Roberto Pisano

Roberto Pisano founded Studio Legale Pisano in 2007; in 2025 the firm relocated to new offices and was renamed PisanoLaw. Mr Pisano is the managing partner of PisanoLaw. He has a history of representing prominent individuals and entities in high-profile Italian criminal proceedings with media impact, including: three cases of alleged tax fraud involving the former Italian prime minister (with searches and seizure in the US and Hong Kong and freezing of funds in Switzerland); various cases of corruption involving international corporations and their top managers (with multiple investigations in the US, UK, France, Nigeria, Algeria, etc.); various cases of extradition, including the FIFA investigation by the US authorities and representation of foreign states; a case involving a major US bank in the bankruptcy of the Parmalat group; a case involving a top manager of a UK telecommunications group in the false accounting of its Italian subsidiary; a case involving a prestigious UK academic institution in relation to an Italian parliamentary inquiry; various claims for restitution of antiquities and paintings by the Italian Ministry of Culture against a prominent US museum and a UK art gallery; various cases of internal investigations for listed international corporations, including for Dieselgate, with strategical advice about self-reporting, remediation plans, etc. Mr Pisano also advises and represents foreign governments on issues of international criminal law and in extradition proceedings. Mr Pisano obtained a law degree, summa cum laude, from the State University of Milan in 1992, and a PhD in international tax fraud from the University of Genoa in 1999. Mr Pisano was co-chair of the business crime committee of the International Bar Association in 2007 and 2008, and vice-chair of the European Criminal Bar Association in 2008 and 2009. He is the author of several publications on the subject of business crime and mutual legal assistance.

Roberto Pisano founded Studio Legale Pisano in 2007; in 2025 the firm relocated to new offices and was renamed PisanoLaw. Mr Pisano is the managing partner of PisanoLaw. He has a history of representing prominent individuals and entities in high-profile Italian criminal proceedings with media impact, including: three cases of alleged tax fraud involving the former Italian prime minister (with searches and seizure in the US and Hong Kong and freezing of funds in Switzerland); various cases of corruption involving international corporations and their top managers (with multiple investigations in...