Areas of Expertise

Corporate criminal law, with particular focus on tax and financial criminal law, as well as corporate and insolvency criminal law, providing both advisory services and representation in court proceedings from the first instance right up to the Court of Cassation. He has also gained in-depth knowledge of the impact of new technologies on these areas, which have radically transformed the Italian and global economic landscape. Legal advice is also provided on Legislative Decree 231/2001

Professional Experience

For over thirty years, Vito has been working in the aforementioned areas of criminal law, providing both pre-emptive and post-transaction advice on complex corporate transactions, as well as acting as a defence lawyer or representing civil claimants. He is the author of numerous specialist publications in Italy and internationally and has participated as a speaker at numerous conferences and seminars in Italy and abroad, as well as teaching on Master’s programmes and advanced training courses.

In this regard, he has collaborated with C.E.R.T.I. at Luigi Bocconi University, the University of Milan, the Infor Ipsoa Master’s programme, Il Sole 24 Ore, Milano Finanza, S.i.n.f.u.b. (National Union of Bank Officials), the S.D.A. Bocconi, the Ivo Caraccioli Centre for Criminal Tax Law in Turin, the Tax Chamber of the Milan Bar Association, the Israel Bar, the Association of Franco-Latin American Lawyers ‘Andrés Bello’, the Union of Jurists of Cuba, the Association of Chartered Accountants of Monza and Brianza, the Milan Association of Chartered Accountants, the Milan Bar Association, the S.U.P.S.I. in Lugano, the I.F.E. (International Faculty for Executives) in Geneva, the Order of Chartered Accountants of Perugia, the Lucio Colantuoni Advanced Course in Sports Law at the University of Milan, Eutekne, the Higher School of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the U.I.A. (Union Internationale des Avocats) in Paris.

Following an initial stint in Naples as a criminal lawyer handling various cases in his chosen fields, he worked for two years in Rome at the International Law Firm G. Egidio and, from 1995 to 2002, at the Uckmar Magnani Marongiu law firm in Milan. In 2002, he opened his own law firm in Milan and, at the same time, served for over ten years as Of Counsel to Prof. Angelo Giarda, handling major cases with criminal and tax implications.

He is a member of the Centre for Criminal Tax Law and the Milan Tax Chamber.

Among his most recent conferences, where he has not only been a speaker but almost always also a creator and organiser, particularly in conjunction with the Centre for Criminal Tax Law, the following topics are worth mentioning: Digital Economy and the New Frontier of Criminal Tax Law (Porto 2018 and Milan 2019); Criminal Tax Law and Money Laundering in relation to Cryptocurrencies and Artificial Intelligence (Milan 2022); Tax Offences in relation to Physical and Digital Art (NFTs) in 2022 in Milan; Relevant criminal legislation concerning Regulation 231 (2025 webinar); most recently, in 2026, he conceived and helped organise a conference at the Court of Milan on the subject of criminal tax law with reference to the Influencer and Digital Creator Economy, at which he spoke on the main offences applicable to this new sector.