Allen & Overy LLP advised zeb/, the largest German management consultancy company specialising in financial services, on the acquisition of Italian management consultant Resolving Strategy Finance. The acquisition was completed with retroactive effect from 1 January 2012.  The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

By acquiring Resolving, the zeb/ Group takes its European network expansion strategy one step further. Resolving Strategy Finance is a management consultant specialising in financial services, which is based in Milan and has approximately 30 employees.  Its clients currently include approximately 35 banks and insurance companies based both in Italy and abroad. Within the zeb/ Group, Resolving will bundle all zeb/ business activities in Southern Europe.

zeb/rolfes.schierenbeck.associates has more than 800 employees in 16 offices located in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.  The group is among the leading consultancy firms for financial service providers.  Its clients include international banks, savings banks, cooperative banks and insurance companies.

The Allen & Overy team comprised partners Hans Schoneweg (Hamburg), Giovanni Gazzaniga and Paolo Ghiglione (both Milan), associates Juliane Schmidt (Hamburg), Antonio Ferri and Paolo Nastasi (both Milan, all corporate/M&A) as well as Marta Beggiao (tax, Milan). Senior associate Markulf Behrendt (Hamburg) and associate Giorgia Giorgetti (Milan) advised on employment-law issues.

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