Avocats – Italy

Francesco Lalli

Francesco Lalli is a ranked expert in business criminal law, currently holding the position of Managing Associate within the White Collar Crime, Investigation, and Compliance department in our Rome office. He possesses nearly two decades of experience advising leading companies and prominent individuals in the business and finance sectors, both nationally and internationally. His expertise spans a wide range of areas, including strategic consulting and litigation defense concerning the administrative liability of entities (pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001), criminal law pertaining to financial markets, health and safety, and environmental, tax, corporate, and insolvency criminal law. He has developed significant experience in designing, implementing, and updating Organizational, Management, and Control Models under Legislative Decree 231/2001. In this capacity, he has assisted numerous companies across various industrial and financial sectors in structuring internal control systems to prevent unlawful activities. Notably, he has advised leading multinational corporations on the preparation and updating of their compliance programs, ensuring adherence to national and international regulations on anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, and the repatriation of illicit capital. This includes a strong focus on the provisions of the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act, as well as the comprehensive export control regulatory framework. Mr. Lalli further distinguishes himself through his established proficiency in conducting defensive investigations, designed to protect the legal privilege associated with investigative findings. Additionally, he serves as President of the Supervisory Bodies (Organismi di Vigilanza) under former Legislative Decree 231/2001 for several prominent Italian companies and Italian subsidiaries of international groups operating in strategic economic sectors

ADVANT Nctm

Francesco Lamperti

Partner

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Francesco Lorenzi

Partner

Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo

Francesco Mantegazza

Managing Partner

FIVERS Studio Legale e Tributario

Francesco Manzari

Counsel

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Francesco Maria Aleandri

DLA Piper

Francesco Maruffi

Francesco Maruffi is a partner in the Firm’s Dispute Resolution practice in Italy. Francesco is recognized as a leading Individual by Legal 500 (2018) for dispute resolution in Italy. Francesco is a litigator advising clients on a broad range of litigation and arbitration matters relating to commercial, corporate, financial and insurance disputes with a strong international focus. Francesco has extensive experience in assisting major companies on commercial and corporate disputes (e.g., post-acquisition, R&W claims, directors’ and shareholders’ disputes, unfair competition claims) including with respect to construction and real estate matters, before Courts and Arbitral Tribunals. He regularly acts for financial institutions on wide range of disputes including asset management, investors’ claims, class actions and investigations brought by the Italian Regulation Authorities. He also acts for major insurance companies and brokers with respect to financial lines, product liability, life insurance, property damage and casualty claims. He has been assisting aircraft lessors in a variety of disputes including with reference to aircraft repossession, airport charges and disputes with airport management companies.

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie

Francesco Maruffi

Partner, Co-Head of Dispute Resolution

DWF

Francesco Mazzocchi

Francesco Mazzocchi specialises in Antitrust and Competition Law and EU Law. He assists undertakings involved in proceedings before the European Commission and the EU courts relating to State aid, cartel and abuse of dominant position. He has gained a significant experience in merger control, especially in multi-jurisdictional filings and regularly advises companies on anticompetitive behavior and in the assessment of cooperation, distribution and licensing agreements. His expertise covers antitrust litigation, including actions for damages (private enforcement) and appeals of decisions by the Italian competition authority (AGCM) before the administrative courts. Francesco regularly deals with cases relating to unfair commercial practices and consumer protection, both before the AGCM and the Italian courts. Moreover, he assists clients on a broad range of EU law-related matters, including the EU Regulation on foreign direct investments and application thereof at a national level. He is the author of several publications in his areas of expertise.

ADVANT Nctm

Francesco Nicora

Partner

Simmons & Simmons

Francesco Novelli

DLA Piper

Francesco P. Ruggeri Laderchi

Partner

LMS Studio Legale

Francesco Palladino

Senior Associate

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Francesco Paolo Bello

Partner and Head of Public & Admin Law

Deloitte Legal Italy -Società tra Avvocati a r.l.

