Employment
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Hall of fameBonelliErede
Partner, Marcello Giustiniani specialises in employment law with particular focus on management of relationships with senior managers and relative remuneration (in regulated sectors), corporate crises, including mass redundancies, corporate reorganisation for extraordinary transactions, trade-union negotiations, social security contributions, international mobility of employees, competition and confidentiality, litigation and corporate governance. He is member of the Corporate Governance, Restructuring & Insolvency, Sports Law and the Digital Innovation (strategic support) Focus Teams.
Hall of fameBonelliErede
Partner, Antonella Negri specialises in employment law, with particular focus on industrial relations (collective redundancies and business transfers, including businesses in financial difficulty), labour, trade-union and social security litigation, drafting of individual employment contract and collective company agreements, management of relationships with all types of workers. Her key sectors are healthcare and pharmaceuticals, engineering, insurance, consultancy and services and large-scale retail. She is member of the Healthcare & Life Sciences, Restructuring & Insolvency and Shipping, Transport & Logistics Focus Teams.
Hall of fameLABLAW - Studio Legale
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!
Rising stars
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
BonelliErede
Senior associate, Stefano Calabria specialises in employment law with particular expertise in management of relationship with top managers, top managers’ remuneration and incentive plans, employee’s international mobility, competition and confidentiality and litigation. He is a member of the Insurance Focus Team.
PedersoliGattai
Assistance to industrial groups, national and international companies in day-to-day employment related matters, as well in labour – related litigation. Moreover, advice on employment related matter connected with M&A transactions, with particular focus on the negotiations of directorship / employment contracts and incentive schemes for the management in IPO processes.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
DLA Piper LLP (US)
A&O Shearman
Leading individuals
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Chiomenti
Emanuele advises Italian and international clients (in particular, in the luxury, fashion, infrastructure and transports, finance, banks and insurance institutions) in matters concerning employment and labour law with a focus on agency and directorship agreements; compensation policies; collective dismissal and redundancy procedures, transfer/lease/spin-off of business and insolvency procedures; stock option plans, employee share-participation, corporate welfare, assistance in dealing with managers as well as managing labour litigation at every phase.
Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici
Nicola Bonante specializes in all Labour Law and Industrial Relations-related matters, including employees’ benefits, stock option plans, MBO(s) and LTIP(s), reorganization and restructuring processes, on a domestic and international level. He also deals in Labour Law matters in connection with extraordinary corporate and private equity transactions.
Chiomenti
Annalisa advices Italian and foreign clients in matters concerning Employment Law, social security (also in litigation) with a focus on Employment Law aspects of acquisitions, corporate restructuring and management of contracts for top managers of multinationals corporations, companies of the financial sector and other industries. In addition, she offers assistance in matters concerning remuneration policies, compliance programs, international mobility, retention/non compete restrictions and corporate governance issues. Annalisa has also gained extensive experience in complex corporate restructuring processes, outsourcing, national and international reorganization plans, also with assistance in industrial relations.
Dentons
Davide Boffi is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office, Head of the Employment and Labor practice in Italy and Europe Head of Employment and Labor practice. Davide has significant experience in employment and labor law, as well as in agency contracts. He provides judicial and extrajudicial assistance, advising clients on the full range of national and international employment and labor law, including: negotiation with trade unions and individuals, corporate restructurings, individual and collective dismissals, transfers of undertakings, internal audit and due diligence connected to mergers and acquisitions. He also advises on drafting incentive plans, retention plans, stock option plans and bonus schemes for top managers and directors of publicly traded and private companies, as well as on drafting plant-level collective bargaining agreements with unions, employment and self-employment contracts, general settlement agreements. Davide’s assistance includes drafting privacy policies, internal procedures and disciplinary codes (also according to Legislative Decree no. 231 of 2001).
DLA Piper LLP (US)
DLA Piper LLP (US)