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Review

Special Edition January 2016

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di Marco Michael Di Palma

TOPLEGAL AWARDS

ITALY’S LEGAL EXCELLENCE

The prestigious TopLegal Awards held last November saw leading Italian firm Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli come away with three accolades

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TopLegal expresses its thanks to the panel of experts for their

technical assistance

Antonia Cosenz Banca Popolare di Milano

Carmen Di Marino Dompé Farmaceutici

Ugo Di Stefano Mondadori

Fabio Fagioli Maire Tecnimont

Paola Flora Ubi Banca

Daniele La Cognata Gsk Vaccines

Michele Lenotti General Electric

Jacques Moscianese Intesa Sanpaolo

Fabio Niccoli Fondo Strategico Italiano

Riccardo Quagliana Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Carmelo Reale Assicurazioni Generali

The eagerly anticipated TopLegal Awards, recognised as leading the legal industry stan-dard in Italy and now in their ninth year, took place on November 23rd at the East End Studios in Milan. Well over 600 persons were present at the event, including influential Italian business leaders as well as the country’s top General Counsel and, of course, its

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leading private practitioners. As in recent years, all the winners were selected by a joint team composed of TopLegal’s journalists and researchers assisted by a panel of experts of 11 legal and tax in-house specialists drawn from Italian industry and finance. In all, thirty-five prizes were awarded during the evening’s ceremony which was divided into two parts. In the first, prizes were awarded for the individual and deal categories; the second part of the evening was devoted to legal excellence relating to specific practice areas.

The HighlightsAmong the stand-out individual wins, famed rainmaker Francesco Gianni of Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli was crowned Lawyer of the Year. The award was Gianni’s fourth: previous wins were in 2008, 2009 and 2013. Co-managing partners Marcello Giustiniani and Stefano Simontacchi of BonelliErede were named Managing Part-ners of the Year. There was also one joint winner which split the jury for the category Emerging Lawyer of the Year (under 35) won by Federico Amoroso of Chiomenti and Vanessa Sobrero of d’Urso Gatti Pavesi Bianchi. Veronica Pinotti of McDermott Will & Emery clinched the award for Italy’s Female Lawyer of the Year. The TopLegal Award for Excellence, which recognizes the contribution of a senior stateman to the legal industry, went to Vittorio Grimaldi, founding partner of Grimaldi. Among the distinguished teams, Gattai Minoli Agostinelli was named Law Firm of Year. The first award instituted for the Notarial Firm of the Year was assigned to Turin-based Ganelli Insabella. The biggest winner of the evening was Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli which won a total of three awards, including best law firm in the Competition & EU Law and Banking & Finance categories as well as Lawyer of the Year for its founding partner. Heavyweight rivals Chiomenti won two prizes including for Public Law (contracts, concessions and public services) in addition to the Emerging Lawyer of the Year. Last year, TopLegal introduced an award for the Italian Desk of the Year to take ac-count of the increasing number of transactions completed by law firms without a pres-ence in Italy. This year, the category was split into two to take account of the unique contribution made by independent and international firms to advising Italian clients abroad. The London-based team at Skadden was recognized as the leading inter-national firm while Luxembourg-based Bonn Steichen won in the independent firm category. In the main transactional categories, Pedersoli won the Corporate prize for M&A, while White & Case was honoured for Equity Capital Markets for the second year running. The Banking & Finance team of the year hailed from Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli. Clifford Chance earned the accolade for Debt Capital Markets. Finally, Orrick secured an unexpected win after receiving a special prize for its con-tribution to redefining Italian employment law.

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TOPLEGAL AWARDS 2015 Finalist Law Firm of the Year: Central Italy

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We provide our clients excellent and dedicated legal assistance

Practice Areas

- Electronic communications and e-commerce; - Media & Entertainment; - Antitrust; - Administrative law; - Corporate and financial law; - Industrial and intellectual property law; - Contract and tort law; - Litigation and arbitration.

