Federico Benvenuto

Federico Benvenuto is a lawyer at Ferriani Partners in Milan, where he serves as Managing Director of the firm's Crisis and Insolvency department and coordinates its Corporate Crisis and Insolvency Procedures practice. He has been named Insolvency Law Expert of the Year in Italy at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026, recognising his work in one of the most consequential areas of Italian business law.

A Milan practice focused on clients' needs

Ferriani Partners is a Milan-based firm bringing together commercialisti (chartered accountants and business advisers) and avvocati (lawyers) under the motto Focused on your needs. That integrated structure is well suited to insolvency and corporate crisis work, which sits at the meeting point of law, accountancy and finance. Restructuring a distressed company requires legal advice on procedures and creditors' rights alongside a clear financial diagnosis of the business, and a firm that houses both disciplines can move between them without friction.

Within this firm, Federico Benvenuto leads the Corporate Crisis and Insolvency Procedures department and also coordinates the firm's Art Law practice. His broader areas of activity, as set out by the firm, span civil litigation and arbitration, banking and finance law, corporate, commercial and corporate governance matters, and wealth and family law. That range gives him a rounded commercial perspective on the businesses and individuals he advises through periods of financial difficulty.

• Corporate crisis and insolvency procedures
• Civil litigation and arbitration
• Banking and finance law
• Corporate, commercial and corporate governance matters
• Wealth and family law, and art law

Insolvency and corporate crisis in Italy

Italy has undergone a far-reaching modernisation of its insolvency framework in recent years through the Codice della crisi d'impresa e dell'insolvenza, the Code of Business Crisis and Insolvency. The reforms shifted emphasis toward the early detection of distress and the preservation of viable businesses, introducing tools designed to encourage timely restructuring rather than liquidation. For directors and owners, this places a premium on acting early and on taking advice at the first signs of financial strain, when the widest range of options remains open.

Advisers in this field guide companies, creditors and stakeholders through negotiated restructurings, court-supervised procedures and, where necessary, orderly liquidation. The work demands both technical command of the procedural rules and a practical, commercial sensibility about what can realistically be achieved for a business and its creditors. Managing the competing interests of lenders, suppliers, employees and shareholders, while complying with the strict requirements of the Code, is a delicate balancing exercise that rewards experience and clear judgement.

Recognition at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026

As Managing Director of the Crisis and Insolvency department at Ferriani Partners, Federico Benvenuto occupies a leadership role in exactly this kind of work, drawing on the firm's combined legal and accounting expertise to help clients respond to corporate distress. His coordination of the Corporate Crisis and Insolvency Procedures practice positions him at the centre of the firm's restructuring offering.

The Corporate INTL Global Awards are determined through the publication's research into leading advisers within each country and practice area. Being named Insolvency Law Expert of the Year in Italy recognises Federico Benvenuto's standing in Italian insolvency and corporate crisis practice and the strength of Ferriani Partners' integrated approach to restructuring. For businesses facing financial difficulty, and for creditors and stakeholders navigating Italy's reformed insolvency landscape, the award marks him out as an experienced adviser within a Milan firm built to address complex crisis situations from both a legal and a financial standpoint.

Guiding businesses through financial distress

The experience of financial distress is rarely purely legal; it is also commercial, financial and, for owners and directors, deeply personal. A firm that unites lawyers and accountants can offer a single, coordinated response, diagnosing the underlying financial position, advising on directors' duties and exposure, engaging constructively with lenders and creditors, and selecting the procedure or restructuring path best suited to preserving value. Ferriani Partners' integrated structure is designed for exactly this, and Federico Benvenuto's leadership of its Crisis and Insolvency department places him at the point where those disciplines meet. For an Italian business under pressure, early, well-coordinated advice can be the difference between an orderly restructuring that saves the enterprise and a disorderly failure.