Avv Paola Corte > Studio Legale Corte > MILAN, Italy > Lawyer Profile
Studio Legale Corte Offices
Corso Magenta 56
Milano
20121
Italy
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Avv Paola Corte
Work Department
Partner at Studio Legale Corte
Position
Paola Corte is a highly specialized food lawyer.
Her activity concentrates on offering legal advice and judicial assistance to food business operators. She has highly specialized legal knowledge and technical skills relating to food production and communication with consumers.
As a consultant, Paola assists food business operators in developing products and creating the communication campaigns, by offering legal advice related to the legal compliance of food composition, production techniques, labelling, advertising, distribution and administration of food and beverages and similar products. The same activity is carried out for food related products (such as food contact materials) and other consumer goods (pet food, toys, etc.)
Paola assists food business operators and trade associations in assessing the impact of draft and new legislation.
Paola carries out defensive activity in the courts, both by challenging regulatory sanctions imposed by supervisory bodies on food business operators, and by defending defendants in criminal proceedings relating to the production, marketing and administering of food and beverages, and other consumer goods.
Paola Corte has held several courses for food business operators on food law and food labeling. She is regularly asked to be a speaker or chair for national and international food-related conferences.
Studio Legale Corte is also ranked in the Italian Forbes 100 Legal Professionals list, and both Paola Corte and Elena Corte are personally mentioned.
Career
Paola graduated from the University of Milan in 2003 and immediately began working at Studio Legale Corte. She was admitted to the Milan Bar Association in 2008 and was made partner of the firm that same year. Paola taught food law at LUISS Business School in Rome for three years (2021-2023).
Languages
Italian (native speaker), English (native speaker), French (basic)
Memberships
Council member of the European Food Law Association (EFLA) since 2018
Member of the “Associazione Donne del Retail” since 2023
Education
American School of Milan (International Baccalaureate 1996)
Università degli Studi di Milano (Laurea in Giurisprudenza 2003)
Michigan State University – Institute for Food Laws and Regulations – (Food Laws and Regulations in the United States; European Food Law 2018)
Leisure
aerobatic airplane pilot; passionate about scuba diving, travelling and watercolour painting
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Industry focus: Food
(Leading individuals)Studio Legale Corte is a boutique firm in food law that offers impressive knowledge of the food industry, including the production, packaging and marketing of food products. It is well known for its specialism in criminal law – it assists clients in both civil and criminal cases including regulatory breaches. It also assists clients with due diligence work in relation to M&A transactions. The practice is led by the ‘exceptional‘ Paola Corte, whose expertise spans all technical and legal aspects of food and beverage composition, labelling and advertising. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the European Food Law Association. Co-head Elena Corte has particular expertise in criminal matters concerning fraud, counterfeiting and non-genuine or contaminated food sales.