«Professions, now the reform. They are an engine of growth” – WWN

time to make an exhaustive reflection on the 2012 profession reform and think about a revision. This was announced by the Minister of Labor and Social Policies Marina Calderone, interviewed by the director of Corriere della Sera Luciano Fontana, on the occasion of the Legal Talk of Rcs Academy and Corriere della Sera, organized in collaboration with Deloitte Legal, TeamSystem, Baker Mc Kenzie, Legance , Linklaters, MpO and Milano Notai. The time has come to ask ourselves whether those rules we have today to regulate the exercise of individual professions, which are an engine of growth, are adequate, underlined Calderone, highlighting that the scenario we face is strongly conditioned by the use of intelligence artificial and the professions are called upon to take into account all the stresses of the market.

Digitization

Cristiano Zanetti, general manager BU Market Specific TeamSystem, and Carlo Gagliardi, managing partner Deloitte Legal, spoke about digitalisation and opportunities linked to new technologies. We lawyers must find our place in the cycle of creating the economic value of the country. We must ask ourselves how AI and new technologies can help us with this, Gagliardi stressed. The impact of AI on work organization was discussed by Andrea Arosio, managing partner Linklaters, Maril Capparelli, general counsel Google, Enrica Dogali, general counsel Angelini Industries, Francesca Gaudino, head of Ip, Technology & Data protection practice Baker McKenzie and Oreste Pollicino, full professor of Constitutional Law at Bocconi University.

Training and selection of talents

Marta Cartabia, full professor of Constitutional Law, focused on the importance of training and in particular on the disconnect between the course of study and the reality of the legal profession: We should compact the theoretical training a little and leave more space for practical training, as they are already trying to do in other countries, suggests the former Minister of Justice. Giuseppe Catalano, president of the Association of Corporate Lawyers (Aigi), Antonino La Lumia, president of the Milan Bar Association, and Filippo Modulo, managing partner of Chiomenti, with their interventions photographed the situation that law firms experience on a daily basis.

Growth strategies

Charles Adams, global managing partner Clifford Chance, Niccol Calabresi, cluster leader of Italy, Spain, and Portugal Heidrick & Struggles and Stefano Simontacchi, president of BonelliErede highlighted how the selection and management of talent is a crucial factor for law firms. In the future, to ensure the growth of the profession, mergers and M&A operations will be increasingly strategic according to Filippo Troisi, senior Legance partner, and Corrado Mandirola, founder and CEO of MpO.

The challenge of sustainability

Another decisive match is that of sustainability. A topic discussed by Monica De Paoli, founder & partner Milano Notai, Mattia Ciprian, CEO of Modefinance and Barbara Pontecorvo, partner Deloitte Legal. Sustainability – underlined Pontecorvo – must not be seen as a duty to be more presentable but as a growth factor.

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