Chiomenti advises on both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, assisting leading clients across the logistics, banking, fashion, retail and infrastructure sectors. The team is active in complex cross-border transactions and frequently supports high-profile M&A deals, providing employment advice throughout all phases. It also assists with restructuring and workforce reorganisation, the drafting of employment contracts, the design of remuneration and incentive schemes, and labour litigation. The group is increasingly focused on digital transformation and preventive advisory work for major brands. Emanuele Barberis advises Italian and international clients across multiple industries, while Annalisa Reale, described as ‘extremely prepared and flexible,’ is a highly regarded employment lawyer with a strong international reputation.
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- ‘The Labour Law Team driven by Annalisa Reale is great! They are extremely prepared, flexible, solution oriented and fast in the delivery. I work with them since more than 10 years and I kept working with them moving from one company to another. They are always updated on what happens and can support when international topics arise. ’
- ‘Annalisa Reale is one of the best lawyers I've met in my more than 27 years career. She is great from any point of view. I learned a lot from her and her unicity is in preparation, fast thinking and together we found great solutions to complex topics. Alessandro Pace is very good lawyer, always open to support and discuss, his work is key for my Italian Team. ’
- ‘Always responsive, business oriented and clear’
- ‘Chiomenti Law Firm is a leading national and international law firm with areas of excellence in Labor & Employment, Criminal and tax law. You can rely on a team of highly skilled professionals who can support a large company with a very practical and customer-oriented approach.’
- ‘Emanuele Barberis and His Team: Maximum availability and professionalism. In many years of professional collaboration, I can say that he has been an unparalleled professional figurehead, exceeding expectations year after year and proving to be an irreplaceable point of reference. ’
- ‘Chiomenti has a classic independent Employment law practice led by Ana Lisa Reale, they litigate and advise on employment law.’
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Leading partners
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Annalisa Reale
Practice head
Emanuele Barberis
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Annalisa Reale