Employment
Europe Guide 2024 : Italy
Band 2
About
Provided by Legance
The team has a proactive approach in assisting Clients in all kind of employment matters, with an attitude which aims at building partnership and becoming a strategic component of their organization and business.
Lawyers focus on offering pragmatic and comprehensive solutions, also relying upon Legance's wide array of expertise in other often contiguous practices (from tax to corporate, regulatory and environmental).
The main areas of activity include complex restructurings and redundancy plans, the use of State welfare, unemployment programs, transfers of undertakings and outsourcing processes, trade union matters, appointment and departure of senior executives and board members, non-competition and retention agreements, significant litigation.
Chambers Review
Legance offers a highly esteemed employment practice adept at handling a broad range of issues including transfers of undertakings, redundancies, remuneration and incentives and workforce restructurings. Legance combines expertise in non-contentious matters with its ability to handle high-value litigation. Its lawyers provide experience in the termination of managers and strategic issues that could impact the management of employment relations in general. The practice group regularly assists Italian clients that have an international presence, as well as multinational household names. The law firm is also equipped to handle employment matters relating to the acquisition of companies. It retains an international network to support clients' businesses in various jurisdictions.
Work Highlights
- A Legance team assisted Henkel with a merger of subsidiaries and subsequent collective redundancy programme.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Legance are very fast in their analysis of the context and in the customisation of solutions."
"Legance provides a variety of skills and knowledge available on demand."
"Legance are very fast in their analysis of the context and in the customisation of solutions."
"Legance provides a variety of skills and knowledge available on demand."
Notable Practitioners
Managing partner Alberto Maggi demonstrates long-standing expertise in the management of relations with trade unions and hiring and dismissal procedures, as well as the implementation of incentive plans for employees and executive succession matters.
Silvia Tozzoli handles collective dismissals and matters involving top management, as well as labour-related negotiations with government bodies and trade unions. She also has a strong grip on restructurings, reorganisations and transfers.
Elena Ryolo receives solid praise from market sources. She often assists a wide range of clients with trade union negotiations whistle-blowing cases, in addition to offering expertise in collective dismissals and contentious matters relating to industrial relations.
"Elena has the capacity to analyse the context, supporting us in the definition of the best solution in a complex scenario."
Ranked Lawyers at
Legance
Italy