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SJ Berwin LLP Expands Italian Office

Monday 16th January 2006

SJ Berwin LLP is delighted to announce the arrival of Finance partner Federico Pavetto who will join the Firm on Monday 16 January and will be based in Italy. This follows the recent announcement of the opening of SJ Berwin’s offices in Milan and Turin in December.

Federico joins SJ Berwin from White & Case LLP. In addition to Federico's appointment, senior assistant Andrea Luciano joined the Milan office last Monday 9 January. Andrea specialises in Capital Markets and joins SJ Berwin from Allen & Overy.

Alberto Morano, Managing Partner for Italy, commented, "I am delighted to be working alongside Federico again and I also welcome Andrea to the team. We now have a strong commercial and corporate finance team who can service our clients and my focus will now be on looking to build our real estate practice which is a growing and important sector in Italy."

The Firm's Managing Partner, Ralph Cohen says, "I welcome Federico and Andrea to the team. A presence in Italy is a vital part of our European growth strategy and I am delighted that such high calibre lawyers are choosing to join us."

Notes:

• Founded in 1982, SJ Berwin is a leading City corporate and commercial law firm with offices in London, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris and Turin.
• SJ Berwin’s pan-European private equity team recently won the EVCA/Real Deals award for Law Firm of the Year for the second successive year, in recognition of its private equity work over the last twelve months. The award recognised the Firm’s contribution to European private equity, and its work on buy-outs, venture capital and fund formation.
• Further information about the firm may be found at www.sjberwin.com and about the partners at www.sjberwin.com/people
• SJ Berwin has recently been named UK Firm of the Year at The Legal Week Awards in recognition of its "superb" client feedback and successful international expansion over the last five years.

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