Giuseppe Bulgarini d’Elci

Giuseppe is a Partner in the Employment Group.

Giuseppe has been working in the area of employment and labour for more than twenty-five years.

His experience across the various areas of employment and labour law ranges from managing litigation on individual and collective dismissals, to secondments and suspensions of employment, to litigation on classification and change of employees’ duties, disciplinary procedures, breaches of non-compete clauses and solicitation of employees. Giuseppe has acquired significant experience in reduction in workforce procedures and transfers of businesses, including within the context of M&A deals.

He has a proven track-record in agency matters, both in-court and out-of-court.

Giuseppe has a significant experience and specialised over the years in industrial relations and regularly deals with negotiating and drafting collective company agreements, assisting companies at all stages of information and negotiation with trade unions.

He advises on the forms of establishment of executive, para-subordinate and independent labour relations, on the provision of incentive plans and exclusivity constraints for personnel and on the establishment of tailor-made agreements for directors of corporations, as well as on agency relations. Mr Bulgarini deals with the drafting and revision of company contracts and collective labour agreements and assists companies in the information and negotiation stages with trade unions. He also deals with public employment, with a specific background in disputes in the local authority and school sectors.

He is regular contributor to the daily business paper “Il Sole 24 Ore” and he is often invited to debate on employment and labour issues on the broadcaster RAI Radio1 daily programs. Giuseppe is also regular speaker at seminars organized by employers’ associations and he teaches at the AIDP (Italian association of HR Managers) annual Master and at the biennial Master in Employment Law organized by AGI (Italian Employment Lawyers Association) with the support of the National Bar Council.

Giuseppe is a member of AGI, the Italian Labour Lawyers Association, and of EELA, the European Employment Lawyers Association.

Giuseppe co-authored the last two editions of “Memento Pratico Licenziamento”, edited by Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre 2021 and 2019, and the last edition of the “Codice del lavoro. Normativa, prassi e riferimenti giurisprudenziali”, edited by Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, 2019. He is co-author of the book “Decreto Dignità, Le nuove norme di lavoro”, edited by Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, 2018. He also co-wrote the books “Nuovo Codice dei contratti di lavoro e modifiche delle mansioni”, edited by Giuffré Editore, 2015, and “Il licenziamento del dirigente”, edited by Giuffré Editore, 2015. Finally, Giuseppe is the author of the book “Il contenzioso del lavoro nelle istituzioni scolastiche ed educative”, edited by Spaggiari, 2007.

He is ranked by Chambers Europe, Legal 500, Legalcommunity and TopLegal.

In 2024, Giuseppe was ranked in Employment by Chambers Europe, and was recognised as a “Key Lawyer” in the Labour and Dispute Resolution categories by Legal500 EMEA. At the Legalcommunity Labour Awards 2024, Giuseppe was awarded “Lawyer of The Year Agency Relationships”. He was also recognised for his expertise by Best Lawyers.

In 2022, Giuseppe was recognised as “Lawyer of the year: civil service” (“Avvocato dell’anno: Pubblico impiego”) at Legalcommunity Labour Awards for “leading his team in assisting an association of public managers in a major collective litigation, spread over several courts in Italy”.

Giuseppe was admitted to the Milan Bar Association in 1996 and has rights of audience/representation before the Italian High Court since 2009.

Giuseppe is fluent in English and French, in addition to his native Italian.