian fashion company to individual , (2009)
• Italian investment bank litigates sale of notes issued by special purpose vehicle to private individual
• Italian investment bank litigates sale of reverse convertible bonds to Italian bank
• Italian investment bank seeks to recover credit from holding company
• Italian luxury goods company appeals judgment issued by a Dutch Court before the Milan Court of Appeal
• Italian manufacturer defends civil legal action commenced by United Arab Emirates engineering company before Milan Court
• Italian manufacturer of pumps litigates case involving lease agreement commenced by Italian mechanical company , (2009)
• Italian manufacturer of pumps litigates injunction of payment and reaches settlement with foreign company
• Italian manufacturer seeks to recover credit from plant engineering and contracting company , (2009)
• J.F. Lehman acquires Drew Marine Business unit from Ashland , (2009)
• JZ International acquires Previnet
• LaSalle affiliate sells logistics complex in the Municipality of Anagni , (2010)
• LaSalle refinances indebtedness in connection with acquisition of Parma, Italy shopping center , (2010)
• Latvian NGO receives assistance regarding the loss and re-gain of legal capacity for people with mental disabilities , (2009)
• Macquarie Goodman acquires Eurinpro for $451 million , (2009)
• Mahle GmbH acquires Amafilter from ABN Amro , (2009)
• Management & Capitali acquire Comital Saiag , (2009)
• Morgan Stanley International Real Estate Funds form joint venture with Pirelli , (2009)
• Morgan Stanley sells five non-performing loan portfolios , (2009)
• Multi Color amends credit facility for acquisition of Italian consumer products label printing company , (2010)
• NACCO advised in regards to Italian dealer dispute
• NACCO amends and restates certain existing credit agreements , (2010)
• Noteholders' committee presented bid for Wind Hellas assets in its debt reorganisation , (2010)
• Pacific Capital acquires independent entertainment company Gold Typhoon Group , (2011)
• Pacific Capital acquires majority participation in international fashion modeling agency , (2011)
• Pacific Capital acquires minority stake in MAMA Group plc , (2009)
• Pacific Capital attempts acquisition of stake in Asian digital music and artists management business , (2011)
• Pacific Capital enters into subscription of Ordinary Shares , (2009)
• Pacific Capital purchases Convertible Loan Note , (2009)
• Pamplona Capital acquires business unit from Johnson Matthey , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin responds to EC antitrust investigation of marine hose manufacturers , (2009)
• Peakside Advisors oversees sale by Merrill Lynch of minority stake of Euro Cloe
• Pfizer sells consumer healthcare business to Johnson & Johnson for $16.6 billion , (2009)
• PILPG solicits a report for the Government of Kosovo regarding judicial accountability standards and best practices in Europe
• Platinum Equity sells NextiraOne Europe , (2009)
• Private equity firm litigates breach of contract case regarding sale of industrial machine producing plastic bags
• Procter & Gamble acquired Ambi Pur, the air care business of Sara Lee, for $470 million , (2009)
• Procter & Gamble sells European tissue and towel business , (2009)
• Producer of fibers and polyester application company serves writ of payment to Italian company
• Producer of fibers and polyester applications files application to obtain bankruptcy declaration of Italian company
• Producer of fibers and polyester applications obtains bankruptcy adjudication against Italian company which filed opposition , (2010)
• Producer of fibers and polyester applications obtains order from bankruptcy judge against Italian company
• Producer of fibers and polyester applications serves writ of payment to individuals , (2009)
• Ramtron International seeks to retain payments made to Finmek Group
• RBS confronts default and restructuring scenarios in documentation
• RBS provides waiver and related security documents for shopping center acquisition loans
• RBS provides waiver for Gallerie Giugliano in relation to existing facility agreement granted for acquisition and development of shopping center , (2010)
• Rhodia sells worldwide silicones business to China National Bluestar , (2009)
• Riverside acquires business unit of GE
• Riverside acquires SPX Air Filtration Limited
• Royal Nedalco redevelops industrial site
• Shell Italia successfully defends Italian antitrust investigation of bitumen pricing
• Sherwin-Williams acquires Becker Acroma Industrial Wood Coatings from AB Wilh. Becker, Sweden , (2010)
• Sherwin-Williams acquires Industrial Coating business of Arch Chemicals , (2010)
• SNS Property Finance refinances existing indebtedness for development of shopping center and football stadium in Teramo, Italy , (2010)
• Société Générale amends financing agreement for Centro Laghi commercial center
• Société Générale obtains step-up equity financing by Cell Therapeutics for €50 million of Equity Shares
• Société Générale provides financing for acquisition of Italian shopping center , (2009)
• Sonae Sierra and ING Real Estate Development joint venture acquires Helios Property S.r.l. and negotiates forward sale of the hypermarket part of a shopping centre
• Special Metals Corp sells Special Metals Services S.p.A. to Corrosion Materials , (2009)
• Standard Bank provides financing for turbine project in Coega, South Africa , (2009)
• Sukhoi Civil Aircraft forms strategic partnership with Alenia Aeronautica , (2009)
• SunPower acquires Solar Service S.r.l. , (2010)
• SunPower acquires SunRay Renewable Energy for $277 million , (2010)
• SunPower negotiates turnkey contract with API Energia Group , (2010)
• SunPower re-negotiates EPC agreements in connection with development of solar park in Montalto di Castro , (2009)
• Suominen Corporation acquires Home and Personal wipes fabrics business of Ahlstrom Corporation for €170 million ($243.4 million) , (2011)
• Supplier of surgical products defends product liability claims regarding Memory Lens , (2009)
• The Deutsch Group completes sale to WENDEL Investissement , (2009)
• Toni & Guy's Mascolo brothers sell TIGI hair product business and advanced education academies for $411.5 million to Unilever , (2009)
• Trader Classified Media sells European and Latin American subsidiaries for $742 million , (2009)
• Unicredit Banca restructures existing facility for Freccia Rossa Shopping Centre S.r.l. , (2010)
• Unicredit restructures two mortgage loan agreements
• Venture Finance provides £12.5 million financing to HH Associates Limited
• Vesuvius USA Corp sells Monofrax to RHI AG , (2009)
• Vidas, a nonprofit association that runs a nursing home, receives employment issues guidance
• VIDAS, a nonprofit organization that runs a nursing home, receives assistance for the improvement of its IT structure , (2009)
• Wilmington Trust executes Italian security document

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Closely Held Businesses, Collective Bargaining, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Complex Litigation, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Taxation, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Deceptive Trade Practices, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Environmental Law, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Hazardous Waste, Income Taxation, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Banking, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Litigation & Appeals, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Partnerships, Patents, Payroll Taxes, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Permits, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Public Finance, Real Estate Law, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, RICO Act, Sales & Use Taxes, Savings & Thrifts, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Shareholders' Rights, Solid Waste, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Taxation Law, Technology Licensing, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Venture Capital, Wage & Hour Laws, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Water Pollution, Wetlands & Wild Lands, Whistleblower -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee