International law firm Simmons & Simmons has expanded it’s corporate and commercial group with the hire of Dario Spinella who has joined the firm as a partner as of 01 May.
Dario joins the firm from Lombardi Molinari and will be based in the firm’s Milan office supporting Italian corporate and commercial head, Andrea Accornero.
Dario has significant experience in advising international and Italian clients on a wide range of corporate law matters including M&A, private equity, corporate real estate and corporate restructuring, and with a particular focus across Asian markets, after working for more than six years in Singapore. He has also worked in both New York and Budapest.
Michele Citarella, partner and head of Italy, commented: “we are pleased to welcome Dario to the firm. His experience working across many jurisdictions will add significant value to the firm’s clients with corporate and commercial interests in Italy.”
Parnter and head of the firm’s corporate and commercial group, Mark Curtis, added: “Dario’s appointment will strengthen our corporate and commercial offering. As a leading lawyer in corporate real estate, his unique understanding of many jurisdictions is a huge benefit to our clients and will help us to provide the right combination of international law firm capability and top expertise in Italy to assist with the development of their business interests.”
The announcement comes one week after the firm announced the promotion of 13 of it’s lawyers to the partnership for 2015.
Source: www.simmons-simmons.com
