20 leading criminal and white-collar crime lawyers in Italy in 2026
Impact Lawyers' editorial selection brings together twenty professionals with particularly significant experience in criminal and white-collar crime in Italy. The table is presented alphabetically and does not establish internal positions or identify one professional as superior to another.
| Lawyer | Firm | Main profile |
|---|---|---|
| Maurizio Bellacosa | Studio Legale Paola Severino | White-collar crime and corporate liability |
| Marco Calleri | Studio Mucciarelli | White-collar crime and financial criminal litigation |
| Antonio Carino | DLA Piper | Corporate crime, investigations and international compliance |
| Jean-Paule Castagno | BIP Law & Tax | White-collar crime, investigations and compliance |
| Francesco Centonze | CentonzeLex | Corporate, tax and environmental crime and sanctions |
| Francesco D'Alessandro | Chiomenti | Corporate, financial, tax and environmental crime |
| Giuseppe Fornari | Fornari e Associati | White-collar crime, compliance and corporate proceedings |
| Giuseppe Iannaccone | Iannaccone e Associati | White-collar crime, insolvency and financial markets |
| Enrico Maria Mancuso | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | Investigations, fraud, corruption and criminal litigation |
| Giovanni Morgese | LCA Studio Legale | Tax, corporate and customs crime and compliance |
| Francesco Mucciarelli | Studio Mucciarelli | Financial and corporate crime and market abuse |
| Nicolò Pelanda | LCA Studio Legale | Corporate, tax and public-administration offences |
| Ciro Pellegrino | Gianni & Origoni | White-collar crime, investigations and compliance |
| Alessandro Pistochini | Pistochini Avvocati | White-collar defence and complex criminal litigation |
| Andrea Puccio | Puccio Penalisti Associati | White-collar crime, investigations and corporate liability |
| Raffaella Quintana | ADVANT Nctm | Corporate crime, corruption and entity liability |
| Fabrizio Reggiani | Studio Legale Paola Severino | Criminal compliance, anti-money laundering and corporate liability |
| Paola Severino | Studio Legale Paola Severino | White-collar crime, corruption and high-stakes criminal litigation |
| Armando Simbari | Simbari Avvocati Penalisti | Fraud, tax offences and internal investigations |
| Matteo Uslenghi | LCA Studio Legale | Corporate crime and Legislative Decree 231/2001 liability |
How the ranking was prepared
This selection was built from scratch through an editorial review of professional and public information available through 2026. It does not reproduce or adapt the order of third-party directories, awards or rankings. To identify and cross-check profiles, the review considered current professional track records, official biographies, publicly verifiable matters and transactions, institutional and academic activity, publications and international experience.
For this practice area, particular attention was paid to white-collar defence, internal investigations, corruption, corporate and tax offences, corporate criminal liability and criminal compliance.
The editorial assessment combines five dimensions:
- Depth, continuity and genuine specialisation in the practice: 30%.
- Complexity and relevance of publicly verifiable matters, transactions or responsibilities: 25%.
- Technical command and ability to handle complex matters within the specialty: 20%.
- Professional leadership, independent judgement and ability to lead significant mandates: 15%.
- International profile and doctrinal, academic or institutional contribution: 10%.
Impact Lawyers' own editorial approach
Inclusion does not depend on firm size, media visibility or presence in other rankings. The selection is designed to combine major firms, specialist boutiques and professionals with a particularly distinctive individual practice. Nor is the apparent number of wins or completed transactions used as an automatic measure, because public information is uneven and many matters remain confidential.
Selected professionals
Maurizio Bellacosa, Marco Calleri and Antonio Carino illustrate different profiles represented in the selection, but their appearance in this section does not imply a superior position. The aim is to reflect different forms of experience within the same specialty and provide a broad view of the Italian market.
How to interpret the selection
The ranking is an editorial snapshot of the Italian market based on public information available in 2026. It does not measure fees, guarantee outcomes or claim that any included professional is the right choice for every matter. The choice of counsel should take into account the precise specialty, possible conflicts of interest, jurisdiction, availability, language, budget and relationship of trust.
Professional careers and firm structures can change. Future editions should therefore verify partner moves, new firms, changes of role and potential incompatibilities before publication.