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Lawyer of the YearFrancesco Gianni (Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli)By far and away this year’s most active rainmaker at the deal table. Gianni’s leadership and commitment were considered vital to his firm’s ability to win high-profile mandates for strategic corporate transactions.Runners up: Francesco Tedeschini (Chiomenti); Bruno Gattai (Gattai Minoli Agostinelli)

Managing / Senior Partner of the YearMarcello Giustiniani and Stefano Simontacchi (BonelliErede)The two co-managing partners spearheaded an extensive management overhaul at the leading independent firm which included implementing innovations to the firm’s pro-ject management and service delivery to clients.Runners up: Galileo Pozzoli (Curtis Mallet-Prévost Colt & Mosle); Giuseppe Lombardi and Ugo Molinari (Lombardi Molinari Segni)

1. Francesco Gianni collects the award for Lawyer of the Year

2. Marcello Giustiniani and Stefano Simontacchi of BonelliErede, Managing partners of the Year

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Lawyer of the Year

Managing / Senior Partner of the Year

Female Lawyer of the Year

Emerging Lawyer of the Year

TopLegal Award for Excellence

Francesco Gianni (Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli)

Marcello Giustiniani and Stefano Simontacchi

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Veronica Pinotti (McDermott Will & Emery)

Federico Amoroso (Chiomenti) and

Vanessa Sobrero (d’Urso Gatti Pavesi Bianchi)

Vittorio Grimaldi (Grimaldi)

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Female Lawyer of the YearVeronica Pinotti (McDermott Will & Emery)The award recognizes the dual contribution of gender equality promotion in the legal business industry and outstanding professional work for clients. Head of the Competi-tion and EU law practice at McDermott which she created, Pinotti has also been active as member of the firm’s international committee for diversity.Runners up: Maura Magioncalda (Pedersoli); Paola Leocani (White & Case)

Emerging Lawyer of the YearFederico Amoroso (Chiomenti) Vanessa Sobrero (d’Urso Gatti Pavesi Bianchi)Both young lawyers were recognized for their work on top corporate and ECM deals. Amoroso advised on the public offer by ChemChina for the takeover of Pirelli. Sobrero worked on the merger of luxury online fashion retailer Yoox with Net-A-Porter.

TopLegal Award for ExcellenceVittorio Grimaldi (Grimaldi)The award recognizes the distinct contribution of a senior statesman. President of the firm which he founded in 1993, and figuring among an influential group of Italian rain-makers, Grimaldi has advised domestic and international clients on some of the most important corporate finance transactions in the Italian market over the last 20 years.

5. Vittorio Grimaldi is congratulated by former Italian Minister of the Economy Giulio Tremonti

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3. Veronica Pinotti of McDermott Will & Emery, honoured as Female Lawyer of the Year

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4. Federico Amoroso  (Chiomenti) and Vanessa Sobrero (d’Urso Gatti Pavesi Bianchi), the Emerging lawyers of the Year

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Law Firm of the YearGattai Minoli Agostinelli In addition to securing a series of enviable corporate mandates during the year, the fast-grow-ing boutique bet heavily on an expanding market as Italy pulled out of recession by reposition-ing its niche services along broader, full-service lines and adding tax, intellectual property and employment expertise to its team. The firm also launched an office in Rome.Runners up: Chiomenti; Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli

Best Place to WorkLa ScalaThe firm made a sustained and successful effort to promote talent and diversity within its ranks. It also adhered to a strong policy of cultural endorsements and knowledge sharing for the benefit of its legal professionals and stakeholders.

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Law Firm of the Year

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Innovation Firm of the Year

Independent Italian Desk of the Year

International Italian Desk of the Year

Regional Firm of the Year, Northern Italy

Regional Firm of the Year, Central Italy

Regional Firm of the Year, Southern Italy

Notarial Firm of the Year

Gattai Minoli Agostinelli

La Scala

DLA Piper

Bonn Steichen

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LS Lexjus Sinacta

Ganelli Insabella

6. Law Firm of the Year, Gattai Minoli Agostinelli

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NOTARIAL FIRM OF THE YEAR

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Innovation Firm of the YearDLA PiperThe firm introduced a market-leading corporate compliance programme and nominat-ed an external supervisory body to oversee its progress, drawing on the model of Italy’s anticorruption legislation for corporates.Runners up: BonelliErede; Nctm and Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo (joint candidates)

