Orrick Opens Rome Office.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2004 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol announced today that it will open an office in Rome, building upon and strengthening the offerings of the Milan office which opened in May 2003. Joining Orrick is the 16-lawyer firm Studio Legale e Tributario (SLET SLET Support and Learning for Electronic Tendering SLET Site Laboratory Essentials Training ), led by Patrizio Messina and his two partners Claudio Guccione and Domenico Galli. Orrick's Rome office will focus on two primary practice areas: banking and finance (with particular emphasis on structured finance and securitisation), and administrative law administrative law, law governing the powers and processes of administrative agencies. The term is sometimes used also of law (i.e., rules, regulations) developed by agencies in the course of their operation. (focusing on public procurement and project finance). Since its formation three years ago as SLET, the Rome office has developed a robust client base, with an emphasis on major financial institutions and key Italian infrastructure and transportation companies. Alessandro De Nicola, Managing Partner of Orrick's Milan office and now leader of the firm's Italian operations said, "While Milan is the centre for financial and commercial transactions, it is important to have a presence in Rome as the home of the Italian Parliament and the most important Italian regulatory authorities Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest regulatory agency administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities . It is the centre of administrative law in Italy, as well as an important commercial and financial centre in its own right." David Syed, Managing Partner for Orrick's European offices, said "Orrick is an international leader in structured finance and our clients are active worldwide. Adding a Rome finance team will further strengthen our European finance presence and will expand our ability to support key clients in cross-border transactions." The addition of the Rome team brings the number of lawyers in the firm's European offices to over 100. It is a significant step in the firm's expansion which has seen the recent openings of offices in Paris (2002) and Milan (2003) in addition to the well-established London office (1998). Orrick's chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Ralph Baxter said, "We are extremely fortunate to have connected with SLET. They are lawyers of the highest quality and we are very excited about working with these three new partners to develop our Italian and wider European practices." About Orrick Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's lawyers serve clients from 13 offices around the world: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Orange County, Sacramento, Pacific Northwest, London, Milan, Paris, Rome and Tokyo. |
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