Francesca Petronio
Partner
Milan
Francesca Petronio
Partner
Milan
Contact details
Francesca has over 25 years’ experience of representing clients in litigation and arbitration cases, with a focus on complex commercial, restructuring, energy and corporate M&A disputes. She has wide expertise in white collar crime matters, including internal investigations, administrative and criminal liability and compliance matters under Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001. She also regularly assists clients on a range of issues in connection with compliance programmes, legal risks and data protection law.
""Francesca is a good lawyer, and it is a pleasure to work with her because she has the ability to analyse deeply each element of the claim."" Chambers Europe 2023 (Dispute Resolution: Italy)
""Francesca Petronio is fantastic. She is very good at bridging Italian law with foreign clients.” Chambers Europe 2023 (Dispute Resolution: Italy)
“Francesca Petronio is a prominent lawyer who advises on anti-bribery international programmes.” Chambers 2022 (Compliance: Italy)
Expertise
Practices
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Investigations, Enforcement and Business Crime
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as Avvocato, Italy, 1997
Qualified to plead before the Italian Supreme Court, 2010
Academic
Related articles
Publications: 10 January 2024
Recent and future trends in Italian white collar crime and investigations
After the pandemic induced economic slowdown, 2023 has seen a revitalisation of criminal investigations by Italian enforcement authorities, particularly on tax fraud and evasion, and money laundering.…
Publications: 18 October 2023
News: 28 September 2023
Allen & Overy advises on the transfer of LimaCorporate from EQT to Enovis
Expertise
Practices
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Investigations, Enforcement and Business Crime
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as Avvocato, Italy, 1997
Qualified to plead before the Italian Supreme Court, 2010
Academic
Recognition
Francesca Petronio masters the art of the litigation, providing clients with the right advice during the whole process.
Chambers Europe 2023 (Dispute Resolution: Italy)
Francesca is a good lawyer, and it is a pleasure to work with her because she has the ability to analyse deeply each element of the claim.
Chambers Europe 2023 (Dispute Resolution: Italy)
Francesca Petronio is fantastic. She is very good at bridging Italian law with foreign clients.
Chambers Europe 2023 (Dispute Resolution: Italy)
Francesca Petronio is a prominent lawyer who advises on anti-bribery international programmes.
Chambers 2022 (Compliance: Italy)
Published work
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Co-author (2023) “Anti-corruption Measures in Italy” in the Elgar Concise Encyclopedia on Corruption Law, Edward Elgar Publishing
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Co-author (2022) “Delegation of powers and consequences for non-executive directors' liability under Italian law”, Lexology
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Petronio, F (2022) “Data protection considerations in internal investigations (recent developments)”in IBANET, International Bar Association
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Co-author (2022) “A Brief Overview of the Recent History of Italian International Anticorruption Laws” in The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Compliance, Investigations and Enforcement, U.S.: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory
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Co-author (2018) “The Secretary of the Board of Directors” Italy: Giuffrè Editore in collaboration with AIGI
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Petronio, F (2018) “New Law on Whistleblowing in Italy” in Ethic Intelligence.
Awards & accolades
Finalist in the category “Most important Court Case of the Year” for her assistance to Royal Dutch Shell in the OPL Criminal Case in Italy
Global Investigation Reviews Award, 2022
Shortlisted as “Best in White Collar Crime”
Women in Business Law Awards 2019, IFLR
Finalist as “Compliance Lawyer of the Year” and for “The Mentor Award of the Year for Advancement of Women in Compliance”
C5 Women in Compliance Awards 2019
