Our practice combines corporate criminal law, corporate compliance and internal investigations. We work with multidisciplinary teams – legal, regulatory, criminal and technical – to build tailored solutions for each client aimed at preventing, managing and mitigating criminal, reputational and regulatory risks.

Legislative Decree 231/2001 Models, compliance and Supervisory Bodies

We assist in designing, implementing and updating:

• organisational models under Legislative Decree 231/2001 
• anti-corruption programmes
• whistleblowing programmes and protection of reporting persons
• ESG compliance and human rights due diligence across supply chains
• coordinated multi-country compliance programmes for multinational groups

We provide training and education for employees, management and supervisory bodies. 

Some of our professionals serve as external members and Chairmans of Supervisory Bodies (Organismi di Vigilanza) in major Italian and international companies, including listed entities.

Internal Investigations and legal risk assessments  

We assist companies in conducting internal investigations through multidisciplinary teams, in all cases where this proves appropriate or necessary – for instance, following whistleblowing reports, anomalies identified during internal audits, or the opening of proceedings by judicial authorities. In such contexts, we also support management and supervisory bodies in the decisions that follow, including any corrective or disciplinary action and updates to the 231 organisational model.

Our teams combine:

• compliance, administrative law, employment law and data protection expertise
• management consultants and digital forensics specialists, where required.

We also provide tailored advice on 231 and anti-corruption compliance in contexts requiring a targeted assessment of criminal liability risk. Over the years, we have developed particular expertise in: corporate governance reviews and internal reorganizations; M&A and other corporate transactions with a focus on entity liability risks in due diligence and post-closing phases; and contractual relationships with counterparties exposed to heightened risk, covering both contractual structuring and the controls to be put in place.

Litigation and Proceedings

We provide assistance in civil, criminal and administrative proceedings involving:

• public and private sector corruption, commercial fraud
• corporate and financial crimes, insolvency-related offences
• workplace health and safety (including occupational diseases)
• environmental and tax crimes
• money laundering and self-laundering
• cybercrime and product liability
• breaches of personal data protection legislation

We also represent clients before the competent Authorities and higher courts, and provide ongoing support on product compliance, risk management and reputational crises.

Matters involving substantive and procedural criminal law – including defence in criminal proceedings – are handled thanks to our collaboration with highly trusted criminal lawyers with whom the firm has worked side by side for decades