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Article: Financial crisis forces upturn in merger deals.
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- The Lawyer
- Article date:
- February 9, 2009
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Merger fever has gripped the Italian legal market as domestic firms join forces to weather the economic storm.
This month Camozzi & Bonissoni Varrenti & Associati and Studio Associato LCA merged to form CBA Studio Legale e Tributario (CBA). The move will create a new entrant into the Italian market with a combined turnover of around e35m (#31.66m).
The new firm comprises 45 partners and more than 180 fee-earners, with offices in Milan, Rome, Padua, Venice and also a small practice in Munich, Germany. CBA will specialise in corporate and tax advice for clients in Italy's north east.
Name partner Alessandro Varrenti said: "A merger is something ...