Bird & Bird
Client Satisfaction‘With a 360º perspective’, Bird & Bird covers all aspects of employment law issues, whether contentious or non-contentious. The team is regularly instructed on compensation issues, disciplinaries, collective redundancies and transfers of undertakings. The firm is well-poised to support clients in international matters, with experts across Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. It also has particular experience in the tech, life sciences, travel and retail sectors. The team is led from Milan by Amedeo Rampolla, an expert on whistleblowing and internal investigations, and Cristiano Pambianchi, who advises on litigation and arbitration cases.
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Testimonials
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- 'The legal team at Bird & Bird Italy work hard to understand our business and operations before advising. The advice we receive is commercially focused.'
- 'Amedeo Rampolla is very knowledgeable and can apply his significant experience to the facts of a case.'
- 'Bird & Bird's employment practice in Italy has a unique approach for global companies. Not only do they assist in an excellent manner, but they also take care of all processes and matters with a 360º perspective.'
- 'Cristiano Pambianchi is an outstanding lawyer who handles the particularities of employment law in Italy in a very practical manner.'
- 'Expertise, experience, and closeness to the client.'
- 'Cristiano Pambianchi is responsive and very experienced—his client service is excellent.'
Key clients
- BMW
- Viatris Italia
Work highlights
- Assisting BMW Italia in its transition to a new car distribution model which involved switching from the traditional dealership structure to a network of agents.
- Assisting Viatris Italia in all employment law-related aspects concerning the implementation at the local level of a global transaction providing the transferring by Viatris of the OTC business to Cooper Consumer Health.
- Assisting Forno d’Asolo in the process of due diligence aimed at the finalization of a complex transaction involving more than 10 legal entities in the merger between Forno d’Asolo and Sammontana.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Amedeo Rampolla, Cristiano Pambianchi