Offering a ‘customer-focused approach’, Dentons acts in criminal proceedings and private enforcement for clients in the manufacturing, food, financial, life sciences, energy and retail sectors. The team’s experience includes acting on tax, bankruptcy and environmental offence proceedings. The team is overseen by Pasquale Annicchiarico, who is an expert in matters affecting the logistics and retail sectors. The ’stand-out’ Matteo Vizzardi focuses on corporate criminal law, cybercrime and environmental criminal law.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Testimonials
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- ‘Dentons and especially Matteo Vizzardi are extremely proactive and supportive during investigations. Very clear in its approach, always on time and focused on reaching the result.'
- ‘Matteo Vizzardi stands out.’
- ‘What makes Dentons' white-collar crime practice unique is their customer-focused approach.'
- 'Pasquale Annicchiarico is one of, if not the best, lawyers I have ever worked with. He has top-level professional competencies. What makes him really unique is his ability to involve and engage his customers.'
- 'Matteo Danieli is a very talented lawyer, with great potential.’
- ‘Outstanding criminal lawyer Matteo Vizzardi is the true added value: his deep knowledge of our business enables him to provide immediate feedback.'
Key clients
- Riva Group
- Istituto per le Opere di Religione
- Esselunga
- ENI
- Johnson & Johnson
- ENPAPI
- NTT Data
- ExxonMobil
- Lyft
- Arbos
- Orion Capital Managers
- DeA Capital Real Estate SGR
Work highlights
Assisting and representing Riva Group, an Italian steel producer, in all the criminal trials before the Courts of Milan and Taranto, including the ILVA trial.
Practice head
Pasquale Annicchiarico
Other key lawyers
Matteo Vizzardi; Matteo Danieli; Arnaldo Bernardi