Agostino Nuzzolo is an experienced executive vice president currently in charge of legal, regulatory and tax affairs with a demonstrated history of working in diversified industrial sectors. In January 2017,...

Alberto Sciocco joined Citi in 2005 after 10 years in private practice, and in 2015 was promoted to his current role as country counsel looking after the global banking organisation’s...

Alejandro Bes Garralaga has served as the corporate legal counsel for multinational technology company Apple for the last four years, providing legal support to Apple’s business in the Southern European...

Alessandra Ferrari began her in-house career as an in-house counsel at international chemicals manufacturer Dow Italia, where she worked between 1997 and 2003. There she discovered key differences between working...

After 10 years at international law firms including Clifford Chance and Chiomenti, Andrea Navarra moved in-house in 2008 and became head of corporate, legal and compliance for Italy and related...

Transitioning to the in-house world after a short spell in private practice, Antonella Centra has gone on to have a remarkable in-house legal career in a number of notable companies...

Antonella Fachin started her professional career in the parent company of Bracco Imaging, the lead company in the Bracco Group’s core business of diagnostic imaging, as an in-house legal counsel...

Using her decade of experience as a private practice lawyer at Chiomenti Studio Legale between 2003 and 2013, Antonia Cosenz identifies that she has brought many skills and attributes she...

In 2016 Antonio Adami joined Canadian Solar after spending almost eight years working at another US primary global solar manufacturer and developer. He was appointed as senior counsel to lead...

Antonio Sirica is a lawyer with 15 years of experience both as in-house counsel and external advisor in corporate and contract law, compliance, M&A transactions and restructuring. Sirica joined multinational...

Carlo Daneo is a hugely respected lawyer with ample experience in the automotive industry, having overseen some of the most complex corporate and commercial matters in the sector as far...

Carmen Di Marino joined Dompé as chief legal officer in 2013, in order to support and advise on the group’s expansion strategy in international markets. She is currently in charge...

Claudio Criscuolo is in charge of Italian multinational cement company Cementir Group’s legal, corporate and compliance matters involving domestic and international law, serving as the lead lawyer for group negotiations...

Cristina Rustignoli is the general counsel and non-executive director for Italian insurance company Generali Italia, a subsidiary of Generali Group. She started her career at savings Italian bank, Cassa di...

Dario Dell’Osa’s legal career began at an Italian boutique law firm before completing his LLM with a specialist in-house focus, which helped him make a seamless transition into an in-house...

Diego Manzetti joined AIG as its first Italy based in-house lawyer, and therefore had to shape the function and build it from scratch, creating a robust function that has moulded...

Distinguished financial lawyer Domenica Lista started her career working for international law firms and cooperating with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs in the European litigation department. It was approximately...

Elena Impagnatiello is the general counsel for the Italian office of CBRE Global Investors. In her role, she is responsible for providing legal advice and support in relation to any...

Emanuela Crippa currently manages, leads and monitors all legal aspects linked to finance and credit areas within Pirelli Group in Italy and abroad across 13 countries including Brazil, China, Russia,...

In 2014, Emiliano Berti joined Nokia firstly as head of legal and compliance for South-East Europe and through assuming increasing responsibility was eventually promoted to head of legal and compliance...

Ennio Bernasconi is an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience as a business lawyer within a variety of multinational companies. His career started with a brief experience in...

Enrico-Carlo Baccetti has been responsible for reshaping and resizing the legal department at the Italian branch of leading pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, allowing him to take credit for the evolution...

In 2012 Fabio Niccoli was appointed as general counsel and participated in the start-up and launch of Fondo Strategico Italiano, a state owned holding company investing in national strategic assets...

Fabio Tucci has been at the centre of what has been an exciting few months for internationally renowned Italian football club Juventus. Amongst its most recent transactions, the club’s completion...

In February 2017, after over two decades of in-house legal experience at a range of Italian fashion brands, Fabrizio Caretta joined luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana as its general...

