About

An internationally experienced in-house lawyer having previous roles based in Florence, London and Paris, Emiliano Berti currently manages a team of nearly 80 people as head of legal and compliance for Nokia Networks in Europe. Currently based in Rome, Berti joined Nokia in 2014 as head of legal and compliance for South East Europe. Quickly increasing his responsibilities, it was in September 2015 that he took on his current position of head of legal and compliance for Europe; when taking on this role, Berti assumed responsibility for over 50 countries across the continent. Focussing on changing certain elements of the legal department at Nokia with the view to designing a ‘top-notch legal department in Europe’, Berti’s team have successfully reduced legal costs massively whilst targeting the improvement of commercial terms and conditions with key customers. Overseeing such a vast geographical network and managing the people within it is what Berti cites as his biggest challenge, but one that has led to some of his best work: by creating ‘a reliable “machine” to support the business and keep the company safe’, his team became his biggest achievement. Having a pivotal, ‘day-by-day relationship with country management’ Berti consistently illustrates his internationally-focussed and flexible approach.