Watson Farley & Williams
Client SatisfactionWatson Farley & Williams handles both contentious and non-contentious employment matters for its clients. The firm’s scope of practice is wide, covering industrial relations, individual and collective dismissals, restructurings, M&A-related transactions, disciplinary procedures and senior management agreements. Its clientele includes major national and multinational corporations. The practice is led by Giuseppe Bulgarini d’Elci who regularly advises across the spectrum of labour and trade union law.
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- 'High professionalism and wide expertise in the whole team.'
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Key clients
- Statkraft Italia S.r.l.
- Triumph International Rome S.p.A.
- Fratelli Branca Distillerie S.p.A.
- FleetCor Technologies Group
- Do&Co Group
- Gènèrale pour l’Enfant - GPE (SM Italia – Du Pareil au Même)
- Conceria di Cuneo S.r.l.
- Louisiane S.p.A.
- Atelier HCI S.r.l.
- Bormioli Luigi S.p.A.
- La Tecnica di Preti Giorgio e Fratelli S.n.c.
- Labeyrie Fine Foods S.a.s.
- Logista Italia S.p.A.
- Norwegian Air Resources Limited
- Enplus Italia S.r.l.
- Deca Italia S.r.l.
- Trelleborg Wheel Systems Italia S.p.A.
- Pini Group S.r.l.
- Pini Group S.A.
- Gelati Menne S.r.l.
- Mariotti S.r.l.
- Poste Italiane S.p.A.
- Florens Asset Management (Italy) S.r.l.
- Eurovision Italy S.r.l.
- Elements S.r.l.
Work highlights
- Advised Fratelli Branca Distillerie S.p.A. in the negotiation and drafting of five collective company agreements aimed at overcoming a stratification of over 80 years of company agreements on various issues impacting in various areas the management of staff.
- Advised Statkraft Italia S.r.l., the Italian wing of Norwegian renewable energy producer Statkraft Group, on a flexible working agreement negotiated with the trade union Fisascat-Cisl.
- Advised PINI GROUP S.A., Swiss company in the field of infrastructure design and underground works, in a procedure for the acquisition of a business from a bankrupt company, Geodata S.p.A., whose complexity lay in agreeing with the trade unions the transfer of a number of employees lower than that employed on the company site to be acquired.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Giuseppe Bulgarini d’Elci