Member Profiles

Roberto Ferretti is one of the founding partners of Studio Legale Bonora e Assocati, an independent law firm established in 2000 and belonging to the Italian network LibraJus. Roberto and his team assist multi-national groups, corporations and financial institutions in the negotiation and arrangement of complex corporate and financial transactions, such as M&As, transfers of businesses, restructuring and winding-up of companies, joint ventures, credit facilities, syndicated loans and pool financing, inter-company loans, subordinated and hybrid loans, cash pooling and debt restructuring. They also cover all the regulatory aspects relating, among others, to: - Licensing, conduct of business and winding-up of regulated entities, such as banks, insurance companies, financial and payment institutions, investment firms and asset management companies; - Transfer of shareholdings in those institutions; - Transfer of financial businesses and portfolios; - Establishment of Italian branches of foreign institutions.

SLSL Law Firm was set up by Simone LAZZARINI in 2005. The firm is based in Milan but operates all over Italy. Our firm is specialized mainly in medical liability, focusing on acting for patients in both litigation and non-contentious matters. We can draw on the expertise of a wide range of medical specialists through our extensive network. We also specialize in enviromental law and public tenders.

Francesco Rotondi is the Founding and Managing Partner of LabLaw Studio Legale Rotondi & Partners. He provides 360° Labor Law and Industrial Relations counsel to numerous important Italian companies as well as international businesses with operations in Italy. He boasts a solid experience assisting with reorganization and restructuring plans, extraordinary operations, trade union litigation, the management of employment contracts, and with the organization of agency networks in the commercial and credit sectors. Francesco is particularly well known for managing complex reorganizations and corporate restructuring, top management labor issues and litigation, in addition to providing counsel on future scenarios of labor law and the individual work contracts – advising on new types of employment contracts for the digital economy. Francesco commenced his professional career in 1991 at Trifirò & Partners, where he became Partner. In 2001, he joined Hammonds Rossotto as a Partner and Head of the Employment and Industrial Relations Department. In 2006, Francesco Rotondi founded LabLaw – one of the top employment and labour law firms in Italy.

Mario Riccomagno is co-founder and senior partner of MR International Lawyers a firm that, as by its name, has a strong orientation towards international practice. This is due to two reasons: because many instructions they accept are coming from foreign lawyers and clients and because the core of the activity is based on or connected with transport which is per se international. The firm frequently provides advocacy assistance on the Italian, European and international aspects of multinational and multi-jurisdictional disputes. The most of the Italian clients are top ranked insurance companies. The arbitration practice (domestic and international) is dealt exclusively by Mario Riccomagno. The firm has stable roots in Genoa and Milan where it has offices and has a network of longlasting correspondents in Italy and abroad.

Giovanni Scognamiglio is the founding and managing partner of the Firm, and deals mostly with matters of International contracts, private M&A, education, aerospace and transportation, energy, food, luxury real estate and foundations. He is highly regarded for his ability to find simple and effective solutions to complex matters, often avoiding costly litigations to the client. Giovanni also studied and worked in New York, and then opened the firm’s rep office in Shanghai in 2007, and has worked in several jurisdictions to represent the interests of both companies and individuals. He served in many boards of multinational companies and Foundations, and very active in some international organizations, Rotary International, Propeller Club of the United States, where he held top positions. Giovani is a member of the Italian Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is the author of more than 30 publications on international affairs and commercial matters.