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Bruno Cova is a partner of global law firm Greenberg Traurig. His practice focuses on corporate governance and compliance, internal investigations and defending corporations and their senior managers before regulators and in the context of criminal proceedings. Bruno Cova started his career as a private practitioner in Milan and London, and was then general counsel of the exploration & production division of Eni SpA, chief compliance officer of the EBRD, and group general counsel of Fiat SpA. Immediately prior to returning to private practice, he was the Chief Counsel to the Extraordinary Commissioner appointed by the Italian government to investigate Europe’s largest financial fraud at Parmalat. In 2005 he returned to private practice as the chair of the Italian operations of a global law firm. With international experience leading the legal functions of major global companies and advising top executives on corporate crises, Bruno Cova regularly acts for international corporations and financial institutions in dealing with legal risks, devising internal controls or contractual mechanisms to minimize those risks, investigating legal and compliance problems, and defending clients before regulatory authorities or in the context of criminal investigations. Bruno Cova is part of the troika of experts advising the Corporate Governance Committee of Borsa Italiana on corporate governance reforms