White-Collar Crime 2025

ITALY Law and Practice Contributed by: Alessandro Pistochini, Luca Moglia, Giovanni Bellissimo and Giulia Barattini, Pistochini Avvocati Studio Legale

Pistochini Avvocati Studio Legale was founded in 2020 and has a team of eleven legal professionals based in Milan, Italy. The firm provides corporate criminal law assistance to leading Italian and interna - tional clients and law firms. The firm’s lawyers have postgraduate specialisations in criminal law and ad - vise companies and individuals on preventive steps

and, in the judicial phase, on criminal business law issues. Considering this specialisation, Pistochini Av - vocati has been involved in numerous relevant cases concerning crimes in the areas of public administra - tion, taxation, finance, the environment, and the crim - inal liability of legal entities under Legislative Decree No 231/2001.

Authors

Alessandro Pistochini has a PhD in comparative criminal law. With over 20 years of experience as a practitioner, he founded Pistochini Avvocati Studio Legale in 2020. Alessandro assists Italian and foreign

Giovanni Bellissimo is a counsel at Pistochini Avvocati Studio Legale and a member of the Milan Bar Association. He graduated with honours in law from the University of Milano–Bicocca and earned a

clients with issues related to corporate criminal liability and has advised in many well-known white- collar crime cases. He has written extensive scientific papers for legal journals and is a member of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Milan and the International Bar Association.

Master’s Degree in corporate and business criminal law from the University of Bologna in 2022. His practice focuses on criminal law, with a particular emphasis on white-collar crime. His main areas of expertise include tax offences, financial markets offences, HSE criminal law, and corporate criminal liability. As part of the Pistochini Avvocati legal team, he advises companies in the financial, pharmaceutical, energy, food, manufacturing, and IT sectors.

Luca Moglia is a counsel at Pistochini Avvocati Studio Legale and a member of the Milan Bar Association. Graduating with honours in law from the University of Trento, he attended a postgraduate specialisation course at

Giulia Barattini is a counsel at Pistochini Avvocati Studio Legale and a member of the Milan Bar Association. She graduated in law from the University of Milan-Bicocca in 2021, defending a thesis in criminal

the Cattolica University of Milan in 2018. He focuses his practice on criminal law and, most notably, on white-collar crimes. His principal areas of interest include HSE criminal law, corporate crimes and corporate criminal liability. As a member of Pistochini Avvocati’s legal team, he assists companies in the pharmaceutical, energy, mechanical engineering and IT sectors.

procedure. From 2021 to 2023, she completed a training internship at the Eleventh Criminal Section of the Milan Court. She primarily practises criminal law, with a notable focus on white-collar crimes. As a member of Pistochini Avvocati’s legal team, she provides legal assistance to companies in the pharmaceutical, energy, mechanical engineering and IT sectors.

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