Mese: Maggio 2015

Ughi e Nunziante strengthened its Milan office with the arrival of Avvocati Giovanni Maria Marini and Afra Mantoni from the international firm Jones Day.

Formerly a partner of Jones Day and a current member of the Milan and New York Bars, Giovanni Maria Marini practiced in leading law firms in Milan, Washington, London, Bruxelles and Paris, gaining a substantial experience in the corporate, finance and real estate sectors. Giovanni has now returned to Ughi e Nunziante, where he started his career as the right-hand man of Giovanni Maria Ughi, one of the founders of the Firm.

Giovanni represents several Italian and foreign clients in relation to mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, financing and real estate.

Afra Mantoni practiced in several Italian and international law firms – most recently as senior associate at Jones Day – gaining a wide range experience in civil law and specializing in data protection. Afra joined Ughi e Nunziante as partner at the Milan Office and will be responsible for all the matters relating to data protection, including the development and implementation of worldwide policies and compliance procedures for the management and protection of personal and corporate data.

Ughi e Nunziante has assisted the European group Akka – which provides engineering and technology consulting services and counts 11,000 employees in three continents – in the acquisition of the company Epsco S.r.l., a well-established Italian business operating in the same sector, which recorded revenues of €18 million in 2014.

Partner Cristina Baglioni dealt with the labor aspects of the transaction, while corporate and contractual matters were handled by partners Roberto Leccese and Giuseppe Coco, with the support of senior associate Camilla Savarese.

Ughi e Nunziante cooperated with Akka’s legal department, headed by Jean-Philippe Laligand.

The acquisition, which is part of the Group’s growth strategy, has served to further strengthen its position in the Italian market, where Akka has now been active for nearly twenty years.