Fabrizio Minneci is Ferrero Group’s chief legal officer, and has an additional position at the global confectionary manufacturer as a member of its board of directors. Minneci joined the Ferrero...

Football Club Internazionale Milano is globally renowned as having one of the world’s most successful football teams with the following accolades under their belt; 18 Italian league titles, seven Coppa...

Federico Ciotola serves as the head of legal for capital markets Italy, where he is part of the institutional functions of the Borsa Italiana – the Italian stock exchange –...

Federico Dal Poz assumed his current position as group legal and corporate affairs officer at Amplifon, the world leader in hearing aid retail, in November 2016. Dal Poz has been...

General counsel Flavia Scarpellini has been right at the forefront of Airport Handling’s momentous changes and acquisitions, impressing peers with her ability to handle a large workload efficiently and tactfully....

Francesca Elisabetta Spinelli Barrile first joined the Barclays legal department in London in 2006, with a cross-product legal coverage role on the Italian investment banking private-side and markets businesses (encompassing...

Since 2016, Francesco Marzari has been the group general counsel supporting all the legal work for Siram, a company fully owned by Veolia, a French transnational corporation that provides an...

Occupying a senior position within a prestigious Italian brand name, Franco Guariglia can also point to an extensive and lengthy career at esteemed Italian food company Barilla. He joined the...

After qualification as a lawyer, a stint in private practice and a lectureship in civil process law at the University of Trieste, Furio Curri joined Assicurazioni Generali in 2000 as...

Gennaro Imbimbo has been the head of legal and corporate affairs and privacy at Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR since July 2011. He graduated from the University of Naples Federico II...

Georgia Magno is a dual qualified lawyer, having been admitted to the bar in Italy and the US with hands-on experience in civil law and common law jurisdiction around the...

As the general counsel of the Italian and Greek branches of French multinational food-product company Danone, Giancarlo Cesare Giorgio is responsible for the legal, compliance and regulatory affairs of all...

In his role of head of legal – Italy for worldwide electronic payment processor PayPal, Gianluca Di Nunzio is an Italian qualified lawyer with vast experience in e-commerce, electronic payments,...

Gianluca Liotta has served 3M for over 25 years having first joined the multinational conglomerate in 1991, and has been acting as general counsel and board member of the Italian...

Since being admitted to the Italian Bar in 2007, Giorgio Gravina held several in-house and private practice positions, including working as a legal counsel at Heineken Italia, senior legal advisor...

Giovanni Barone joined Coca-Cola HBC Italia in July 2015 as senior legal counsel, and after an 18 month transition he was appointed as legal director as of January 2017. Joining...

Before assuming his current position of deputy group general counsel – head of legal and corporate affairs for Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Giovanni Lombardi amassed a strong private...

Isabella Toth joined HPE as country counsel Italy in June 2015 and led the company’s legal team through a complex transformation undergone by the HPE group over the past three...

Isidoro Di Mella joined Unogas Energia as general counsel – group credit manager in 2012, after a distinguished career at financial corporations and in private practice specialising in corporate, commercial...

Since 2014 Laura Del Favero, in addition to the role of head of legal and compliance for Nomura in Italy, also provides legal and compliance coverage for the Nomura entity...

Isagro operates in the market of agro pharmaceutical products for crop protection on a global level in over 70 countries, carrying out its production activities in five sites; one in...

Before her move in to the in-house legal sector, Lina Vitolo had been working for almost six years as a competition lawyer in major law firms in Italy and Belgium....

Lorenzo Fronteddu is a legal director with 15 years of domestic and international legal advisory experience in the FMCG and retail industries. As an a experienced manager with a strong...

Reflecting his ability and the progress he has made in a very short space of time, Luca Galantucci was asked to become head of legal for Italy, Israel and Greece...

Before joining Aviva, Luca Gentile worked for public notaries and for top law firms in Italy. In 2009 he “crossed over” to the in-house sector, after being an external advisor...

