Gianni & Origoni represents multinational and domestic clients across industries and sectors. The firm assists with industrial relations, litigation, regulation and compliance, M&A-related employment issues and restructuring matters. The firm maintains offices across jurisdictions enhancing its assistance on cross-border matters. Alessandra Ferroni, an expert in industrial relations and top management matters, and Saverio Schiavone, an expert in restructuring processes and HR management, lead the practice team. Matteo Fusillo left the firm in early 2024.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Raffaella Betti is amazing. She is so knowledgeable. ’

  • ‘One of the best employment law team in Italy: innovative, very competent and high quality standards in the documentation produced.’

  • ‘Emanuele Panattoni and his team are very solid from a technical point of view and very smart in rapidly finding effective solutions, able to satisfy the customer's needs.’

  • 'This team is extremely knowledgeable and responsive.’

  • ‘Raffaella Betti is a beacon of Italian labour and employment law and one of the most consistent and reliable Italian lawyers.’

  • ‘Emanuele Panattoni analyses issues from a broad point of view and is able to provide solutions that are the most effective.’

  • ‘Saverio Schiavone has a very broad understanding and knowledge of the employment coupled with a very deep know-how in other technical fields as well as an extremely good business sense and a refined comprehension of corporate dynamics.’

Key clients

  • Idorsia
  • Rotork
  • Aurora Recovery Capital
  • ABB
  • Amadori
  • ArcelorMittal
  • Arvedi Group
  • Beko
  • Diageo
  • Daikin
  • Belmond
  • Bridgestone
  • Celgene
  • Docebo Inc.
  • Dover Corporation
  • EniProgetti – ENI SpA
  • ENAV
  • Federazione Italiana Tennis
  • Ferrero
  • Herbalife
  • Hitachi Industrial Engineering
  • Invisalign
  • Lear Corporation
  • Lindt & Sprungli
  • Marriott
  • Mizuho Bank
  • Roche
  • Dow
  • Philips
  • Safilo
  • Santander Consumer Bank
  • Takeda Italia
  • Tamoil Italia S.p.A.
  • Vueling Airlines
  • Yamaha Motor Europe NV
  • Mercedes Benz
  • Proxima Informatica
  • Tupperware
  • Openjobmetis S.p.a.
  • Bottega Veneta
  • Balenciaga
  • Audemars Piguet
  • Nomad Foods – Findus
  • Burberry
  • Wartsila
  • Leitmotiv
  • Louis Berger

Work highlights

  • Reviewed and validated the contractual and procedural aspects as well as the delegation of powers within the HSE compliance and management system adopted by ENI, the global oil and gas supermajor, in Italy and in 14 jurisdictions with a view to subsequently applying the same organizational and compliance model to all existing subsidiaries.
  • Assisted Crionet, the local consultants specialized in developing and maintaining software platforms, in relation to the sale of a majority stake to White Bridge Investments S.p.A., the Italy based private equity and venture capital firm.
  • Assisted Star7 in the corporate lease agreements with Consulting Automotive Aerospace Railway (CAAR), including project contracts for large customers in the Automotive, Defence, and Agriculture sectors, and the employment contracts of approximately 320 employees.

Lawyers

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Practice head

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Alessandra Ferroni, Saverio Schiavone