BonelliErede — United Arab Emirates

About

Founded in 1999 from the merger of three Italian law firms, BonelliErede is one of the largest independent law firms in Italy, with offices in Milan, Rome, Genoa, Brussels, London, Cairo (in cooperation with Bahaa-Eldin Law Office), Addis Ababa (in cooperation with Lidet Abebe Tizazu Law Office) and Dubai. The firm is a true international player that offers a full range of commercial legal and tax services, combining business acumen with academic excellence. To better respond to clients’ needs, BonelliErede offers support through a number of specialised Focus Teams, which bring together the legal expertise of its professionals from various practice areas. The Focus Teams are organised by sector and practice area and pool professionals' individual legal expertise and in-depth sector knowledge to offer clients assistance with all aspects of their businesses. The Dubai office, in the heart of the international financial centre, opened at the end of 2017. Dubai plays a key role as a conduit between Europe, Asia and Africa and the firm’s office there is a perfect bridge between Africa and the Middle East – boosting the firm’s ability to navigate international clients looking to invest in this wider region and local players interested in diversifying through expansion in Europe or Africa. The Dubai office is headed up by Catia Tomasetti, partner at BonelliErede, who oversees the development of the practice in the Gulf area, and Marco De Leo, managing partner of BonelliErede Middle East LLP. They are flanked by a multidisciplinary team of various seniority. The firm’s local service offering is centred around corporate/M&A, project finance and PPP, international arbitration and international taxation. The main sectors served, besides the long-established oil and gas industry, are industrial goods, consumer goods (with a focus on luxury), shipping, healthcare and life sciences, construction, arts and cultural property, and private equity. ### Languages - Italian - English - French - Spanish - German - Arabic - Amharic - Chinese ### Memberships - Best Friends network

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Marco De Leo

Marco De Leo specialises in corporate law with focus on the establishment/break-up of joint ventures, mergers, demergers and capital transactions, extraordinary financing transactions and acquisitions. He manages a comprehensive portfolio of clients, which comprises foreign and local players including large multi-national companies and family conglomerates. He takes the lead in coordinating all matters managed from the Dubai office and involves other firm’s offices and law firms in Africa and the Middle East to provide exceptional service standards for both local and cross-border matters. He is managing partner of BonelliErede Middle East LLP and member of the Luxury and Shipping, Transport & Logistics Focus Teams. · Corporate / M&A

Riccardo Denaro

Partner Riccardo Denaro specialises in company law, with particular focus on extraordinary transactions and M&A, corporate advice, commercial contracts. His key sectors of expertise are real estate, private equity and mutual funds. · Corporate Law