Italian firm Toffoletto e Soci, which merged and then demerged from Negri-Clementi Toffoletto & Soci within the space of a year, (Legal Week, 17 May), is to join the Ius Laboris pan-European employment alliance.

The exclusive alliance comprises six other firms including City firm Rowe & Maw, Spanish firm Sagardoy & Abogados and French firm Barthelemy & Associes and was set up to capitalise on the increasing integration of EU employment law.