Profile

Piergiovanni Mandruzzato has joined the Firm in April 2014. His experience is focused on employment law and social security law, in relation to labour law issues connected to business transfer, restructuring / reorganizations and the consequent issues of staff reduction, the management of disputes and conflicts, whether collective or individual.
He regularly advises company clients on every aspects of the employment relationships, including terminations and the obligations of non-competition following thereto, and also relative to the establishment, execution and termination of agency relationships.

He has also gained extensive experience in Court in the areas of labor law and social security law, representing and defending clients, both Italian and multinational companies operating in Italy, in disputes before the judicial authorities at all levels.

Prior to joining Ichino Brugnatelli, Piergiovanni worked for some years in the law firm LABLAW, specializing exclusively in employment law and trade union law, and before that, he held the position of Senior Counsel at Allen & Overy, in charge of the department Italian Labour Law. At the beginning of his career he collaborated with some other law firms in Milan (Paolo Andreotti, and Gianni, Origoni & Partners).

Professional Affiliations: Member of AGI, Associazione Giuslavoristi Italiani (i.e. the Italian Employment Lawyers Association), American bar Association (ABA), International Bar association (IBA), and European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA) .

Chairman of several Conventions held by Industry Associations of and action on business and legal matters, as well as speaker in various seminars.

Free-Lance class lecturer and HR management training session leader.

Associate teacher of Labour Law and EU Law at the Post-Graduate Law School of the University of Brescia.

Publications: Co-author of “International Labor and Employment Laws – ABA – Section of Labor and Employment Law” published by BNA Books, having drafted the part relative to Italian Labour Law.