GOP Announces 25 Year Anniversary

April, 2013 - Rome, Italy

I am writing to you as our firm passes a landmark of 25 years from its foundation, a perfect
opportunity to reflect on some of our achievements and to consider the tasks ahead.

Back in 1988 we started out as a handful of lawyers sharing a common vision - creating a
dynamic international business law firm from scratch. Strong determination and the
recruitment of talented professionals have helped create what we are today, a leading player
in the Italian and international legal scene, but our success owes as much to the support,
loyalty and trust of our clients as it does to our own efforts.

We see our clients’ trust as the reward for our commitment to nurturing enduring
relationships with them, working in close proximity on a territorial level and offering guidance
on international activities through both our strategically placed offices and desks dedicated to
those regions that are increasingly shaping our world.

Quality has always been the hallmark for our firm. It underpins our principles of proud
independence, how we manage client relationships and why we spare no effort to anticipate
their needs. This emphasis on quality has also been the driver behind our continuous
investment in developing new offices in Italy and abroad and in the firm’s policy of attracting
top-level experts as well as promising young lawyers, whose skills we support through our
training programmes.

New practice areas have been founded and existing areas strengthened by the arrival of
leading practitioners and their teams from other firms, drawn by the opportunity to be part of
an innovative and responsive law firm, combining the best of traditional values with a modern
outlook. Most recently we have welcomed leading lawyer Roberto Cappelli to the Corporate
Finance department, partners Luigi Chessa, Giuseppe Schiavello and Stefano Agnoli to the
Banking practice, and Paola Tradati to the Labour department. Last in the line of newcomers,
but of no less importance, we were fortunate to be able to appoint Claudio Grego as co-head
of the new Wealth & Trust department.

However, self-praise is no recommendation. The firm’s successes and achievements in
2012 were recognised by being crowned “Law Firm of the Year” at the Chambers Awards for
Excellence, “Law Firm of the Year – Italy” by The Lawyer European Awards, and “Best Italian
Law Firm 2012” at the Legal Alliance Summit & Awards. For the second consecutive year the
firm picked up the “Law Firm of the Year” award from Top Legal, with the firm’s corporate and
restructuring lawyers also being named “professionals of the year”.

Whilst a source of pride and satisfaction, these accolades remind us of how we got here:
the need to look beyond maintaining standards, and instead to be focused on moving the bar
of quality ever higher.

Our 25 year milestone is therefore as much a starting point for the journey onwards as it is
a retrospective moment. I am confident that the new challenges of the future will be met with
the same commitment and passion for which the firm’s name has now become a byword. In
conclusion, we hope to continue to be worthy of your support, loyalty and trust, as important to
us today and tomorrow as it has ever been.

Yours Sincerely,
Francesco Gianni
Senior Partner
[email protected]

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