Head of Legal, Compliance and Governance Affairs
Brugola O.E.B. Industriale S.p.A.
Italy
Experienced In-house Company Lawyer with a proven track record across leading law firms, listed multinational groups, family businesses, private companies and public institutions. Qualified Lawyer in Italy with LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from a prestigious Italian law school, each awarded with the highest honours, and extensive international exposure.
I advise on a broad range of legal matters, including commercial contracts, public procurement, corporate governance, company secretariat, M&A, real estate, IP, employment, tax and litigation, while leading compliance, internal audit and risk management.
My professional experience spans several industries, including manufacturing, automotive, industrial machinery, technology, pharmaceutical and construction.
Key achievements as In-house Company Lawyer:
– established legal, compliance and governance functions across multiple companies at different stages of development;
– contributed to the completion of various M&A transactions and corporate restructurings in diverse business contexts;
– delivered reduction in external legal costs, more than 30% year-on-year over two consecutive years from appointment;
– introduced a contract lifecycle management system and rolled out targeted administrative enablement for self-service contracting, cutting legal interventions by 50% while accelerating speed and consistency;
– digitised compliance processes and embedded legal requirements and controls into automated workflows, eliminating manual entries by 70% while ensuring compliance by design and by default;
– developed and implemented enterprise risk matrices, driving effective mitigation of material risks across core compliance areas.
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