Roberto Pisano obtained a law degree, cum laude, from the State University of Milan in 1992, and a PhD from the University of Genoa in 1999. Between 1993 and 1997 he was a research associate at Bocconi University of Milan where, since then, he has worked as a contract professor on business and tax crimes. Mr Pisano was co-chair of the business crime committee of the IBA in 2007 and 2008, vice-chair of the ECBA in 2008 and 2009, and is a member of the ABA and NACDL. He is the author of several publications on the subject of business crime and mutual legal assistance, including: Tax Crimes (Cedam, 2002, co-author); Criminal Responsibility from Asbestos (Giuffré, 2003, contributor); The Relations Between Domestic Law, Treaty Law and EC Law (Egea, 1995); ‘EU arrest warrant in action’ (in European Lawyer, 2005, co-author); and The Illegal Performance of Financial Intermediation (Cedam, 2007).

Mr Pisano is the managing partner of Studio Legale Pisano, and in the course of his practice successfully represented prominent individuals and entities in high-profile Italian criminal proceedings, including: a case alleging international tax fraud involving the Italian prime minister, in which Mr Pisano represents a well-known US movie producer; a case involving a claim for restitution of antiquities by the Italian Ministry of Culture, in which Mr Pisano represented a prominent US museum; a case alleging a fraudulent bankruptcy of managers and contractual parties of Parmalat SpA, including foreign banks, in which Mr Pisano represents a prominent external counsel of a US bank; and a case alleging multiple homicide of several workers by the managers of a multinational company manufacturing hazardous products, in which Mr Pisano was a member of the defense team. Mr Pisano is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars in Italy and abroad on the subject of white-collar crime and mutual legal assistance and extradition.