Financial Crime 2026

ITALY Trends and Developments

Trends and Developments Contributed by: Enrico Maria Mancuso, Federico Bracalente, Marco Accorroni and Marco Mariotti Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP operates through a global network of 26 offices across the UK, EMEA, Asia, Australia and North America, providing premi - um legal advice on dispute resolution, projects and transactions to the world’s most important organisa - tions. The Italian corporate crime and investigations (CC&I) team is part of the firm’s global disputes and investigations practice and specialises in white‑collar and corporate crime defence, internal investigations and compliance matters, assisting Italian and inter - national companies and their senior executives. The team’s lawyers combine a strong practical and aca -

demic background and assist clients on highly sen - sitive criminal matters, including proceedings before all Italian courts, up to the court of appeals and the Supreme Court. The team’s expertise spans the full range of corporate crime matters, including bribery and corruption, tax and financial crimes, public pro - curement offences, bankruptcy, fraud, health and safety offences, environmental crimes, cybercrimes and corporate liability. The team also has long‑stand - ing experience in compliance advisory work and in conducting sophisticated corporate internal investi - gations, including multi‑jurisdictional matters.

Authors

Enrico Maria Mancuso leads the Italian corporate crime and investigations practice at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. With 25 years of experience as a litigator and trial lawyer, he advises clients on white-

Federico Bracalente is an of counsel in the Italian corporate crime and investigations practice of Herbert

Smith Freehills Kramer. As an experienced litigator, he assists domestic and international companies across multiple industry sectors on all their white- collar and corporate crime matters. He has extensive knowledge in criminal litigation and compliance management systems, as well as in conducting corporate internal investigations across multiple jurisdictions. Federico also has significant experience in European sanctions regimes, advising primary international clients in this respect. He is a member of the ECBA and the Criminal Law Commission of the Milan Bar.

collar crime, including criminal litigation, investigations, compliance and crisis management. He represents domestic and international companies, and directors, in cases involving money laundering, corruption, fraud, market abuse and tax offences. Enrico is a full professor of criminal procedure law at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, teaching criminal procedure, evidence law and information security. He is a member of the AIDP, IBA and ECBA.

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