Palermo, 22 March 1966

In June 1989 she graduated with honors in Law defending a dissertation in bankruptcy law.

She became a lawyer in July 1992, obtaining the “Toga d’Oro” award.

As well as being the holder of her own Law Firm, with offices in Rome and Milan, she is qualified to act as defence counsel in the highest courts since many years.

She mainly provides consultancy and legal assistance in favour of international companies and groups in criminal law and tax matters. In addition to dealing with compliance, providing risk assessment activities and drafting and updating Organizational and Management Models required by Legislative Decree no. 231/2001, she provides companies with out-of-court consulting services (so called preventive criminal law) in the context of M&A and restructuring operations, assisting the Client in defining investment strategies in the Italian territory.

She was a member and chairman of the Supervisory Bodies of leading companies (including in the energy and telecommunications sector). She also was a member of the Board of Directors of listed companies.

In particular:

• from October 26, 2012 to June 2, 2018 she was a member of the Board of Directors of Juventus Football Club S.p.A. as supervisor of the Legal Department. She resigned from this position following her appointment as Minister for Public Administration;
• from May 2016 to June 2, 2018 she was a member of the Board of Directors of Cerved Information Solutions S.p.A. She resigned from this position following her appointment as Minister for Public Administration;
• from 2016 to February 2018 she was the President of the Supervisory Board of the Ospedale Israelitico;
• from 2013 to March 2018 she was the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Terna Plus S.r.l. Since this is a company indirectly owned by the State, she resigned from this position following the election to the Senate of the Republic;
• from 2017 to March 2018 she was a member of the Supervisory Board of Poste Italiane S.p.A. Since this is a company owned by the State, she resigned from this position following the election to the Senate of the Republic;

She defended several directors and managers in criminal cases of corporate, bankruptcy, banking, finance, tax, cyber, urban planning, environmental and customs offences.

She carried out consultancy and assistance on data protection law, anti-money laundering and criminal offences under articles 55 et seq. Legislative Decree no. 231/2007.

She also acted as defence counsel in a large number of cases of crimes against the public administration, heritage, public trust, public safety and commerce, for crimes committed in the press, and for unlawful acts in the medical/surgery profession as well as in workplace health and safety matters.

After being elected to the Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2013 (XV and XVI Legislatures), she was (confirmed) chairman of the Justice Commission (2008-2013), a member of the parliamentary committee for prosecutions and a member of the Appeals Board (jurisdictional body of the Chamber of Deputies).

She was elected to the Senate of the Republic in 2018 (XVIII Legislature).

From June 1, 2018 to September 5, 2019 she was Minister for Public Administration, delegated to digitalization and simplification.

She has been rielected to the Senate of the Republic in 2022 (XIX Legislature) and she is the chairman of the Justice Commission.

Foreign language

English.