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Key Takeaways | Mastering Multi-Dimensional Risk: Litigation, Compliance & Cross-Border Investigations 2026

The regulatory and enforcement landscape continues to evolve at pace, creating an increasingly complex environment for organisations operating across multiple jurisdictions. While sanctions, anti-money laundering, fraud, ESG and corporate governance have traditionally been managed as separate compliance disciplines, one of the strongest messages emerging from our latest roundtable in Milan was that these risks are now deeply interconnected. Across the UK, France and Italy (and the US), regulators are asking fundamentally the same question: can organisations demonstrate that risk management is embedded in the way that the business is governed and operated? The answer depends not on the existence of policies, but on evidence of effective programme design and implementation, active oversight, integrated governance and informed decision-making.

Click here for full insight from our expert panel, comprising Bruno Carbone of ENI, Gervasio Cicoria of Assicurazioni Generali, Daniele Alessandro Luison of UniCredit and Marianna Vintiadis of RSM Italy, joined by McDermott Will & Schulte partners Simon Airey, Fabio Cozzi, Vincenzo Giannantonio and Nicolette Kost De Sèvres.

Simon Airey
Simon Airey focuses his practice on global, cross-border and internal investigations, financial and regulatory crime, bribery and corruption, money laundering, tax and fraud inquiries, data breaches, dawn raids, asset tracing, international enforcement and corporate compliance issues. Simon serves as co-head of McDermott Will & Schulte’s global investigations and compliance practice.


Fabio Cozzi
Fabio Cozzi heads the Italian dispute resolution practice and focuses his practice on cross-border litigation, domestic and international arbitration, compliance, financial crime and international trade. He advises corporations, financial institutions and investment funds in complex disputes, often spanning multiple jurisdictions, as well as domestic and international arbitration proceedings in a range of commercial, corporate, real estate, energy, bankruptcy, financial and technology-related matters.


Nicolette Kost De Sèvres
Nicolette Kost De Sèvres focuses her practice on global investigations, compliance and regulatory enforcement matters. A former financial regulator and general counsel of a large, listed company, she has over 24 years of experience in compliance, white-collar crime and financial regulation. Nicolette serves as co-head of the Firm’s Global Investigations & Compliance practice.


Vincenzo Giannantonio
Vincenzo Giannantonio focuses his practice on M&A transactions, with a particular emphasis on leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and private equity investments. He advises private equity and venture capital sponsors, as well as industrial groups, family-owned businesses, entrepreneurs and management teams, across the full lifecycle of investments, including acquisitions, disposals, add-on transactions and portfolio management.

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