Bruno Cova

Restructuring & Bankruptcy

Mergers & Acquisitions

White Collar Defense & Investigations

Bruno Cova, European Co-Chair of Restructuring & Insolvency and Compliance Groups, focuses his practice on complex transactions such as cross-border acquisitions and restructuring of distressed companies. He also regularly advises international corporations and financial institutions in dealing with corporate governance and legal risks issues, devising internal controls or contractual mechanisms to minimize those risks, investigating legal and compliance problems, and defending clients before regulatory authorities or in the context of criminal investigations.

Concentrations:

Restructuring and insolvency transaction

Corporate governance

White collar, internal investigations and compliance

Member of the troika of experts advising the Corporate Governance Committee of the Italian stock exchange on corporate governance reforms

Member of the High Yield Insolvency Committee within the Association of Financial Markets in Europe

Former member of the European Commission’s Working Group on the reform of community law on cross-border bankruptcy

Past-Chair of the Anti-Corruption Committee and the Corporate Counsel Forum of the International Bar Association

Member of the Advisory Board of the Anti-Corruption Committee of the International Bar Association

Founder and member of the Executive Committee of AISCA, the Italian association of company secretaries

Member of the Executive Committee of Fondazione Giovanni e Irene Cova

Member of the Advisory Board of the Global Counsel Leaders Circle

Member, Milan Bar

Chambers Global: Leading Individual for Restructuring and Insolvency, Compliance and Corporate/M&A, 2021, 2022

Chambers Europe: Leading Individual for Restructuring and Insolvency, Compliance and Corporate/M&A, 2021, 2022