About

Italy’s largest insurance company and one of the biggest global players in the industry, Assicurazioni Generali requires comprehensive protection in its high value and business enabling financial transactions it undertakes. Carmelo Reale currently oversees the strategic legal affairs function at Generali in his role as head of group strategic legal affairs, and is in charge of a team tasked with providing assistance to the most relevant strategic transactions carried out by the group globally. Leading a team of professionals that is able to suggest quick solutions and adapt to the company’s needs, the team combine legal risks with best commercial practices, thus assuming the role of an active partner in the decision making process. Apart from this, there have been concerted efforts to ensure that the department is responsive in providing assistance in line with the dynamic evolution of projects and is able to work with business teams in stressful situations and within extremely tight deadlines. Reale speaks of his team in glowing terms, explaining: ‘My team is considered an effective point of assistance to cascade best practices throughout the group entities but is also a reliable centre of excellence within the group general counsel function worldwide’.