David Boies Looks to Italy for Next Act, Opening Office in Milan

Prominent American trial lawyer David Boies is looking to Italy’s business and fashion capital for a fresh start for his law firm.

Boies Schiller Flexner is opening its first new office in nearly a decade in Milan, Italy, Boies told Bloomberg Law. The firm could add as many as 15 local lawyers in the coming weeks, a group that includes litigators and general business advisors, he said.

“The Italian market itself is such an important market and Milan is also a good base to do international arbitration in other EU countries,” Boies said. “It is centrally located and the people ...