Founded in New York more than 100 years ago, White & Case belongs to that class of law firms that enjoys an impressive reputation anywhere in the world. Through a unique set up, it has built an expertise in more than two dozen fields of practice and excels in cross-border cases.
“White & Case opened in Italy about 10 years ago. The firm has 40 offices in 28 countries. We have over 2,700 lawyers globally. In Milan, our practice employs about 80 people, 60 of which are lawyers. A lot of what we do involves a group made up not only of Italian attorneys,” White & Case Partner Michael Immordino told GMI POST.
“We have international attorneys and international clients that come to Italy, as well as Italian clients traveling out of Italy. So, we go both directions. We work in cooperation with the various offices that our clients go to,” Immordino added.
Wherever in the world its clients go for business, White & Case makes sure its teams know all their needs.
“We have a strong Japan practice that provides ‘one-stop’ access to our firm’s global legal services with a deep-bench of attorneys that advise on both inbound and outbound large-scale M&A processes, complex financings and other transactions. Our firm maintains a wide global network of offices allowing us to support our Japanese clients on their cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters. Our clients benefit from a “local-global” platform. We have a deep knowledge and understanding of the local markets and participants, and also a wealth of know-how and experience from our international practice,” Immordino said.
“All of our lawyers and almost all our associates work on international deals almost all the time. They bring different perspectives and that's what makes us very different. This office is very entrepreneurial. We export work from the Milan office and we share it with other offices. That's the model of White & Case. That's what makes us stronger and makes the firm both global and united at the same time,” he also said.
