Legalcommunity Finance Awards 2024
Our founding partner Giuseppe Fornari was the winner of the Legalcommunity Finance Awards in the category Lawyer of the Year – White Collar Crime: “The well-known criminal lawyer is highly regarded in the financial community by both colleagues and clients for his quality track record and the notoriety of the cases he has successfully managed”.
TopLegal RANKED IN
The firm has been mentioned by TopLegal among the firms that have received the widest market recognition in terms of service, reputation and market position in corporate criminal law.
Le Fonti Awards 2019
2019 was a great success for Fornari e Associati, which won the award for Law Firm of the Year in the field of Environmental Criminal Law “for having successfully assisted managers and leading Italian industrial groups in key environmental criminal, public administration and workplace health and safety proceedings, some of the most important assignments in absolute terms over the last few months”.
Global Awards CorporateLiveWire
In 2018, Enrico Di Fiorino was awarded the “Criminal Lawyer of the Year” prize for Italy at the Corporate LiveWire Global Awards.
Top Legal Awards 2018
In 2018, Giuseppe Fornari received the award for best corporate criminal law practitioner of the year at the 2018 Top Legal Awards.
Global Law Experts 2018
In 2018, the Fornari e Associati law firm won the prize for “White Collar Crime Law Firm of the Year” for Italy at the 2018 Global Law Experts Annual Awards.
Legalcommunity Corporate Awards 2018 – Avvocato dell’Anno
In 2018, Giuseppe Fornari was awarded the Lawyer of the Year – Corporate Criminal Law prize at the 2018 Legalcommunity Corporate Awards: “This is a benchmark firm in the sector. They are outstanding when it comes to Italian law, with a deep knowledge of corporate criminal legal and procedural affairs”.
Le Fonti Awards 2018 – Studio dell’Anno
In 2018, during the gala evening at Palazzo Mezzanotte, the firm was awarded a prize at the Le Fonti Awards 2018 in the Law Firm of the Year – Financial Criminal Law category “For its wealth of experience in providing assistance to national and international credit institutions and to listed companies on aspects of banking criminal law and financial markets… For having defended clients in some of the most high-profile criminal proceedings in Italy, achieving significant results.”
Le Fonti Awards 2018 – Avvocato dell’Anno
In 2018, Giuseppe Fornari won Lawyer of the Year – Environmental Criminal Law at the 2018 Le Fonti Awards: “For being a charismatic professional, able to represent companies and their top management in major criminal proceedings associated with anti-pollution legislation, including on an international scale.
For his key contribution to Italian legal culture in the field, with conferences on added value.”
Premio Loy – Avvocato rising star dell’anno
In 2018, Enrico Di Fiorino won the rising star lawyer of the year award, with the following justification given: “For having become a partner of the Fornari e Associati law firm in 2017, immediately playing a role in some of the most important criminal proceedings in the country and demonstrating, in the eyes of the market, negotiating skills and the ability to find effective solutions, characteristics which have made him a rising star in the Italian economic criminal law sector”.
Criminal Law award within Italy
In 2018, Enrico Di Fiorino received the “Criminal Law award within Italy” at the International Advisory Experts Awards 2018.
Criminal Law – Global Awards 2017
In 2017, Enrico Di Fiorino was awarded the lawyer of the year prize for Italy in the “Criminal Law” category at the 2017 Global Awards.
Premio Le Fonti Awards – Studio Legale dell’Anno
In 2017, the firm won the Law Firm of the Year prize in the Corporate Criminal Law category at the Le Fonti Awards: “For deciding to work with young and well-prepared lawyers, thus consolidating, under a new name, its experience in all aspects of corporate criminal law, and representing some of the major industrial groups in Italy. … For the central role afforded to human relations and the approach taken to criminal law as, first and foremost, an individual right”.
Legalcommunity Finance Awards
In 2017, Giuseppe Fornari was awarded the Legalcommunity Finance Awards prize in the Lawyer of the Year – Financial Criminal Law category: “A “pragmatic expert” with acknowledged experience in corporate criminal law, along with in-depth knowledge of the world of banking and finance”.
Italy’s Leading Adviser in Fraud & Identity Theft
Also in 2017, Di Fiorino won the award “Italy’s Leading Adviser in Fraud & Identity Theft” from Acquisition International.
Criminal Law & Litigation
In 2017, he was named lawyer of the year for Italy in the “Criminal Law & Litigation” category by the British magazine Finance Monthly.
Premio Legalcommunity Tax Awards
In 2016, Giuseppe Fornari was awarded the Legalcommunity Tax Awards Prize in the Lawyer of the Year – Criminal Tax Law Best Practice category: “A go-to person in Italian criminal corporate law, he has ensured tax issues play a central role in the activities of his law firm. It is not by chance that he has become one of the most renowned criminal law practitioners, greatly valued by many tax directors from major firms”.
Premio IAIR – Law Firm of the Year
In 2016, the firm accepted the IAIR award as Law Firm of the Year in the Finance Criminal Law – Italy category: “For being a leader in criminal litigation, in particular in the financial and tax sector, alongside major banking institutions and Italian and foreign companies to whom they are more than a law firm, but an advisor in all respects”.
Premio Legalcommunity Finance & Tax Awards
In 2015, Fornari was awarded the Legalcommunity Finance & Tax Awards Prize in the Professional of the year – criminal tax law category: “A prominent figure amongst criminal law practitioners, and also an authority in the area of tax. Appreciated by both clients and market observers, he serves high-quality clients, which notably include international merchant banks”.
Premio Internazionale Le Fonti
In 2015, Giuseppe Fornari was awarded the Le Fonti International Award in the Lawyer of the Year – Financial Criminal Law category: “For his involvement in complex criminal proceedings of a financial nature and for proven expertise in the offences of false accounting, market manipulation and fraudulent bankruptcy, defending leading credit institutions, listed companies and natural persons”.
Premio IAIR – Law Firm of the Year
In 2015, he won the IAIR – London Award in the Lawyer of the Year – Finance Criminal Law – Italy category.
Premio Internazionale Le Fonti – Miglior Professionista
In 2014, Giuseppe Fornari won the Le Fonti International Award in the Best Professional – Criminal Litigation category: “For being a respected professional with established expertise, known for having held positions of great standing in the sector and participating in a number of trials, thus bestowing prestige on the law firm of which he is the founder and partner”.