Full-service employment boutique De Luca & Partners advises its notable domestic and international clients on day-to-day employment matters and issue-specific matters regarding transactions and disputes. The firm is particularly skilled in assisting clients on the employment law aspects of corporate and M&A transactions. Managing partner Vittorio De Luca leads the practice and advises a range of businesses in cross-border employment matters. Within the team, Stefania Raviele is noted for her work on union negotiation matters and Alessandra Zilla is noted for her advice on reorganisations, restructurings and M&A-related employment due diligence. In June 2023, Valentino Biasi was promoted to partner.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Great and very competent team with an extremely proactive approach.’

  • ‘Vittorio De Luca is a unique professional, with outstanding experience, assisting the client in a supportive, proactive and very professional way.’

  • ‘The practice is very skilled with a tailor-made approach.’

  • ‘De Luca & Partners team is very well prepared and supportive a customer needs.’

  • ‘Collaborative, professional, skilled and strongly knowledgeable.’

  • ‘Vittorio De Luca is really a master in the employment field, any litigation involving him has a strong likelihood of success.’

  • ‘This firm is one of the most skilled and senior in Italy with reference to all matters pertaining labour and employment.’

  • 'Strong sense of ownership, drive for results and focus on excellence in supporting clients’ needs.'

Key clients

  • Aksìa Group
  • Aptos
  • Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
  • Capital Com SV Investments Limited
  • DeA Capital Alternative Funds
  • Emerson Electric Co
  • Emmelibri
  • Golden Goose
  • Gunnebo
  • Haworth Inc
  • Kervis SGR S.p.A.
  • Lush
  • Mozzate Nonwovens
  • Pillarstone
  • PIMCO
  • Russell Reynolds Associates
  • Star Capital
  • Sunset & Vine Productions Ltd

Work highlights

  • Advised one of Emerson Electric Co’s Italian subsidiaries with implementing a significant social plan for a plant closure, involving industrial and institutional relations.
  • Assisted DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR with the acquisition of Costa Edutainment and its subsidiaries, Opera Laboratori Fiorentini and Sillabe.
  • Acted for Golden Goose on employment matters concerning the transfer of a business unit from Italian Fashion Team S.r.l. to a new company owned by Golden Goose.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Vittorio De Luca

Other key lawyers

Stefania Raviele, Alessandra Zilla