Rome, February 3rd, 2020 – Ilaria Curti joins Portolano Cavallo as counsel to lead the Internal Investigations group, expanding the Firm’s offering to white collar crime.
Ilaria Curti has many years of experience in Internal Investigations and white collar crime, representing individuals and corporations in court and advising on Italian Legislative Decree No. 231/01 on corporate crimes as well as corporate compliance and whistleblowing, in particular for clients in the Life Sciences sector.
Thanks to her knowledge and expertise of Internal Investigations, especially those in a cross-border context, Ilaria is the only Italian lawyer recognized by Global Investigations Review in its world-wide reports “40 under 40” in 2017 and “100 Women in Investigations” since 2018.
Ilaria has also developed in depth expertise on trade compliance, assisting leading Italian multinational groups in complex export control issues including in particular “dual use” regulations.
“Thanks to Ilaria’s top track record in cross-border Internal Investigations, we intend to become a reference point in Italy in the field of investigations, especially in our focus areas of Life Sciences and Digital, Media & Technology,” commented Francesco Portolano.
Ilaria joins Portolano Cavallo from DLA Piper, where she became a senior figure in the White-Collar Crime, Investigations & Compliance Group. She previously worked as an associate at the firm of CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, in the Corporate Crimes, Compliance and Investigations Department. Ilaria graduated in law from the University “Roma Tre”, and in 2005 she also obtained a Master’s Degree in Investigations and Criminology at the University “La Sapienza” in Rome.
