“White-collar crime” is a practical rather than a single statutory category. It generally describes offences linked to business, professional or financial activity, including corporate, tax, bankruptcy, fraud, corruption, money-laundering, market-related and accounting offences, as well as liability affecting companies under Legislative Decree 231/2001.

The Firm assists companies, directors, managers, entrepreneurs, professionals, supervisory figures and private individuals involved in investigations or proceedings in Italy. The existence of a conflict between the company and an individual must always be assessed before joint or coordinated representation.

Yes. The Firm may assist foreign individuals and organisations in Italian criminal matters, provide advice in English and coordinate with overseas counsel. The precise scope depends on the Italian proceedings, the client’s role and any potential conflicts of interest.

Legal advice should be sought promptly after receiving an investigation notice, summons, request for documents, search or seizure order, precautionary measure or notice that preliminary investigations have concluded. Early advice may also be appropriate when a company discovers facts that could create criminal exposure.

Remain calm, avoid obstructing the authorities, identify the legal basis and scope of the operation, and request immediate assistance from a criminal defence lawyer. Documents should not be altered or destroyed. The legality, execution and consequences of the search and any seizure must be assessed on the actual order and record.

Under Legislative Decree 231/2001, an entity may face administrative liability arising from specified criminal offences committed in its interest or to its advantage by senior figures or persons under their direction. Liability, exemptions and sanctions depend on statutory conditions, organisational measures and the evidence in the individual case.

Depending on the offence and findings, sanctions may include financial penalties, disqualification measures, confiscation and publication of the judgment. Precautionary disqualification measures may also have immediate operational consequences. A case-specific assessment is therefore essential.

No. The existence of a document labelled as an organisational model is not, by itself, conclusive. Its suitability, effective implementation, supervisory arrangements, internal controls and relationship with the alleged offence may all be examined.

Only where professional rules permit and no actual or potential conflict impairs independent defence. In white-collar proceedings, the company’s interests and those of a director may diverge, particularly regarding attribution of conduct, internal delegations, cooperation choices or financial consequences.

Yes. Italian proceedings may involve evidentiary seizure or preventive seizure before trial and before any final judgment. Measures may concern the alleged profit or price of an offence and, where legally allowed, assets of equivalent value. Grounds and remedies depend on the type of measure.

Potential remedies may include a request for review, appeal or other applications depending on the measure, the applicant’s legal position and the procedural stage. Time limits can be short, so the order and execution records should be reviewed immediately.

Value-based confiscation may allow authorities, where statutory requirements are met, to target assets corresponding to the value of the relevant profit or price when direct confiscation of the specific proceeds is unavailable. Its application raises complex questions of attribution, calculation, ownership and proportionality.

Yes. The Firm assists in criminal proceedings involving Italian tax offences, including allegations connected with declarations, invoices, accounting documentation, omitted payments and asset restraint. Criminal defence may require coordination with tax advisers while preserving distinct roles and confidentiality.

Yes. Assistance may concern directors, de facto managers, entrepreneurs or professionals in proceedings arising from insolvency or judicial liquidation, including allegations regarding assets, accounting records, preferential conduct and the causation or aggravation of financial distress.

Internal fact-finding may help clarify events and preserve relevant information, but its design requires care. Privilege, employee rights, data protection, document integrity, reporting lines, potential self-incrimination and parallel regulatory or civil proceedings must be considered before interviews or collections begin.

Emails, messaging data, server records, devices, access logs and cloud data may be relevant. Defence analysis can address acquisition, chain of custody, integrity, completeness, interpretation and the relationship between individual communications and the alleged corporate conduct.

Yes. Complex white-collar matters often require coordinated work with accountants, tax advisers, forensic specialists, engineers or digital experts. Their role and instructions should be defined in light of the defence strategy and applicable confidentiality rules.

Yes. Avv. Galati is admitted before the Corte di Cassazione and Higher Courts. A Supreme Court appeal is limited to legally permitted grounds and is not a new trial on the facts; the judgment and record must therefore be examined technically.

Yes. The Firm can coordinate the Italian criminal defence with foreign counsel where facts, evidence, corporate groups, parallel investigations or assets extend across jurisdictions, subject to professional duties and the needs of the specific proceedings.

The Firm is based at Piazza Manzoni 18 in Busto Arsizio, between Milan and Varese and within convenient reach of Milan Malpensa International Airport. Assistance is provided in Milan, throughout Lombardy and before judicial authorities across Italy according to the case.

A remote preliminary meeting may be arranged where appropriate, particularly for foreign or out-of-area clients. Before substantive advice is given, the Firm must complete the necessary identity, confidentiality and conflict checks and review the available documents.

Use the contact page or, from a mobile device, call the Firm. An initial message should contain only the information needed to identify the parties, procedural authority, deadlines and general nature of the matter; highly sensitive documents should be shared through an agreed channel.