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Having made ‘substantial changes’ to the Piaggio group legal department, Ulisse Spada presides over a function organised into three main areas of practice, marking a change to the previous structure which was based on legal managers dedicated to single business units. Spada has successfully changed attitudes within the company to consider the legal team from simply business “consultants” to true business “partners” that, despite having autonomy, are able to influence decisions taken by top management. With a history of in-house accomplishments, Spada can also point to the restructures of the Olivetti group including the participation of the legal team that managed the 50bn takeover of Telecom Italia as notable successes in his career so far.