Slaughter and May’s Italian ally Bonelli Erede Pappalardo has taken Riccardo Sallustio, the head of Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) Italian desk in London, as part of a banking push in the UK.

Sallustio will leave A&O on 30 June after a year heading up the UK-based giant’s Italian desk and is expected to start at Bonelli Erede in August.