Independent Italian Desk of the Year Bonn SteichenThe Luxembourg-based team was acknowledged for its work on relocating Italian com-panies and for assisting investment funds and banks on numerous deals involving Ital-ian clients in foreign jurisdictions.Runners up: Seddons (UK); WKB (Poland)

International Italian Desk of the YearSkaddenAt the forefront for some of the most high-profile corporate finance transactions of the year, the team advised Credit Suisse on the $6.9bn acquisition of reinsurance group Part-nerRe by Exor and luxury online fashion retailer Yoox on its merger with Net-A-Porter.Runners up: PLMJ (Iberia) and Squire Patton Boggs (UK)

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12. Luca Sabelli receives the award for Regional Firm of the Year, Central Italy

13. The team at LS Lexjus Sinacta wins Regional Firm of the Year, Southern Italy 14. Ganelli Insabella, Notarial Firm of the Year

Regional Firm of the Year, Northern ItalyPontiHailing from Udine in the north-west corner of Italy, the firm assisted clients on several significant civil and criminal cases, including advising the President of Sampdoria Foot-ball Club, Massimo Ferrero, on the corporate failure of his airline Livingston.

Regional Firm of the Year, Central ItalySabelliThe Rome-based team advised German corporate HeidelbergCement on the prominent €3.7bn acquisition of Italian competitor Italcementi.

Regional Firm of the Year, Southern ItalyLS Lexjus SinactaThe Bari office of this regional team advised the Church-run hospital, Ospedale Miulli, on its ar-rangement with creditors relating to debts of over €211m.

Notarial Firm of the YearGanelli InsabellaThe team from Turin led the group of notaries who this year advised major corporate and financial clients on legal and tax matters. The firm advised provincial mutual bank Cassa di Risparmio di Asti on its acquisition of Pitagora Finanziamenti.

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11. Luca Ponti (right) is handed the award for Regional Firm of the Year, Northern Italy

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Authorities: Competition & EU Law Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli Heading the field for advice relating to restrictive practices, the team advised Novartis, Hitachi and Italian publisher RCS in relation to its acquisition by market rival Monda-dori.Runner up: Ashurst

Authorities: Regulatory Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamiltonDistinguished itself for complex regulatory matters including advising Italian banks Monte dei Paschi di Siena and Banca Popolare di Milano on the IPO of Anima Holding of which the banks were shareholders.Runner up: Chiomenti

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15. Piero Fattori acknowledges Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli’s award for Authorities, Competition & EU Law

16. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton celebrate their win in the Authorities (Regulatory) category

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Authorities: Competition & EU Law

Authorities: Regulatory

Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance: Debt Capital Markets

Commercial Criminal: Corporate

Commercial Criminal: Environmental

Commercial Criminal: Financial

Commercial Criminal: Tax

Corporate: M&A

Corporate: Equity Capital Markets

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Dispute Resolution: Commercial

Employment: Industrial Relations

Employment: Litigation

Employment: Strategic Advice

Intellectual Property: Copyright and Trademarks

Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation

Public Law: Contracts, Concessions, Public Services

Public Law: Litigation

Tax: Litigation

Tax: Transactional

Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli

Clifford Chance

Moro Visconti de Castiglione Guaineri

Bana

Pulitanò-Zanchetti

Perroni

Pedersoli

White & Case

Lipani Catricalà

Lombardi Molinari Segni

Menichetti

Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Orsingher Ortu

Bird & Bird

Chiomenti

Macchi di Cellere Gangemi

Maisto

Tremonti Vitali Piccardi Romagnoli

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STUDIO LEGALE PISANO

Lo Studio Legale Pisano è specializzato nell’attività di consulenza e

difesa in rapporto a tutti i settori del diritto penale dell’economia

(corruzione e reati contro la PA, reati tributari, riciclaggio, reati societari,

fallimentari e bancari, manipolazione del mercato ed insider trading,

reati ambientali, reati in tema di sicurezza sul lavoro, responsabilità

degli enti), con particolare riferimento a indagini e processi con

elementi di internazionalità, in cui gli indagati, i mezzi di prova (testimo-

ni, documenti, conti bancari) e/o il profitto degli asseriti reati, sono

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Nel corso dell’ultimo decennio, lo Studio e il fondatore, l’Avv. Roberto

