NCTM’s Anthony Perotto argues that a London presence is essential for ambitious European law firms

NCTM opened up in London in 2008, right at the start of the downturn. It was not an easy decision to take at the time, but we decided against a mere representative office, choosing instead to relocate senior lawyers in order to offer high-end Italian legal advice to international clients in corporate, M&A , insurance, finance and litigation areas. Time has proven that this was the right choice for the firm and we have gone on to add more senior lawyers and cover more practice areas such as shipping, tax, competition and financial regulatory.