The Padua office of SLA Studio Legale Associato opened in January 2007. Whilst the firm's presence here enjoys all the back office resources and specialist expertise of Rome, Milan, it is, like the Brescia office, also a fully independent operational unit. This ensures it meets the needs of both local business and outside investors interested in the prospects that the area has to offer.

Padua’s opening also brings a new body of highly specialised work to SLA and the office specialises in banking & finance work and acts for a series of prestigious financial institutions.

Padua is home to many of Italy’s most significant industrial and financial groups and has grown rapidly in importance, thanks to expanding local medium to large-scale industries. Within reach of Milan and the north-east, it has a strategic position at the centre of the industrial heartland of northern Italy.

Principal services:

• Domestic and cross-border M&A
• Banking and finance
• Corporate and M&A
• Competition law
• Commercial law
• Tax
• Intellectual Property and technology
• Employment law