Pisano, hanno rappresentato esponenti di spicco del mondo imprendi-

toriale e politico sia italiano che internazionale, in rapporto ad alcuni tra

i più rilevanti processi penali italiani, ed hanno svolto attività di consu-

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Lo Studio si avvale della collaborazione di esperti, italiani ed esteri, in

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quotidianamente con qualificati studi legali esteri in rapporto a rogato-

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The Firm is able to provide with legal advice in numerous aspects of corporate activities that involve profiles of criminal relevance, also with particular regards to the preparation and implementation of qualified Organizational and Management Models according to Legislative Decree number 231 of June 8, 2001 concerning the administrative liability of legal entities. Furthermore, it provides legal assistance in criminal proceedings, regarding the following crimes: - Corporate crimes - Bankruptcy crimes - Workplace security and health and safety crimes - Financial and banking crimes - Tax crimes - Crimes against the State and other Public Administrations - Crimes against the Administration of Justice - Environmental and city planning crimes - Crimes regarding honor, privacy, and reputation (libel or defamation by other means of mass communication) - Crimes regarding public contracts and the privatization of public companies - Crimes against people and property - Crimes against public faith - Cyber and computer crimes

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19. Moro Visconti de Castiglione Guaineri, Corporate Commercial Criminal Law Firm of the Year

Banking & Finance Gianni Origoni Grippo CappelliIn a highly competitive category, the Italian stalwart clinched the prize by advising In-tesa Sanpaolo in relation to a portfolio of non-performing loans (NPLs) valued at €8 bil-lion owned by loan collection company Italfondiario. The deal allowed Intesa Sanpaolo to redefine its business model in the NPL market.Runner up: BonelliErede

Banking & Finance: Debt Capital Markets Clifford ChanceA trailblazer for some of the most innovative DCM transactions of the year including advising the banks on the first ever subordinated bond issue by Sace, the Italian export credit agency. The team also advised Italian State broadcaster RAI on it first ever bond issue.Runner up: Chiomenti

Commercial Criminal: Corporate Moro Visconti de Castiglione Guaineri Advised a number of significant domestic and international corporates and successfully defended ENI’s former CEO Paolo Scaroni in a case involving alleged bribes paid by ENI’s subsidiary Saipem in Algeria. Runner up: DLA Piper

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18. Massimiliano Bianchi (left) and Gioacchino Foti receive the award

for Banking & Finance (Debt Capital Markets) on behalf of Clifford Chance

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Commercial Criminal: Environmental Bana Successfully obtained the acquittal of a CEO accused of criminal negligence, water poi-soning and illegal waste dumping in relation to a 300,000 sq.m. site in Bisceglie on the outskirts of Milan.Runner up: Dinoia Federico Pelanda Simbari Uslenghi

Commercial Criminal: Financial Pulitanò-Zanchetti Defended Alberto Nagel, the CEO of investment bank Mediobanca, under investigation for obstructing regulators in the planned merger of insurer Unipol and its troubled peer Fondiaria-SAI.Runner up: Alleva

Commercial Criminal: Tax Perroni Successfully defended three Unicredit executives accused of tax fraud in a case relating to “Project Brontos”, a financial structure which allegedly allowed the Italian bank to cut its tax bill by €245m.

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20. Bana, Commercial Criminal Law Firm of the Year in the Environment category

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Corporate: M&A PedersoliThe corporate practice was chosen to advise on an impressive series of cross-border M&A deals including ChemChina’s joint venture with Pirelli and Exor’s acquisition of The Economist and PartnerRe.Runners up: Chiomenti; Gattai Minoli Agostinelli; Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli

Corporate: Equity Capital MarketsWhite & CaseThanks to its work for the underwriters of Telecom Italia’s equity-linked bond worth €2bn, the team closed the largest European issue in the first half of 2015.Runner up: Sherman & Sterling

