Avv Elena Corte > Studio Legale Corte > MILAN, Italy > Lawyer Profile
Studio Legale Corte Offices
Corso Magenta 56
Milano
20121
Italy
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Avv Elena Corte
Work Department
Partner at Studio Legale Corte
Position
Elena Corte is a highly specialized food lawyer.
Her activity concentrates on offering judicial and extrajudicial legal assistance to food business operators. She has highly specialized technical skills in food safety and hygiene.
As a criminal food lawyer, Elena assists defendants in criminal proceedings related to food, the most common being food fraud or crimes due to breaches in food safety and hygiene regulations.
In addition, Elena assists food companies in challenging regulatory sanctions related to the marketing of food and beverages, breaches of HACCP procedures, and labelling and advertisement of food and other consumer goods.
Elena assists companies in product withdrawals, recalls, RASFF procedures due to health hazards for consumers. She has wide experience in the management of crises with important media resonance.
In assisting food companies and large scale retailers, Elena has developed specific expertise in dealing with other sectors which are strictly related to food (food contact material, toys, petfood, etc.) and environmental matters (waste, discharges, etc.) .
Studio Legale Corte is also ranked in the Italian Forbes 100 Legal Professionals list, and both Elena Corte and Paola Corte were personally mentioned.
Career
Elena graduated from the University of Milan in 2000 and immediately began working at Studio Legale Corte. She was admitted to the Milan Bar Association in 2004 and was made partner of the firm the same year.
Languages
Italian (native speaker), English (native speaker), French (basic)
Memberships
Member, European Food Law Association
Education
American School of Milan (International Baccalaureate 1993)
Università degli Studi di Milano (Laurea in Giurisprudenza 2000)
Leisure
aerobatic airplane pilot, and passionate about pottery and ceramics
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Industry focus: Food
(Leading individuals)Studio Legale Corte is a boutique firm in food law that offers impressive knowledge of the food industry, including the production, packaging and marketing of food products. It is well known for its specialism in criminal law – it assists clients in both civil and criminal cases including regulatory breaches. It also assists clients with due diligence work in relation to M&A transactions. The practice is led by the ‘exceptional‘ Paola Corte, whose expertise spans all technical and legal aspects of food and beverage composition, labelling and advertising. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the European Food Law Association. Co-head Elena Corte has particular expertise in criminal matters concerning fraud, counterfeiting and non-genuine or contaminated food sales.