International Fraud and Asset Tracing 2026

ITALY Law and Practice Contributed by: Giorgio Vagnoni, Alessio Di Pietro, Alessandra Mosca and Cesare Placanica, LAWP Studio legale e tributario

LAWP Studio legale e tributario is a law and tax firm with more than 20 years of providing assistance in corporate and commercial transactions (including M&A, financing, and joint ventures), as well as in tax matters, to private and corporate clients alike. It suc - cessfully operates in civil, commercial and tax law by pooling the expertise of lawyers and chartered ac - countants. LAWP professionals are particularly ap - preciated for their handling of complex issues requir - ing diverse skills and innovative solutions, and assist national and international clients in connection with

cross-border matters impacting several jurisdictions. They also advise on a wide range of complex com - mercial litigation and arbitration matters in the com - mercial, corporate, sports and financial sectors, with a focus on contractual claims, directors’ liabilities, and tax litigation, as well as on international fraud and asset tracing. The team also assists in obtain - ing provisional measures and civil compensation, in enforcing foreign judicial decisions or measures, and in out-of-court undertakings.

Authors

Giorgio Vagnoni mainly focuses his practice at LAWP – Studio legale e tributario on M&A, corporate and commercial law. Giorgio has extensive experience in the sale and purchase of membership interests, corporate

Alessio Di Pietro is a counsel at LAWP – Studio legale e tributario, with experience in litigation and dispute resolution. He represents clients in corporate and commercial litigation before national courts – as

governance matters, joint ventures, and corporate finance transactions (both domestic and cross- border). His areas of expertise also include the protection of personal assets and family businesses. He has acted as counsel in national litigation and international commercial arbitration in sports and commercial claims. Giorgio is registered with the Milan Bar Association and holds an LLM in international business law from Queen Mary University of London.

well as in complex disputes submitted to international commercial arbitration and involving parties from several jurisdictions – and provides legal support to Italian and international companies operating in a variety of industrial and commercial sectors. His litigation support also extends to contentious and non-contentious cross-border commercial matters and to the recognition and enforcement of foreign judicial decisions or measures. Alessio is registered with the Naples Bar Association.

Alessandra Mosca is a counsel at LAWP – Studio Legale e Tributario, specialising in litigation and dispute resolution, as well as commercial agreements and corporate law. She provides legal support to Italian and

Cesare Placanica is a solicitor advocate and dispute resolution lawyer at LAWP – Studio legale e tributario, with more than 30 years’ experience in criminal law (and financial crimes, in particular). He has

international companies across a wide range of industrial and commercial sectors. Alessandra is registered with the Milan Established Bar Association.

taken part in some of the most important criminal cases in Italian judicial history. Cesare was twice president of the Camera Penale di Roma, the local branch of the Unione delle Camere Penali (the main criminal lawyers association in Italy), where he stood for the rights of private individuals and for the reform of the criminal system. Cesare teaches at Rome’s Luiss Guido Carli University and was recently designated as a prosecutor at the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio.

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