Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo

Chairman & Managing Partner: Franco Toffoletto

Senior Partner: Raffaele De Luca Tamajo

Partners Handling Cross-Border Work: Franco Toffoletto, Raffaele De Luca Tamajo, Annarita Ammirati, Aldo Bottini, Elio Cherubini, Donatella Cungi, Giacomo De Fazio, Stefano de Luca Tamajo, Massimo Dramis, Lorenzo Gelmi, Valeria Morosini, Andrea Morone, Emanuela Nespoli, Aldo Palumbo, Ornella Patané; Paola Pucci, Lea Rossi, Marco Sideri

Number of partners: 30

Number of lawyers: 99

Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Firm Overview:

Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo is a leading Italian firm, which specialises in assisting companies with employment law, labour law, commercial agency agreements and HR management and payroll issues. With a team of 30 partners and more than 140 associates and staff across its nine offices in Milan, Naples, Rome, Bologna, Bergamo, Brescia, Genova, Varese, Bari, Torino, Venezia e Treviso - and as a member of Ius Laboris, an international alliance of global human resources lawyers - the firm is able to manage the most complex of transactions, both in Italy and abroad. With almost 100 years of experience in employment law, the team prides ourselves in having at its fingertips the know-how and resources to offer tailor-made services to clients around the world.

The Firm regularly manages national and cross-border projects in multiple jurisdictions, always striving to find innovative solutions for its clients’ ever-changing needs and daily challenges.

On 1st January 2020,the Firm expanded its services beyond employment law, adding further services that include employment consultancy, the management of human resources and payroll.

The Firm, and its professionals, are consistently rated among the top leaders in the field of employment and labour law. The Firm has been recognised several times by the Financial Times Innovative Layers Report - Europe, including in 2020 when the Firm was commended for the service it provided to companies during the Covid-19 state of emergency. In 2019, the Firm was recognised in two categories: “Data, Knowledge and Intelligence” and “New Products and Services”. It was also ranked among the 50 Most Innovative Law Firms in Europe. The Firm’s Automated Contract Creation Platform was also selected as a finalist for the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe in 2018 and for its use of technology in its FT Innovative Lawyers Report 2015 thanks to the creation of a unique piece of software: iLex. The firm has also received the Digital Professional Awardon different occasions from the Digital Innovation Observatory of Politecnico University of Milan. Most recently, the Firm was recognised for two of its digital products: Total Reward Statement and Futuhro.

Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo attracts Italy’s top graduates and, through its structured in-house training programme, the knowledge within the firm is kept consistent and always at the forefront.

Main Areas of Practice:

The firm assists its clients through the provision of legal services in every aspect of employment and labour law, as well as HR consultancy and management. These include:

Employment & Labour: Negotiation of collective agreements; interpretation of collective agreements; strategic considerations on the possibilities and risks of industrial conflicts; participation in trade union negotiations; assistance in the elaboration of business and managerial strategies; assistance in agreements for the constitution of European Work Councils; litigation.

M&A & Restructuring: Employee-related due diligence; planning of employment law issues in the context of mergers and acquisitions; outsourcing and restructuring processes; collective redundancies; audits and due diligence.

Drawing Up of Employment Contracts: Restrictive covenants, confidentiality clauses, privacy clauses, employee inventions and noncompetition clauses.

Human Resources Management: Employment procedures and policies; smart working policies; company regulations; confidentiality procedures; use of IT equipment and email; employee monitoring procedures; data privacy; disciplinary codes and code of ethics; technology and employee rights; international secondments.

Executive Compensation & Incentive Arrangements: Bonus schemes and stock option plans; employee benefits; employee welfare benefit plans.

Management of Employment Contracts: Application of disciplinary sanctions; transfers, changes of job or other conditions of the employment contract; reduction-in-workforce, plant closure and collective redundancies.

Employment & HR Management Consultancy: Pay slips, Relations with the local authorities (INPS, INAIL, ect.), Payment of social security contributions, Periodical statements (Form 770, etc.), Strategical advice regarding staff policies.

Clients:

Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo’s clients include multi-national companies and major Italian and foreign companies in many market sectors, including luxury, automotive, pharmaceutical, chemicals, digital services, advertising, banks, insurance, fashion, food and beverage, commercial and professional services, mechanical, energy, real estate, and telecommunications.

Offices:

• Milan: Via Rovello, 12 Milan - 20121 | Tel. (+39) 02 721441
• Naples: Viale Antonio Gramsci, 14Naples - 80122 | Tel. (+39) 081 684771
• Rome: Via della Conciliazione, 10Rome - 00193 | Tel. (+39) 06 45239300
• Bergamo: Via XX Settembre, 18/bBergamo - 24122 | Tel. (+39) 02 721441
• Brescia: Via Aldo Moro, 13Brescia - 25124 | Tel. (+39) 030 3772848
• Bologna: Piazza de’ Calderini, 3Bologna - 40124 | Tel. (+39) 051 27661
• Genoa: Distacco di Piazza Marsala 3/8 Genoa -16122 | Tel. (+39) 010 9846314
• Varese: Via Bernascone, 16 Varese - 21100 | Tel. (+39) 02 721441
• Bari: via Abate Giacinto Gimma, 93 - 70122 | Tel. (+39) 080 2241400
• Torino: Via Alfieri, 19 - 10121 | Tel. (+39) 011 561 8165
• Venezia: Via delle Industrie, 19d VEGA Parco Scientifico – Tecnologico - 30175 | Tel. (+39) 041 2030020
• Treviso: Via Galileo Galilei, 2 - 31057 Silea (TV) | Tel. (+39) 041 2030020