Italy Labour & Employment Law

Francesco Rotondi is the Name Partner of LabLaw, licensed journalist and adjunct professor of labour law at Cattaneo University – LIUC Castellanza and “expert member of the National Council for Economics and Labor (CNEL)”, as per Council of Ministers’ appointment on May 23, 2023.

Recognised as one of the leaders in the field of labour law and industrial relations in Italy, he provides 360° labour law and industrial relations counsel to numerous important Italian and international companies. He has a solid experience assisting with reorganisation and restructuring plans, extraordinary operations, trade union litigation, the management of employment contracts, and with the organisation of agency networks in the commercial and credit sectors.

Tel: +39 02 30311389 f.rotondi@lablaw.com www.lablaw.com

His activity is characterised not only by managing hard cases of reorganisations and corporate restructuring, top management labour issues and litigation, but also for a broader view of what could be a future scenario of labour law and the “Contract of Individual Work.”

Francesco is the author of numerous publications, books and articles on labour law and on trade union issues essays and scientific publications, also in interdisciplinary matters. He is an established lecturer at many conferences and carries out regular teaching activities and training courses for companies and is a frequent speaker at numerous conferences on labour law for the most important Italian academic institutions.

Francesco is author of several books on employment law and trade union issues, the latest of which are: Ammortizzatori Sociali, IPSOA, 2022; Jobs act forever, Rubbettino Editore, 2022; Com’è cambiato il mondo del lavoro in Italia e come cambierà. Dialogo con sei Ministri del Lavoro protagonisti degli ultimi 25 anni - Rubbettino Editore, 2021; Agile, Smart, da casa – I nuovi mondi del lavoro, Franco Angeli, 2021; Generazione Z e lavoro, Franco Angeli, 2020; Jobs App, un nuovo contratto di lavoro per l’economia digitale, Edizioni Guerini Next, 2018.

Francesco Rotondi is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the Italian Employment Lawyers Association (AGI), the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA). In addition, Francesco is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Personnel Directors (AIDP) of Lombardia, a Member of CONFINDUSTRIA as well as of the Scientific Committee of Employment Law & Practice at IPSOA.

He has won many awards and recognitions, most recently: Labour & Employment in Italy – Client Choice Awards in 2023; AIDP Award to the Managing Partner at the Legalcommunity Labour Awards in 2022 and 2021; Lawyer of the Year for Industrial Relations at the Legalcommunity Labour Awards in 2022; Sports Lawyer of the Year at the Legalcommunity Labour Awards in 2021 and 2020; ranked by Forbes Italy among the 100 Excellences in Legal in 2021; Lawyer of the Year Industrial Relations at the TopLegal Awards in 2020; AIDP Legal Pioneer Award at the Legalcommunity Labour Awards in 2020; ranked among the Elite Lawyers by Milano Finanza; Best Lawyers and Best Corporate Law Firms 2020, April 2020; Client Choice for Italian Employment Law at the Client Choice Award in 2020.