Milan/Amsterdam—Alessandro Fosco Fagotto and Jurjen Bevers have been elected to the Europe Board at Dentons following a vote of the Europe Partners. The Europe Board is a governance body that provides oversight to the Europe CEO and leadership team, and reviews key strategic priorities, initiatives, and policies on behalf of the Dentons partnership across Continental Europe and Central Asia.

Milan-based partner Alessandro Fosco Fagotto is Head of the Banking and Finance practice in both Europe and Italy. He has more than 20 years’ experience advising banks, private equity and private debt funds, investors, and borrowers on a broad range of financing transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance, structured finance, general corporate lending and refinancing. He also advises on debt restructuring and financing to distressed companies. Fosco Fagotto established Dentons’ Banking and Finance department in Italy and has been pivotal in supporting the development of the practice and the Firm at both the local and European level. He is recognized as one of the leading finance lawyers in Italy by the most prestigious international legal directories such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, and IFLR1000. 

Amsterdam-based partner Jurjen Bevers is Co-head of the Europe Tax practice and Head of the Tax practice in the Netherlands at Dentons. He has 23 years of experience in providing strategic Dutch and international tax advice related to group restructuring, M&A, investment, financial structuring, tax treaty interpretation, and transfer pricing. His clients consist primarily of international companies in the oil and gas, construction and shipbuilding sectors. He is recognized as a Highly Regarded lawyer for transactional tax and transfer pricing in the Netherlands by International Tax Review’s World Tax guide.

Federico Sutti, Chairman of the Europe Board, said, “I am delighted to welcome Fosco and Jurjen to the Europe Board and look forward to working with them. Both are talented lawyers, strategic thinkers and experienced leaders who will bring valuable insights to our discussions about the future of our Firm across Europe and Central Asia.” 

Fosco Fagotto said, “It is an honor for me to have been elected as member of the Europe Board at Dentons. I will put all my efforts into contributing to the growth of our Firm and to helping the firm and our clients address the important challenges that the legal market is facing.”

Jurjen Bevers said, “Thank you to my colleagues across Europe for this vote of confidence. It’s a pivotal moment to take on a regional leadership role. I’m very motivated to work on the strategic direction of the Firm with this talented group of people so that we remain well-positioned to help our clients succeed.”

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