English speaking criminal lawyer in Milan
Milan concentrates the heaviest volume of financial and corporate criminal work in Italy, handled by specialised sections of the Prosecutor's Office. Alongside it runs the ordinary caseload of a large city and of two airports. Those held in the district go to San Vittore or to the institutions at Opera and Bollate. The office is at Via Giuseppe Pecchio 3.
Why Milan is different
The financial centre produces a specific kind of proceeding: tax and corporate offences, insolvency, market abuse, money laundering and self-laundering, and liability of the entity itself under the corporate regime. These are investigated by specialised units and by the tax police, and they follow a different rhythm from ordinary criminal work.
For a foreign company two features matter more than the charge. The company is prosecuted alongside the individuals, and assets are frozen during the investigation, years before any judgment. The framework is in financial crime investigations in Italy, and the ten-day deadline to challenge a seizure applies here as everywhere.
Where a case in Milan goes
| Stage | Where | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Investigation and prosecution | Prosecutor's Office, Milan | With specialised sections |
| Validation and precautionary decisions | Court of Milan | Judge for preliminary investigations |
| Review of precautionary measures | Review court, Milan | Ten days from enforcement |
| Men held in the district | San Vittore, Opera, Bollate | Depending on position |
| Airports | Malpensa and Linate | Border police and customs |
| Tax and financial investigations | Guardia di Finanza units | Audits feeding criminal files |
What recurs here
- Investigations into companies, including foreign ones operating in Italy, and against their directors.
- Seizures of accounts, shares and property during the investigation stage.
- Searches of business premises with seizure of servers and accounting records.
- Arrests at Malpensa and Linate, on what was carried or on an alert.
- Ordinary city cases: theft, fights, drugs at the low end, drink driving.
Searches of business premises deserve a note. Copying digital material is an operation that cannot be repeated identically, so the defence must be given notice and may appoint its own expert; and a search relating to one matter does not authorise the exploration of everything a company holds.
If someone has been arrested in Milan
The national timetable applies: before the prosecutor within twenty-four hours, validation hearing within forty-eight more. The details for families are in the guide for families and the sequence in the first 96 hours.
The office
Via Giuseppe Pecchio 3, 20129 Milan, with attendance before the Milan courts, the review court and the district prisons. There are also offices in Rome and Naples.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Milan different for company cases?
It concentrates the heaviest volume of financial and corporate criminal work, handled by specialised prosecution units together with the tax police.
Can they seize company assets before trial?
Yes. Preventive seizure during the investigation can reach accounts, shares and property, up to the value of the alleged profit, and it is challengeable within ten days.
Where are people held in Milan?
In the district institutions, principally San Vittore and the institutions at Opera and Bollate, depending on position and capacity.
What happens with arrests at Malpensa?
Airport cases follow the same national timetable and are handled by the border police and customs, with their own recurring situations.
If this is urgent
Where assets have been frozen, the ten days run from execution. Where someone has been arrested, the hearing is within hours. First contact is free and covered by professional privilege, at any hour.