2025

New Appointments in Legance

The Associates’ General Meeting approved the appointments of 4 Partners and 13 Senior Counsel. At the same time, the appointments of Andrea Giannelli and Filippo Troisi as Co-Managing Partners and the appointment of Alberto Maggi as CEO also came into effect.

Milan, 23rd June 2025 – Following the appointments of Stefano Bandini, Serena Commisso, Marco D’Agostini, Andrea Tortora della Corte, the number of partners at Legance has risen to 70.

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2024

New appointments in Legance: 4 partners and 10 Senior Counsel

Milano, 28th May 2024 – Legance – Avvocati Associati appoints 4 new partners and 10 Senior Counsel. Following the appointments of Giorgio Colombo, Lorenzo Gentiloni Silveri, Laura Li Donni and Valeria Viti the number of partners has risen to 69. The number of Senior Counsel has now reached 29 with the promotion of Filippo Benintendi, Francesca Carlesi, Giusi Colasuonno, Marco D’Agostini, Marco Gagliardi, Filippo Innocenti, Edward Ruggeri, Andrea Tortora della Corte, Cristiana Visco and Beatrice Zilio.

These new appointments,

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Federico Vezzani joins Legance as a new partner in the Financial Intermediaries Regulations Team

Milan, 19 February 2024 – Federico Vezzani joins Legance in the Financial Intermediaries Regulations Department.

The arrival of Vezzani confirms the firm’s strategy of selecting a solid partnership capable of giving continuity to Legance’s vision over the coming years, as a safeguard for its people and its clients.

Federico Vezzani deals with Banking and Financial Regulation with a focus on both Italian and foreign banks, insurance companies, financial intermediaries, investment companies, asset management companies and banking institutions,

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2023

Pietro Merlino joins Legance as part of the EU, Antitrust and Regulation Team

Milan, 16th November 2023 – Pietro Merlino, an expert in Antitrust & Competition law, joins Legance as Partner in the EU, Antitrust and Regulation Department.

Pietro has acquired extensive experience on every aspect of both EU and domestic antitrust law, including in particular abuse and restrictive practices and concentration control, as well as issues related purely to intellectual property, distribution agreements and antitrust compliance programs. He also has particular experience in the pharmaceutical and energy sectors,

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