Expertise

Employment law, with particular focus on:

• management of relationships with senior management
• remuneration policies, incentive plans and co-investment plans
• management of the employment relationship (changes of role/tasks, secondments, transfers, dismissals, etc.)
• international mobility of employees
• corporate crises, including mass redundancies
• corporate reorganisation for extraordinary transactions
• assistance with trade-union negotiations
• competition and confidentiality
• litigation

Foreign Languages

English

Background

• Joined the firm in 2010
• Member of the Corporate Governance, Banks and Family Businesses & SMEs Focus Teams
• Previously worked in the employment department of another Italian law firm
• significant experience in all matters regarding the relationships with senior managers and their remunerations (including the connected corporate governance aspects), providing assistance both to large corporations (listed companies, banks and insurances) and to small companies and start-ups
• Author of various articles and publications on employment law matters and frequently invited as speaker at conferences (especially regarding senior management remunerations)

Rankings and Awards

The Legal 500 EMEA international legal directory lists Giovanni as an expert in labour law in Italy.

• Member of the Italian bar (2009)
• Law degree from the University of Trieste (2005)