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Striking at the heart of what makes an outstanding internal legal team so valuable to a corporation, a nominator claims of the legal department at iconic global fashion brand Benetton: ‘The Benetton group is extremely innovative and forward thinking, constantly on the lookout for strategic legal solutions that will improve the company’s overall efficiency’. Shaping this ethos as well as providing leadership in terms of the company’s legal and business strategy, general counsel Andrea Pezzangora leads a legal team concerned with leading the company through a challenging and complex period. The team has excelled in protecting the interests of the company on a number of crucial litigations that have had a long standing impact on the group’s two main brands. The fashion industry is one that is a constant battlefield in terms of regulation and trademarks for the in-house lawyers that work within it, and even in spite of the challenges this brings, the day to day work and the special projects the team undertake are dealt with efficiently and with positive business outcomes for the Benetton Group.