The M&A partner spent his final day with the firm last Friday (9 May) and joins the Australian investment bank in
Cerina has been with A&O since the magic circle giant merged with Italian leader Brosio Casati e Associati in 1998. His broad corporate practice covers a range of cross-border transactional work.
Cerina was previously head of A&O’s Italian corporate practice until the post was abolished two years ago. The corporate group will continue to be overseen by a number of local partners.
Following the departure, A&O’s Italian corporate practice has six partners based across
The news continues a run of departures from A&O in
However, A&O did add the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Italy finance head Stefano Sennhauser in October.