Advocate. Dr.Maria Teresa Napolitano is one of Italy’s leading criminal lawyers and political influencers. She made her name during the famous anti-Mafia trials in Italy in the early 2000s and subsequently set up her own legal practice, Studio Legale Napolitano.

Dr Napolitano acts as an advisor to a raft of Italian Ministries and public sector organisations. Her speciality is identifying business opportunities in the US, the Maghreb and the Middle East for Italian companies. Supported by a wide-ranging global network, she provides innovative solutions not only to issues relating to competition but also to market opportunities, technical barriers, pricing, and distribution channels.

Dr Napolitano consults for two of the largest public affairs boutiques, Fabiani in Washington, D.C., and Fairvalue in Paris. Fabiani & Company is a Washington, D.C.-based government affairs and strategy consulting firm. It specialises in providing creative and innovative solutions to help a select group of clients and representing their interests before the United States Federal Government. Fairvalue, on the other hand, is a Paris-based public affairs, corporate communication and crisis management consulting firm specialising in complex environments. The firm offers tailor-made support at national, European and international levels.