Avv Michela Bani > LABLAW - Studio Legale > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

LABLAW - Studio Legale
Largo Augusto 8
20122 Milan
20122 MILAN
Italy

Work Department

Labour & Employment Law

Position

Michela Bani is a Partner of LABLAW – an award winning Italian boutique exclusively specialized in Labour and Employment Law – and she is head of the firm’s international practice.
Her practice focuses on all aspects of Italian labour and employment law. In particular, she has a wealth of experience advising national and international businesses on the management of employment relationships, executive relationships, the employment side of acquisitions, transfers of business, business reorganizations, IPO’s, agency, dismissals, as well as with labour and employment related litigation. She has a particular knowledge of the commercial, industrial, pharmaceutical, fashion and luxury sectors.

  • Advising leading private companies, both in ordinary and extraordinary labour law consultancy and in litigation against employees, managers and general managers.
  • Labour law consultancy on all issues relating to employment relationships, from the establishment of the employment relationship to its termination.
  • Mergers and acquisitions of companies or business units.
  • Industrial restructuring and company reorganisation processes.
  • Labour law assistance in the context of M&A and IPO transactions.
  • Labour litigation in connection with subordinate employment relationships (proceedings concerning dismissals, both collective and individual, disciplinary and/or for objective reasons, higher classification, differences in remuneration, transfer of place of work or company, etc.) and self-employment relationships (fixed-term contracts, self-employment contracts, procurement contracts).

Important directories said about her: “Excellent lawyer. We appreciate her proactive approach and her great problem solving skills. She also has strong interpersonal skills and understanding of clients’ needs”

Career

Michela joined LABLAW in 2012 as a Senior Associate and became a Partner of the firm in 2016.  Prior to this she worked for notable national and international firms such as Lovells and Labruna Mazziotti Segni.

Languages

English & Italian

Memberships

  • Member of AGI – Italian Employment Lawyers Association
  • Member of IBA – International Bar Association
  • Member of EELA – European Employment Lawyers Association
  • Frequently attends labour law courses and conferences as a lecturer.

Education

2002 | J.D. – University of Milan ‘Cattolica’

Leisure

LABLAW is an award winning Italian Employment and Labour Law boutique with the largest presence in Italy through its offices in in Milan, Naples, Turin, Bari, Sicily, Rome, Genoa, Bologna, Bolzano and Triveneto. 

LABLAW knows that employment and labour law issues do not just happen from 9 am – 5 pm Monday through Friday, and so in order to ensure a continual personalized service, LABLAW is available to assist clients 24 hours a day – 7 days a week – 365 days a year.                            

LABLAW is proud to be a founding member and the Italian representative of L&E GLOBAL – an internationally recognised and award winning alliance of premier labour and employment law boutiques with 30+ members and 1500+ professionals located around the global.(www.leglobal.org).

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Employment

An employment law boutique with offices across Italy, including a Bari office opened in April 2023, LABLAW – Studio Legale advises major national and international companies in all their employment and labour law matters. The firm is seasoned in issues surrounding social security and union disputes, as well as issues that may arise in connection with restructurings, redundancies and M&A matters. Francesco Rotondi is noted for employment work surrounding reorganisations and restructurings. Michela Bani has particular expertise in the management of relationships with executives. Laura Cinicola left the firm in February 2023. In April 2023, Marci Pati Clausi was promoted to partner and Pierluigi Quaranta joined the firm.