Attorney Bongiorno and the Firm’s lawyers have extensive experience in providing consultancy to companies—including multinational corporations—as well as to corporate groups, offering tailored solutions designed to equip them with effective control safeguards for the purposes of the exonerating effect provided under Legislative Decree No. 231/2001.
Under the Decree, entities may in fact be held liable for certain offenses committed in their interest or to their advantage by directors, managers, or employees subject to their direction or supervision.
In recent years, the list of offenses that may give rise to administrative liability has expanded significantly, resulting in an increased risk of exposure to such liability, with potentially very severe sanctions, including disqualification from conducting business activities or prohibition from entering into contracts with the public administration. However, companies and corporate groups may avoid sanctions if they can demonstrate—among other things—that, prior to the alleged commission of the offense, they had implemented organizational and management models suitable for preventing offenses of the relevant type, and that they had appointed a supervisory body with autonomous powers of initiative and control.
The Bongiorno Law Firm is able to provide companies with comprehensive assistance, from the risk-analysis phase to the preparation of effective organizational models.
More specifically, the Firm offers ongoing assistance to entities in:
i) drafting or updating Organizational Models pursuant to Legislative Decree 231;
ii) conducting risk-assessment activities aimed at identifying areas and processes exposed to offense risk;
iii) preparing and reviewing corporate policies, procedures, and operational instructions;
iv) identifying process gaps and implementing action plans.
The Firm’s primary goal has always been to prevent all legal risks by thoroughly examining and analysing the sensitive areas of a company’s overall operations, also in order to avoid reputational repercussions. For this reason, it structures its assistance on a dual track: on one side, providing legal support through experienced and specialized professionals; on the other, closely following the company and accompanying it in its strategic decision-making.