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The Italian Corporate Governance Code: New Standards for a Changing Market in Difficult Times
The new edition of Corporate Governance Code of companies listed on Borsa Italiana (the Italian Stock Exchange) was published on December 5th, 2011. The Code was presented by Gabriele Galateri...Read more
Giuseppe Catalano
Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Affairs, Assicurazioni Generali, Italy
Cloud Computing: Instructions for use
Cloud computing seems to be on everybody’s mouth as the future trend in IT. Notwithstanding the fact that it has been around for some years, it continues to represent a...Read more
Sergio Calderara
Partner, Clgl, Italy
Arbitration Under art. 81 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
The purpose of this article is to analyze whether the EU judicial system is able to ensure the correct application of art. 81 of the Treaty of Functioning of the...Read more
Giulio Palermo
LLM in International Commercial Arbitration, Stockholm University, Italy
Compliance in the Insurance Sector
Compliance, as an autonomous concept and with its own implementation rules, is relatively new in the Italian legal framework.
The objectives that are assigned to a compliance department nowadays were, in...Read more
Paolo Amato
General Counsel, Old Mutual Wealth Italy SpA, Italy
The Role of the Board of Directors and of Controls in the Light of the new Italian Insurance Regulatory Framework, from an In-house Counsel Perspective
The Italian legal and regulatory framework has dramatically changed in recent years. In 2006 Legislative Decree 209/2005 came into force laying down the Code of private insurance that, by implementing...Read more
Chiara Regattieri
Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer, ERGO Italia S.p.A., Italy
The Eligible Operator in the Italian Market
With the approval of the 2006 Community law in Italy (from now on the Directive 2006), the Italian legislator delegated, <em>inter alia</em>, the Italian Government to follow a series of...Read more
Ferdinando Bruno
Head of Italian Restructuring , UniCredit Bank AG, Milan Branch, (UniCredit Group), Italy
The Impacts of Mifid on the Italian Market
The implementation of MiFID in Italy.
The implementation of Directive 2004/39/CE by the European Parliament and the Council, dated April 21st 2004, referring to the markets of the financial instruments (from...Read more
Ferdinando Bruno
Head of Italian Restructuring , UniCredit Bank AG, Milan Branch, (UniCredit Group), Italy
The View From an International Arbitration Customer: In Dire Need of Early Resolution.jpg&w=256&q=75)
In-house lawyers live in a world where every day the practice of law directly interfaces with the operation of a business. Within this world, the focus is not just on...Read more
Michael Mcilwrath
ICC Dispute Resolution Services, CEO, MDisputes, Italy
The Principle 'Piercing the Corporate Veil' in Italy
The term “piercing the corporate veil” in English Law describes how directors or shareholders in a corporation can be held accountable for the liabilities and debts of the corporation, which...Read more
Ferdinando Bruno
Head of Italian Restructuring , UniCredit Bank AG, Milan Branch, (UniCredit Group), Italy
Recent Italian legislation adopting urgent measures to stabilise the banking sector
In the wake of the global financial crisis, the calls on individual governments worldwide to take action aimed at stabilising and increasing confidence in the financial markets have been heard...Read more
Gaudiana Giusti
Country Head of Legal, Credit Suisse, Italy