Giuseppe Todaro focuses on corporate criminal law, handling both judicial and extrajudicial matters.
In his judicial practice, he has gained extensive experience in defending particularly complex criminal proceedings in the areas of corporate, tax, business crisis, and environmental criminal law. He has defended executives of leading Italian and multinational companies in high-profile criminal proceedings relating, among other things, to allegations of water poisoning, market abuse, and obstruction of supervisory authorities. He has also been involved in the defence in proceedings concerning negligence or wilful omissions in the field of occupational safety, including the most notorious cases of asbestos-related diseases.
He has assisted companies charged under Legislative Decree No. 231/2001 for crimes against the public administration, market abuse, and obstruction of supervisory functions, and is currently a member—serving as chairman and external member—of collegial supervisory bodies of Italian companies, including large ones. He has defended executives and controlling shareholders of listed companies in administrative proceedings brought by Consob for alleged market abuse pursuant to Articles 187-bis (TUF) and 187-ter (TUF), as well as in subsequent proceedings before the Court of Appeal.
In addition to his judicial activities, he provides out-of-court consulting services, with particular expertise in risk analysis—including due diligence operations—and in the preparation, drafting, and updating of organizational models pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001 for companies operating in various sectors, including energy and renewable sources, chemicals, manufacturing, insurance brokerage, as well as the “big four” and publicly controlled companies.
Giuseppe combines his professional activities with academic appointments. He is a lecturer in Financial Criminal Law at Università di Torino – Master’s Degree in Corporate Finance and Banking. He is also the author of articles published in specialist journals on liability pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231/2001, corporate criminal law, criminal tax law, and criminal law relating to corporate crises. Giuseppe is a member of the Milan Bar Association.
