Dentons has strengthened its Corporate, M&A and Private Equity practices with the hire of Partner Aian Abbas who joins from Ashurst – where she was a corporate partner – along with associate Alma De Rosa and trainee Violetta Cozzone.
Aian Abbas has extensive experience in corporate, private equity and M&A matters, with a particular focus on corporate finance and leveraged finance transactions. Her major deals include advising Oakley Capital on the acquisition of Facile.it and Mutui.it and assisting Quercus and Swisslife in the acquisition of ASI.
Ms. Abbas and her team will be based in Dentons’ new Rome office, which opened in July 2016. The Corporate M&A team in Italy counts now 17 professionals, including four partners.
Federico Sutti, Italy Managing Partner, stated: “We are delighted to welcome Aian Abbas to the team. Her recruitment is a step forward in our strategy to expand our Corporate M&A practice which is core to our Firm in Italy .”
Stefano Speroni, Head of the Corporate and M&A group in Italy, added: “Aian’s addition to the team will significantly deepen our service offering to our clients, particularly in the Private Equity area, positioning our Firm at the highest levels of this sector which will be crucial to our success in the years to come.”
Ms. Abbas added: “It is a privilege to join a law firm which has seen such exceptional global growth and made such a big impact on the Italian legal market in such a short time. I look forward to working with Federico and Stefano in making Dentons the law firm of choice for M&A and private equity deals in Italy.”
Dentons also recently hired two new associates for its Milan office: Ludovica Balbo di Vinadio, who joined the Corporate M&A group from Audisio e Associati law firm, as well as Marco Groppo, who joined the Real Estate practice from CBA Studio Legale Tributario.
Source: www.dentons.com
