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Elena Giacoia

Lawyer | Legal, Governance & Culture Advisor

GOVERNANCE • PUBLIC PROCUREMENT • CULTURAL HERITAGE • ORGANISATION • COMPLIANCE • EMPLOYMENT LAW • TAX
Torino
Milano
Rivoli
TURIN MILAN RIVOLI
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Profile

Legal rigour, business understanding and coordination across jurisdictions.

Elena Giacoia supports businesses, foundations, public bodies and organisations in governance, organisational transformation and the management of complex issues. She has extensive experience in legal and strategic advice on employment, tax, corporate and administrative law, combined with expertise in business organisation, public procurement, compliance, control systems and organisational innovation.

She supports governing bodies and management in developing sustainable governance models, managing institutional relations and implementing organisational systems that combine regulatory compliance, efficiency and development.

She has also developed specific expertise in cultural heritage, conservation and restoration, the protection and movement of works of art, intellectual property in the cultural heritage sector, and the prevention and management of offences against cultural heritage

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Practice Focus

Complementary areas of expertise, available individually or as part of an integrated service.

Governance

Governance and organisation

She supports governing bodies, executive leadership and management in designing and implementing efficient organisational models that comply with applicable law.

  • Corporate governance and governance of foundations and entities with public-sector participation.
  • Business organisation and change management.
  • Internal control systems and decision-making processes.
  • Institutional relations.
  • Management training and organisational development.

Public Procurement

Public Procurement

  • Tender notices, tender rules and specifications.
  • Framework agreements, cooperation agreements and public contracts.
  • Support for the Italian public procurement project officer (RUP) and tender evaluation committees.
  • Competitive public procurement procedures and the award of services, works and supply contracts.
  • Public-private partnerships.

Employment law

Employment law and workforce organisation

  • Employment relationships and senior executives.
  • Disciplinary procedures, reorganisations and dismissals.
  • Domestic and international mobility.
  • Employee welfare schemes and bargaining.
  • Organisational change management.
  • Employment due diligence in corporate transactions.

Law

Tax and corporate law

  • Business taxation and tax law.
  • Tax litigation.
  • Corporate law and governance.
  • Corporate transactions.
  • Support for tax professionals.

Business distress

Business distress

Advisor in negotiated business crisis resolution procedures, over-indebtedness proceedings, restructuring, business continuity, turnaround plans and corporate reorganisations. Qualified to act as a crisis manager and insolvency practitioner under Italian law.

Compliance

Compliance and organisational systems

  • Organisational models under Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001.
  • Privacy and organisational frameworks for data protection.
  • Anti-corruption and transparency.
  • Codes of ethics and control systems.
  • Risk management.

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Areas of expertise

Areas regularly covered in our professional engagements.

Cultural heritage law

A highly specialised practice dedicated to protecting, managing and enhancing cultural heritage and the organisations operating in the sector.

  • Cultural heritage law and heritage protection.
  • Conservation and restoration.
  • Legal management of restoration projects.
  • Contracts in the cultural sector.
  • Relations with the Ministry of Culture, heritage authorities (Soprintendenze) and universities.
  • Foundations, museums and cultural institutions.
  • Digitisation of cultural heritage.
Works of art and art crime
  • Domestic and international movement of works of art.
  • Loans, transport and handling, insurance and condition reports.
  • Intellectual property in the cultural heritage sector.
  • Enhancing the value of collections and art-related contracts.
  • Offences against cultural heritage.
  • Illicit trafficking in cultural property.
  • Due diligence on works of art and compliance in international movements.
ESG, gender equality and quality
  • UNI/PdR 125 and Gender Equality Plans.
  • Inclusion policies and organisational sustainability.
  • Quality assurance systems.
  • UNI EN ISO 9000 and SA8000.
  • Business organisation, processes and continuous improvement.
Contracts and intellectual property
  • Public and commercial contracts.
  • Cooperation agreements, framework agreements and implementing agreements.
  • Protocols, memoranda, partnerships and institutional agreements.
  • Copyright, creative works and image use.
  • Licensing, know-how and cultural heritage.
Training for clients and organisations

She designs and delivers training for public administrations, businesses, executives, management teams and professionals on public procurement, employment, governance, compliance, cultural heritage, organisation, privacy, anti-corruption, quality and organisational communication.

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