Elisa Mapelli focuses her practice on employment law, trade union matters and labour litigation. She advises national and international companies in relation to all aspects of employment and self-employment relationships, including hiring, remuneration and incentive plans, company welfare, disciplinary procedures, individual and collective dismissals, temporary and permanent lay-off procedures, transfer of business as a going concern and, in general, termination of the relationship.

Elisa is experienced in advising managers and directors on executive contracts and directorships, as well as compensation packages and benefits. She advises national and global clients on labour-related conduct within M&A transactions and restructuring. She also advises clients on issues regarding health and safety at work as well as independent/service contracts. Elisa is also active in industrial relationships with unions.

• Advised clients in relation to the labour-related aspects required for setting upItalian companies and subsidiaries.
• Assisted large retail, pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, and fashion brands in dealing with complex personnel issues*
• Advised clients in the pharmaceutical sector on collective dismissal procedures when winding up the company*
• Assisted clients in the food sector in relation to infringement of non-competition covenants connected to commercial agents*
• Assisted a leading finance company in litigation surrounding an issue with a pension*
• Assisted an industrial client in litigation with staff-supplied personnel*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

• Named “Lawyer of the Year” by the Best Lawyers in Italy™ 2025 for Labour and Employment

Education
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Jurisprudence, 2004
Scuola di Alta Formazione in Diritto del Lavoro,AGI, 2010-2011
Corso di Alta Formazione in Materia di Diritto Antidiscriminatorio di Genere (Equal gender opportunity) in collaboration with Consigliera di Parità Regionale and Regione Lombardia, 2025

Admissions
Milan

Languages
English
Italian