Luca Serpieri’s legal career began in private practice, where he worked in leading and widely-recognised Italian law firms, mainly in the banking and finance area. There he had the opportunity...

Lucia Capotondi joined Giuseppe Zanotti as general counsel in 2014, and immediately set about modernising and revamping the legal department of the group. The international luxury shoe brand required a...

Marcella Zacchei assumed her role as general counsel of Ariston Thermo Group in 2006, having previously been a legal manager assisting a previous tax and legal manager. She has led...

Marco Bagnoli has built an extremely fruitful 22 year career at the Italian branch of the Belgian chemical company Solvay Group. With a longstanding history at the company he has...

After qualifying in 2000, Marco Pompeo began his career working at Allen & Overy in the Rome and London offices, attending secondments at ExxonMobil and completing his LLM at Kings...

After beginning her career at top British law firms Clifford Chance and Penningtons, as well as in academic research and the public sector working on Italian civil and commercial law,...

Maria Francesca Portincasa brings her strong background in international studies and her knowledge of competition law to multinational renowned manufacturer of luxury super sports cars, Automobili Lamborghini. Serving in this...

Maria Strada is a business lawyer with extensive multinational experience in the information technology and computer industry, previously working at the likes of Hewlett-Packard, Oracle Italia and Lucent Technologies. In...

Once listed amongst the 30 most influential Italian female lawyers in Vanity Fair, Marilù Capparelli is one of the managing directors of the Google legal department in the EMEA area,...

Mark Alexander Shalaby is a prominent in-house lawyer with an extensive proven track record in corporate finance, project finance, private equity, M&A, and commercial and regulatory activities in the telecommunications,...

Marta Struzzi has served in various in-house corporate roles for over 15 years now and describes her career trajectory as an ‘exciting’ professional journey with many useful challenges. Some of...

Massimiliano Caforio is the general counsel of Mercury Luxury Group, a multinational luxury retail company. He is a lawyer with over 15 years of experience as a general counsel in...

Massimo Sanvito has an impressive two decades of legal experience in private practice and in-house legal teams in Milan, Munich and London, currently serving as as the general counsel of...

Matteo Casot is an Italian qualified business lawyer with 15 years of experience accrued via a strong background gained both in private practice at major international law firms, and as...

An in-house lawyer with an abundance of regulatory and technology expertise accrued over the years, Matteo Frigerio has a true passion for new technologies regulation, combined with an impressive track...

Maurizio Raffaini is the current legal affairs director of Neulift – a nationally developed company in the lift systems business owned by KONE Italy – having joined in 2017. As...

Mauro Albino has had an impressive career thus far, starting his in-house professional life at Italian global and financial services company UniCredit as a legal counsel in 2001, enabling him...

Nicola Anemone began his career with an internship at the European Commission within the cabinet of the former competition commissioner Mario Monti, and as a business lawyer at Shearman &...

Nicola Verdicchio joined Pirelli Group, the Italian tyremaker and one of Europe’s best-known industrial brands, as chief legal officer in January 2014 in charge of all legal issues, international corporate...

Paola Nocerino has served as the general counsel for the Italian subsidiary of French multinational gas supplier Air Liquide for the last nine years, and has been at the forefront...

Paolo Fabiani currently serves as general counsel for Technogym, the manufacturer of fitness equipment based in Cesena. He initially joined the company as a corporate lawyer and after one year...

Alitalia is Italy’s largest airline and a member of the Sky team alliance, in 2017 it carried 21.3 million passengers. On May 2nd 2017, the airline was admitted to the...

Patrizia Carrozza is general counsel of SAES Getters, an Italian joint stock company listed on the STAR Italian Stock Exchange Market valued at €200m and manages a team of four...

Pierluigi Ferro is a corporate lawyer with more than 28 years of substantial in-house legal experience in a number of widely recognised national companies such as Diesel, Invicta Diadora, Lotto...