Francesco Paolo Sasso

Francesco is a Manager in the firm’s Banking & Finance Regulatory practice. He has extensive experience providing counsel to both national and international credit institutions, investment firms, investment fund managers on a wide range of financial regulatory impacting businesses operating in the Banking and Finance sectors. Francesco is especially noted for his experience advising clients on regulatory capital requirements, internal organization and corporate governance, outsourcing arrangements, remuneration, conduct of business rules, anti-money laundering obligations, acquisition of holdings in financial undertakings, distribution and marketing of banking / financial products and services, internal policies and procedures.

EY

Francesco Peruffo

Francesco is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. He specializes on corporate law and extraordinary transactions. He regularly advises private equity funds and industrial clients on M&A transactions (domestic and cross-border), in turnaround and corporate carve-out contexts as well as on related corporate law matters. Francesco has also gained a solid experience in commercial contracts.

Giovannelli e Associati Studio Legale

Francesco Piron

Partner

CBA Studio Legale e Tributario

Francesco Pisciotta

Francesco Pisciotta co-heads the tax practice of Baker McKenzie Italy. Francesco is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Europe and Global Tax Practice Group. He has been a member of the International Tax Commission of the Milan Association of Certified Accountants. Mr. Pisciotta is a certified auditor and a member of the Milan Tax Bar. He is regularly invited to speak on tax issues in various seminars and conferences. Francesco Pisciotta focuses his practice on domestic and international taxation. He counsels multinational clients on international tax planning, with an emphasis on cross-border transactions, corporate restructurings, real estate transactions and indirect tax matters.

Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie

Francesco Portolano

Partner

Portolano Cavallo

Francesco Reboli

Senior Associate

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Francesco Rizzo

Partner

CBA Studio Legale e Tributario

Francesco Romeo

Francesco focuses his practice in real estate and acquisition financing, where he gained a 20-years’ experience mainly advising Italian and foreign lenders in both domestic and cross-border transactions. He has also assisted in complex debt restructurings transactions.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Francesco Rotondi

Francesco Rotondi is a Founding Partner of LABLAW, licensed journalist and adjunct professor of labour law at Cattaneo University – LIUC Castellanza. He provides 360° Labor Law and Industrial Relations counsel to numerous important Italian and international companies. He has a solid experience assisting with reorganization and restructuring plans, extraordinary operations, trade union litigation, the management of employment contracts, and with the organization of agency networks in the commercial and credit sectors. Francesco Rotondi is the author of numerous publications, books and articles on labour law and on trade union issues. He is the Director of the Licosia Edition series “The Work Has Changed. We Change The Rules” which aims to develop an evolutionary vision of labor law. He is an established lecturer at many conferences and carries out regular teaching activities and training courses for companies and is a frequent speaker at numerous conferences on labour law for the most important Italian academic institutions. He is recognised nationally and internationally for his work in the field of Italian Labour and Employment Law. Some of his most recent accolades include: Labour and Industrial Relations Lawyer of the Year – TopLegal Awards 2020 Sports Lawyer of the Year – Legalcommunity Labour Awards 2020 AIDP Award to the Legal Pioneer – Legalcommunity Labour Awards 2020 Best Lawyers and Best Corporate Law Firms 2020, April 2020 Italian Employment & Labour Law | Client Choice 2020 The 30 Most Powerful Lawyers in Italy | GQ Italy 2019 Top 50 Power Lawyers | LegalCommunity Professional of the Year – Media | TopLegal Industry Awards 2019 Italian Employment Lawyer of the Year | LegalCommunity 2019 100 Leading Consultants in Italy | Forbes Magazine 2019 Italian Lawyer of the Year | Le Fonti Awards 2018 Italian Employment Lawyer of the Year | LegalCommunity Labour Awards 2018 Lawyer of the Year – Trade Union and Industrial Relations | TopLegal Awards 2017 Litigation Lawyer of the Year | TopLegal Awards 2016 … in addition to regular recognition by Legal 500, Chambers, Who’s Who Legal and more!

LABLAW - Studio Legale

Francesco Rusconi

Partner

Mondini Bonora Ginevra Studio Legale