The Grimaldi Alliance (GA) has achieved gender equality certification: an important milestone for GA, which demonstrates the firm's focus on gender parity in the professional services sector.

The certification was achieved in accordance with UNI 125:2022 practice, which defines the guidelines for a gender equality management system, and represents a significant recognition of the firm's proactive approach and relentless work to promote a work environment that is fair and respectful of gender diversity: culture and strategy; governance; human resources processes; opportunities for growth and inclusion of women in the company; gender pay equity; parental protection and work-life balance. The certification was obtained with the support of a team coordinated by Daniela Fioretti, partner and member of the Strategic Advisory Board.

Francesco Sciaudone, managing partner of Ga commented: "This certification reflects the work and commitment of our team in creating an inclusive and respectful environment, where gender differences are valued and celebrated. Grimaldi Alliance,' Sciaudone pointed out, 'has not only put inclusion at the heart of its growth strategy, it has also interpreted diversity as eliminating any difference in treatment, as wanting to make a difference, and as being different, in a professional services market that is too preoccupied with technology and too little with the human factor, which remains central for us. Ga is determined to maintain this commitment by continuing to develop initiatives aimed at Diversity and Sustainability, not only within the firm but also in the active support of its clients. In fact, Ga has set up a multidisciplinary team - with partners Maddalena Boffoli, Vincenzo Maurizio Dispinzeri, and Francesco Conti - in order to assist companies in their certification processes and, more generally, in adapting their governance to the principles of sustainability and management of ESG factors'.

• Legalcommunity.it 
• LaPresse.it 
• Corrieredellumbria.it 
• Romagnauno.it 
• Lacostagroup.it 
• Ntplusdiritto.ilsole24ore.com 
• Associatedmedias.com 

Giovanni Sabatini joins GA as senior advisor, where he will coordinate the entire area of expertise in Banking, Regulatory, and Financial Services. In particular, he will be in charge of strategic consultancy in relations with Italian (Bank of Italy, Consob, Ivass, Agcm, Covip) and European (European Commission, European Central Bank, ESMA, EBA, SRB) institutions in the banking, financial and insurance fields.

Graduated in Economics and Business at the LUISS University in Rome, he began his professional career in 1984 at Arthur Young & Co. After an experience in Consob, in 2001 he was CEO of Monte Titoli S.p.A. and Chairman of ECSDA.

After joining Consob as Director of the Intermediaries Division, he was Head of the Legal and Banking Affairs Department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

In 2008 he returned to Consob as Co-Director, and from 2009 to 2024 he took on the role of Director General of the ABI.

In recent years, he has been for two two-year terms Chairman of the Executive Committee of FBE, Chairman of the Strategic Committee for Sustainable Growth of FBE, member of the EESC; Vice-Chairman of Bancomat, member of the Board of Directors of Fondo Italiano di Investimento, member of the Italian Committee for Corporate Governance, member of the Consultation Committee of Borsa Italiana. He is Vice-President of CBI and independent director of the Deposit Protection Fund.

‘’We are very excited‘’, says Francesco Sciaudone, Global Managing Partner of GA, ‘’that Giovanni will be able to contribute to the development of GA in a strategic sector such as banking, finance and insurance in Italy and Europe, to the benefit of all national and international clients. Giovanni's contribution will be fundamental to finally building a professional service offer (strategic, legal and tax) for the market and economic operators who have always had to deal with an increasingly complex regulatory mosaic and a plurality of stakeholders.‘’

Grimaldi Alliance expands in Sweden with SALC, a leading full service law firm with great tradition and expertise.

GA - active internationally in over 50 jurisdictions - and led by Global Managing Partner Francesco Sciaudone, announces the addition of SALC, a Swedish boutique full service law firm with great experience and professional standing.

SALC, founded in 2006, is GA's new partner for Sweden and the Scandinavian countries, completing the range of professional services that can be offered in the area with important expertise in litigation - domestic and international - and corporate.

SALC's founding partner, Dan Engström, has more than 30 years of experience in dispute resolution, as well as in franchise and commercial contract management.
Engström is also admitted to handle international arbitrations, particularly in intellectual property matters.

Jan Stålhandske, another prominent partner in the firm, on the other hand, has extensive experience in the infrastructure and utilities sector and has worked on, among other things, the regulation of postal, railway and telecommunications markets.
He specialises in advocacy, arbitration, acting as an arbitrator and as a lawyer.

"We are delighted to announce the entry of SALC into the Grimaldi Alliance. Their experience and professionalism allow us to expand GA's coverage to the Scandinavian region and Sweden in particular, continuing GA's international growth. Every day we receive more and more requests for support in cross-border activities from customers and partners of GA, which is increasingly establishing itself as one of the leading international networks,’ said Francesco Sciaudone, Global Managing Partner of the Grimaldi Alliance.