Pierpaolo Cotone joined the national public broadcasting company of Italy, Radiotelevisione Italiana (Rai), in 2015 to work on legal and corporate affairs. Prior to his current role, in 2004 he...

Pietro Arosio has accrued a lengthy career at Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company UBS, joining the Italian branch in 2002 as head of the legal department. Over...

Raimondo Rinaldi has been the general counsel of Esso Italiana since 1997, and from 1998 to 2008 he also managed the coordination of legal services to ExxonMobil affiliates in the...

Riccardo Quagliana serves as the group general counsel at the Monte dei Paschi di Siena, one of the oldest banks in the world, founded in 1472, and today is the...

Riccardo Ventura started his career in private practice where stayed for 13 years, gaining experience and specialising in M&A, joint ventures and commercial transactions. In moving to the in-house sector,...

Roberto Luca Moresco serves as the general counsel for the Italian clothing group Fashion Box, which trades under the Replay Blue Jeans brand, and comprises of 26 subsidiaries with a...

Roberto Petriello began his career in private practice in Milan in 1997 and, after three years, he moved to NCTM and then to KPMG, in the banking and finance department....

Salvatore Mautone currently serves as the head of the legal department of Kimbo, a notable Neapolitan coffee producer with over 50 years in the Italian coffee industry. His role entails...

Sara Briuglio joined global building and constructions leader Hilti Italia in 2013, and is responsible for building up the legal department to the strong team it is today. Briuglio has...

A highly praised corporate affairs, legal and compliance manager at Italian fashion house Trussardi, Sara Citterio is described by her peers as a ‘deeply experienced in-house lawyer, with a strong...

Sebastien Bumbolo moved to liquid natural gas offshore terminal Adriatic LNG at the beginning of 2008 as general counsel, to oversee all legal matters regarding a great joint venture building...

Silvia Bertulli serves as the head of legal and corporate affairs department of Milan Stock Exchange listed company and Italian apparel manufacturer company Moncler. Bertulli is responsible for creating, developing...

Silvia Piccorossi had the chance to develop her career at Airport Guglielmo Marconi di Bologna, one of the most active and growing airports in Italy, right after being admitted to...

A professional that has received industry-wide praise as one of the most notable corporate counsel in Italy, Silvio Cavallo joined financial services company Pillarstone in 2016. As general counsel for...

Simona Musso joined Lavazza – the esteemed Italian manufacturer of coffee products – in 1996 in the capacity of in-house counsel, and through her dedication and involvement in all legal...

With 25 years of experience as an in-house counsel, chief legal officer Simone Chini is the head of group legal affairs and data protection officer for Allianz in Milan. He...

In 2010 Simone Davini assumed position as head of legal and corporate affairs at Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, working at the company’s Milan branch. Davini has over twenty-two...

Stefania Bergamo serves as the head of group legal affairs and general counsel for Assicurazioni Generali’s global business lines (GBL) and international business unit. Leading a 15-strong team of legal...

Stefano Brogelli’s first experience as an in-house counsel was at Asja Ambiente Italia, a medium sized company active in renewable energy, and was a very instructive one. There he had...

Stefano Iesurum joined Diesel as the company’s head of legal affairs in 2006 after spending five years working for eyewear company Marcolin, and has subsequently developed into one of the...

Distinguished in-house lawyer Susanna Fasolis has over 20 years of cross-border experience in multinational group settings, as well as with medium size companies across Italy. In 2011 Bayer made her...

Suzanne Tinozzi was hired to set up the legal department of HSBC in Italy and to lead the investment banking division. ‘I started from nothing and have built the legal...

An in-house lawyer with extensive international, commercial and compliance experience, Tanya Jaeger de Foras serves as the vice president and chief legal officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa for...

Valérie Ruotolo has served as country counsel in Italy for multinational information technology company HP since 2015, and although it is her first in-house role, she became head of legal...

Veronica Rossi began her career at an international law firm, before working at first with and then for DENSO, as her initial consultant relationship eventually transitioned into her current role...