Pasquale Grella
Professional experience
From 2009 to 2022 he worked at a leading international law firm in the criminal litigation and compliance department — also serving as Compliance Officer and Privacy Contact for Italy and as co-Head of Regional Compliance for Continental Europe — dealing with risk management and compliance advisory in the fields of corporate criminal liability under Legislative Decree No. 231/2001, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, market abuse, privacy, international sanctions and trade compliance, and whistleblowing systems.
In 2016 he carried out a secondment at an international bank in connection with the management of independent monitoring activity by a monitor appointed in proceedings before the U.S. Department of Justice.
He serves as chair or member (including as sole member) of the Supervisory Body of dozens of companies (mostly multinationals), including companies listed on regulated markets.
He has been responsible for projects concerning the drafting, updating and implementation of Models pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231/2001 and of procedures and policies relating to corporate governance processes. He has been responsible for compliance due diligence projects in M&A and IPO transactions.
He has prepared training plans covering all areas of corporate compliance, both for senior management and for employees and collaborators.
He has been responsible for coordinating cross-border teams on compliance matters and on internal control systems designed to mitigate the risk of liability of legal persons, with particular reference to Ley Orgánica 5/2010 (Spain), Loi Sapin II (France) and the UK Bribery Act (United Kingdom).
He has been responsible for internal investigations involving both risk management and criminal law aspects. He has taken part in the implementation of ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) projects.
He is the author of publications in journals on white-collar criminal law and compliance concerning corporate criminal liability under Legislative Decree No. 231/01, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and market abuse.
He takes part as a speaker in conferences on corporate criminal law and compliance.
He has lectured on the Master’s in Fashion Law at LUISS in Rome.
Education
He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Law — specialising in the legal science of negotiation — from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome in 2004.
He obtained a Master’s degree in Law — specialising in business law — from LUISS Guido Carli University in 2007.
In 2007 he was an intern at the Italian Embassy in Finland.
In 2009 he obtained a second-level Master’s degree in Corporate Criminal Law from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome.
He has attended numerous specialisation courses on risk management, compliance and auditing at Bureau Veritas, RINA, AIIA (Italian Association of Internal Auditors), ABI (Italian Banking Association) and AODV 231 (Association of Members of Supervisory Bodies), concerning ISO 19001 (Audit Techniques), ISO 37001:2016 (Anti-Bribery Management Systems), integrated regulatory compliance from a GRC perspective, anti-money laundering rules and specialisation for those responsible for supervision under Legislative Decree No. 231/2001.
In 2022 he attended the course in Governance, Risk and Compliance at the International Compliance Association.
Bar admission
He has been admitted to practise as a lawyer in Italy since 2013 and is a member of the Milan Bar Association.
Membership
ICA (International Compliance Association)
AICOM (Italian Compliance Association)
AODV231
Milan Criminal Bar Association (Camera Penale di Milano)
Awards
He was mentioned as a Rising Star in Compliance in Legal 500 in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
He is mentioned in Chambers & Partners Europe 2022 — Compliance Italy.
