Sponsors 2007 edition

BONELLI  EREDE  PAPPALARDO

Established in 1999, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo is widely regarded as Italy’s leading international law firm. Currently, the Firm numbers approximately 290 legal professionals, including 60 partners. They maintain offices in Milan, Rome, Genoa, Brussels and London.

The Firm provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary legal services, particularly in the areas of M&A, Corporate Finance, E.U. law, antitrust, domestic and international litigation, administrative law, tax law, employment law and intellectual property law.

Bredin Prat

Founded in the 1960s, Bredin Prat specializes in business law, in particular high-level mergers and acquisitions (including major French privatizations). It also undertakes work in finance and capital markets, competition law, tax law, commercial litigation and arbitration, and white-collar criminal law.

Hengeler Mueller is recognized to be one of Europe’s pre-eminent law firms, dedicated to absolute standards of service. Its members are committed to deliver to clients creative and efficient solutions designed to achieve their business objectives. They believe that their commitment can best be realized by remaining a true independent partnership dedicated to entrepreneurial principles in thinking and practice. They share this belief with their partner firms in other countries, which enjoy the same exceptional reputation as Hengeler Mueller. Together they offer innovative legal services in complex cross-border transactions worldwide.

Slaughter and May is a leading law firm with a diverse international practice advising on a full range of contentious and non-contentious commercial, financing and other matters for UK and international clients. Its Dispute Resolution group has an outstanding international reputation for both domestic and cross-border Arbitration and Litigation matters and is recognised throughout the business community for its commercial awareness and commitment to clients.

Slaughter and May provides access to the best legal advice around the world by working in integrated teams with the leading independent law firms worldwide. Quality and commerciality are its hallmarks.

Uria Menendez is highlighted as one of the most prestigious law firms of Continental Europe and has adhered at all times to our core principles: profound analysis of the law, professional services of the highest quality and long-lasting relations with clients, capacity for innovation and honesty, decency and strict compliance with high ethical and professional standards; in a nutshell, they strive to excel at all levels.