Dispute resolution: Arbitration Lipani CatricalàThe firm advised Rome’s refuse collection agency AMA in connection with an arbitra-tion against a consortium seeking damages for €900m in a dispute over the city’s differ-entiated refuse collection system.Runner up: Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle

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22. Perroni founding partner, Giorgio Perroni, acknowledges the award for Commercial Criminal Law Firm of the Year, Tax

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23. Carlo Pedersoli (left) and Ascanio Cibrario of Pedersoli, recognized in the Corporate category

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24. White & Case partners Michael Immordino (left) and Ferigo Foscari win for Corporate (Equity capital markets)

25. Lipani Catricalà, winner of the award for Dispute resolution (Arbitration) with founding partner Damiano Lipani (left)

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Dispute resolution: Commercial Lombardi Molinari SegniThe litigation heavyweight assisted Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena on reaching a settlement with Japan’s Nomura over a soured multimillion-dollar derivative transaction known as the Alexandria notes.Runner up: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Employment: Industrial RelationsMenichettiThe firm from Verona advised non-profit healthcare and research institute Fondazione Maugeri on renegotiating employment contracts for 3,300 workers. The outcome led to cost savings for the institute of over €15m.Runners up: Boursier Niutta; Morpurgo

Employment: Litigation Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo The leading employment boutique was recognized for its innovative defense of Italian energy giant ENI in relation to damages resulting from over one hundred disputes re-lating to health damages.Runners up: Carnelutti; Lablaw

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28. Paola Pucci e Aldo Bottini of Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo, honoured for Employment Litigation

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27. Giuseppe Lombardi (left) of Lombardi Molinari Segni holds the award for Dispute

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26. Menichetti, Law Firm of the Year for Employment, Industrial Relations

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Employment: Strategic AdviceOrrickThe team secured an historic ruling at the Italian Constitutional Court which declared the statutory adjustment of retirement pensions to the rate of inflation unconstitutional. The ruling represented a significant step forward for pension rights in Italy.

Intellectual Property: Copyright and TrademarksOrsingher OrtuThe firm won a victory for Lastminute.com against Ryanair in case relating to copyright and database rights. The Irish airline alleged that Lastminute.com had infringed its in-tellectual property by using its website to gather information on fares from Ryanair’s website. Runners up: Carnelutti; IP Law Galli

Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation Bird & BirdThe firm won a victory at the District Court of Turin for a generic drugs manufacture in an alleged equivalent patent infringement case against a pharmaceutical multinational.Runners up: DLA Piper; Pavia e Ansaldo

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31. Giovanni Galimberti and Massimiliano Mostardini (right) of Bird & Bird celebrate the win for Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation

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30. The team from Orrick wins the Em-ployment award for Strategic Advice

29. Orsingher Ortu, with Matteo Orsingher (right), Law Firm of the Year for Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademarks

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Public Law: Contracts, Concessions, Public Services ChiomentiThe team advised Peck on its disputed concession agreement for Expo Milano 2015 which eventually led its client becoming the official restaurant for the Italy Pavilion.Runner up: P&I Guccione

Public Law: LitigationMacchi di Cellere GangemiThe team scored several important victories in the regional administrative Courts and successfully argued for the legitimacy of government-set tariffs for renewable-energy producers at the Constitutional Court.Runners up: Amministrativisti Europei; Cintioli

Tax: Litigation Maisto Successfully defended Teksid Aluminium, a subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler, in relation to a tax Authority audit amounting to several million euros.Runner up: Macchi di Cellere Gangemi

Tax: TransactionalTremonti Vitali Piccardi RomagnoliThe tax practice advised Sintonia, a financial company controlled by the Benetton family, on the complex dissolution of a shareholder pact controlling 45.6 percent of toll road operator Atlantia. The pact included Singapoire sovereign wealth fund GIC, Goldman Sachs and Italian investment bank Mediobanca.Runner up: Chiomenti

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34. Maisto, winner of the award for Tax Litigation 35. Tremonti Vitali Romagnoli Piccardi recognized for Transactional Tax

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32. Gregorio Consoli accepts the award for Public Law (Contracts, Con-cessions, Public Services) on behalf of

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33. Macchi di Cellere Gangemi, winner of the category Public Law, Litigation

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