Stefano Lava
Simmons & SimmonsSimmons & Simmons advises on all matters that may arise in an employment law context, such as labour issues related to major restructurings, senior management exits, internal investigations, litigation and the management of relations with employees. The firm’s international presence and multi-practice nature enables it to provide a full-coverage service complemented by its local knowledge and expertise. Davide Sportelli heads the practice and personally handles individual and collective dismissals as well as employment issues in corporate transactions. Counsel Emanuela Boca is highly experienced in employment law matters, industrial relations, and related litigation while Stefano Lava, who joined from Osborne Clarke in April 2023, specialises in the full spectrum of employment law.
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‘They are pragmatic and extremely commercial.’
‘Responsive, down-to-earth team, extremely competent.’
‘Simmons employment team is really a business partner, with deep knowledge of client's business and very pragmatical. This makes a real difference compared with other firms.’
‘Stefano Lava, partner in the employment team, is outstanding, always available and a problem solver.’
‘The entire team has a business-oriented approach.’
‘Davide Sportelli and Marco Bono have the professional expertise to accompany managers through this period of difficult change.’
‘Commercial, sound advice that is practical and sets out the local legal position very clearly. Come up with practical and innovative solutions to our problems, not too legalistic.’
Key clients
- Giorgio Armani S.p.A.
- Giorgio Armani Retail S.r.l. and its branches across the world
- Giorgio Armani Operations
- LVMH Group including:
- LVMH Italia S.p.A.
- Sephora Italia S.r.l.
- Louis Vuitton Italia S.r.l.
- Celine Italia S.r.l.
- LVMH Profumi e Cosmetici Italia S.r.l.
- Acqua di Parma S.r.l.
- Sephora France SAS
- The Capital Market Company
- Checkout
- ION Trading
- F2i SGR S.p.A.
- Jefferies
- Alcon
- Binance
- Rothschild
- FTI Consulting
- EP Produzione
- Aurel BGC
- Apollo
- Moody’s
- Datrix
- Renato Menegatti
- Angelo Gordon
- Integra
- Cyberark
- Credito Emiliano S.p.A.
- Credem Euromobiliare Private Banking S.p.A.
- Credem Private Equity S.G.R. S.p.A.
- We Are Social S.r.l.
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Davide Sportelli