Elena Corte
Studio Legale Corte 
Studio Legale Corte
Client SatisfactionStudio Legale Corte is a boutique firm in food law that offers impressive knowledge of the food industry, including the production, packaging and marketing of food products. It is well known for its specialism in criminal law - it assists clients in both civil and criminal cases including regulatory breaches. It also assists clients with due diligence work in relation to M&A transactions. The practice is led by the 'exceptional' Paola Corte, whose expertise spans all technical and legal aspects of food and beverage composition, labelling and advertising. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the European Food Law Association. Co-head Elena Corte has particular expertise in criminal matters concerning fraud, counterfeiting and non-genuine or contaminated food sales.
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Testimonials
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‘Extremely efficient and reliable.’
‘Paola Corte is very good and knowledgeable in food law. She is my preferred contact in Italy.’
‘Best market knowledge, great lawyers, always top up to date.’
‘Paola Corte is exceptional.’
‘High expertise and reliability in their area of competence. Unusually responsive and definitely very reliable.’
‘Superb expertise in association with total flexibility and the capability to see beyond the pure legal matter.’
‘Excellent knowledge of EU and Italian food law, solution oriented advice.’
Work highlights
- Advised multiple produces, large scale retailers and mass caterers on the development of new products, food production processes, food composition and labelling issues, and revised their HACCP manuals.
- Assisted multiple large-scale retailers and producers in numerous criminal proceedings due to sampling of food products which resulted to have parasites, harmful bacteria, or plant protection products exceeding allowed limits.
- Provided strategic legal advice on matters related to sustainability, in light of imminent legislation changes, to aid clients direct investments tactically when sourcing ingredients, developing new products, reformulating existing products, and pursuing certifications, for future positioning and marketing purposes.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Paola Corte
Studio Legale Corte Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Paola Corte, Elena Corte