Chiomenti - Studio legale
Chiomenti’s distinction has always been its international outlook and its Italian legal expertise. The Firm's success is based on the combination of its international outlook and the excellence of its professionals. Studio Chiomenti has accompanied the growth of the major Italian businesses and the continuing increase in incoming and outgoing foreign investments from the post Second World War economic recovery to the recent market integration reforms. The Firm today has over 300 attorneys and tax advisers and has offices in Rome, Milan, Turin, London, Brussels, New York, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Chiomenti provides integrated legal advice with the goals of assisting clients to clearly understand the legal variables affecting their business decisions and turning efficient legal structures into a competitive advantage. In addition to advising in the traditional corporate, banking, finance and capital markets practice areas, the Firm provides expert legal services in litigation and in the tax, administrative, employment, EU, antitrust, public utilities, copyright, financial markets regulation, trusts, and intellectual property practice areas. The Firm has consolidated expertise in civil, administrative and EU law, litigation and in national and international arbitration. The Firm's quality legal assistance has been rewarded by recognition in the specialised press and in legal sector organisations. Each year the Firm and several of its professionals are ranked among the foremost leaders by Chambers Global, The European Legal 500, IFLR 1000. Studio Chiomenti has been granted the “Italian Law Firm of the Year Award” in the past consecutive three years by Chambers, as well as by FT-Mergermarket, The Lawyer and Legal Alliance. Studio Chiomenti is the leading independent Italian law firm in the Asian region servicing clients intending to invest in China and clients investing in Italy from China, through its offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. On March 2010 Chiomenti has entered into an exclusive association - approved by the Law Society of Hong Kong - with CdB and JC & Co, a Hong Kong firm of the partners Claudio de Bedin, Dominic Lee and Jason Carmichael. CdB and JC & Co and Chiomenti plan to subsequently merge, according to the Law Society of Hong Kong requirements. The type of work undertaken by the partners and various associates of the Firm in both Hong Kong and the PRC includes the following: Foreign direct investment from Europe into Asia, in particular the PRC; Establishment of joint venture and Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises; Structuring of joint venture Agreements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital markets; Private Equity; Insurance; Restructuring; Distribution, both wholesale and retail; Licensing of Intellectual Property rights generally; Litigation an Arbitration in Hong Kong and the PRC; General contentious matters, including debt recovery; International trade and transportation. The partners, and various associates, of the Firm have experience in various industry sectors including the following: Waste to energy; Automotive; Fashion/Branded products; Pharmaceuticals/Medical; Private Equity; Heavy industry/Building materials; Toys/Childrens' products; Aviation; Shipping. Please note that, as a Hong Kong law firm, we are not permitted under existing PRC law to render opinions in respect of, or advise on, the laws of the PRC. In view of this, our engagement will, in so for as the laws and regulations of the PRC are concerned, necessarily be based on our own research, experience and the advice of our correspondents in the PRC.