Defending a US restaurant chain in a claim for unfair dismissal by a high-level employee. Settled at the first hearing on terms very favourable to the company, thanks to our thorough pleadings and well-articulated arguments Representing a world leader in the financial services industry in Italian litigation by its employees, claiming unfair dismissal, (unpaid) overtime and differences in remuneration (for being inserted in the wrong work category/level) Private bank belonging to a premiere Italian financial group: legal defence in litigation initiated by former agents (financial advisors) in relation to the bank’s withdrawal from their contracts, revocation of auxiliary recruitment and/or coordination assignments, resignation for alleged cause and the associated claims of the indemnity in lieu of notice, termination of contract (NCBA and Art. 1751 of the Italian Civil Code) and bonuses. Leading Italian company in the private security sector: legal assistance in the lawsuit brought for alleged embezzlement of over €2 million committed by private security-guard employees in conjunction with cash in transit operations on behalf of a large-scale distribution firm. Hotel and Tourism : assistance with a dispute concerning a serious workplace injury (the employee fell from a roof while cleaning windows), involving management of criminal complaints in the civil trial. Private bank belonging to a premiere banking group: legal assistance, resulting in a favourable outcome for the bank in over 90% of of litigation cases brought by the bank against former employees (private bankers) and agents (financial advisors) seeking payment of sums due as a result of violation of obligations relating to: non-entry, breach of minimum duration undertakings, breach of undertakings to extend the notice period and breach of non-compete undertakings. Premiere cable manufacturer: assistance with a complex accident prevention dispute initiated by a former employee following the dismissal of the company’s position in the criminal investigation phase. Swedish pharmaceutical group: assistance in a dispute initiated by three former employees claiming the right to a bonus of approximately €5 million each as a result of the invention of synthetic molecules used to produce a well-known pharmaceutical. Italian subsidiary of a premiere Spanish financial institution: assistance in the three instances of the dispute and subsequent revocation trial initiated by a former member of the board of directors seeking a finding establishing salaried employment, executive classification and payment of special compensation related to the positions filled and activities performed in extraordinary transactions of approximately €10 million. Listed French group: assistance in collective litigation brought by 180 former employees of a closed plant seeking a judgment of contractual liability of approximately €15 million due to breach of union agreements. Premiere Italian financial institution with over 800 financial advisors, 5,600 employees and 600 branches: assistance in precautionary proceedings against a former employee and his new employer, a rival bank, brought to a favourable conclusion with an injunction against the former employee and rival bank ordering them to desist from any further illicit activity constituting unfair competition and the use of confidential information. Bank operating exclusively in the private-banking sector with over 400 private bankers and financial advisors: assistance in conducting a defence in a lawsuit brought in a precautionary venue for unfair competition concerning the enticement of private bankers based at the sole branch located in a capital city in northern Italy. Italian company with a leading position in the central heating system sector: assistance in litigation brought by an employee seeking a judgement of liability pursuant to Art. 2049 of the Italian Civil Code as a result of sexual assault in the workplace committed by a superior. Italian financial institution: assistance with an injunction initiated against a former employee who took a position with a rival bank before the end of the notice period (one noteworthy aspect: the former employee was not subject to any non-compete undertaking, but an application was nonetheless submitted for an injunction due to violation of loyalty obligations during the disregarded notice period; the application for an injunction was granted in full, allowing the bank to protect itself against competitive actions by the former employee until the end of the originally agreed notice period). Legal assistance in a case of medical liability, provided to a gynaecologist hospital for defence against the recovery lawsuit brought by an insurance company (in particular, the hospital and insurance company were the subjects of a definitive judgment to provide compensation of more than €4 million to the family of a child born with severe disabilities due to alleged gross negligence on the part of the gynaecologist; the insurance company’s recovery lawsuit against the physician was rejected). Italian financial institution: assistance in over 30 separate disputes with a total value of over €7 million seeking to establish the bank’s liability pursuant to Art. 31 of the Consolidated Finance Act in connection with a case of embezzlement committed by a former financial advisor to the detriment of his clients. German multinational manufacturer of textile machines: assistance for the company in litigation brought by a former agent and distributor, who brought a lawsuit seeking a judgment ordering payment of over €1.3 million by way of end-of-service indemnity, fees and compensation for damages in the context of his agency contract. Eminent Italian banking institution belonging to a listed group: assistance with the dismissal for cause and subsequent litigation initiated by employees who had disregarded company directives and falsified reports concerning the activities performed. English banking group: assistance with a lawsuit brought by an executive (formerly in charge of the Corporate Finance and Advisory department) seeking to overturn his dismissal, obtain a finding of de-skilling and secure a judgment ordering the payment of approximately €6 million. Worldwide leading group in the cable manufacturing sector: assistance with a lawsuit brought by INPS seeking the recovery of over €3 million of social-security contribution relief for work training contracts as a result of a decision by the European Commission that had classified them as “state aid” prohibited by the EU Treaty (the position was managed in a judicial venue and then in an extrajudicial venue for the settlement of several hundred worker positions and finally dismissed without economic consequences). Italian publishing and television group: assistance with a dispute brought by freelancers, fixed-term workers, workers under collaboration agreements and agents, as well as with matters relating to groups of enterprises and the attribution of the working relationship. Leading Italian group in integrated logistics and over 1,000 employees: assistance with a dispute relating to work with cooperatives, outsourcing and joint and several liability, temporary work, fixed-term contracts and disciplinary sanctions. Defence of a premiere Italian banking group in ten different lawsuits concerning the sale of foreign government securities later defaulted upon for third-party liability relating to failure to provide any information or sufficient information to clients regarding the products (all lawsuits were concluded successfully , without any finding of liability for the financial institution). Second Italian company in the railway transport sector (with over 4,000 employees and 730,000 passengers in a day): assistance with approximately 100 lawsuits and union disputes brought against the company on various issues. Leading German group in the production of textile machineries: legal assistance of the company in the lawsuit brought by a General Manager dismissed for reasons of costs saving with subsequent abolition of his job position, claiming damages over 1.5 million euros and health damages, because he claimed that his cancer was due to stress and work overload. This lawsuit required a complex medical investigation, which involved five full professors of occupational medicine, oncology and genetics of top-rated Italian universities.