He had been previously associated with Sullivan & Cromwell and Hale & Dorr, now known as WilmerHale.
Pappalardo e Associati was founded in 1992 by Aurelio Pappalardo,[4] a graduate of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and the University of Chicago, who had previously worked at the Milan office of Jones Day.
The three-way merger was largely a result of market pressure during a period of rapid change in the Italian legal sector as international (mostly American and British) law firms such as Clifford Chance, and Shearman & Sterling actively sought to expand their existing operations, or open offices in Italy.
[5] The merger was essentially a flanking operation that forced foreign firms to concentrate their energies on mergers with smaller Italian firms or to acquire specific teams.
[6] The firm is now managed by a Board of Directors that is made up of 9 partners, including the Chairman (Stefano Simontacchi) and the Managing Partner (Andrea Carta Mantiglia).In October 2020, beLab, BonelliErede's Alternative Legal Service Provider, gained its own autonomy and became a corporation.