Bruno Cova

Bruno Cova is Co-Chair of the Milan office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, where he focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, securities law and corporate governance, energy matters, restructurings and complex cross-border litigation. Previously, Mr. Cova was the Chief Legal Adviser to the Commissioner appointed by the Italian government to investigate Europe’s largest financial fraud at Parmalat, and deal with the restructuring of the company. He was also the General Counsel of the Exploration & Production Division of Eni SpA, Chief Compliance Officer of the EBRD, and Group General Counsel of Fiat SpA. Mr. Cova has worked on several very significant energy matters in Italy, North Africa and Central Asia. In the field of M&A, he has been involved in most of the largest Italian deals of the last several years, including several cross-border ones, and has advised on friendly and hostile takeovers of Italian and foreign public companies. Mr. Cova has advised on the reform of the corporate governance of companies listed on the Milan Stock Exchange and other regulated financial markets. In the area of restructuring, he has been responsible for all legal aspects of the restructuring of Parmalat. Mr. Cova has dealt with very complex cross-border litigations and arbitrations. (This is me - Update Profile)