Giorgio Rusconi

Attorney Giorgio Rusconi graduated from the Università degli Studi di Milano. In 1996 he obtained the Higher Diploma in Comparative Law at the International Faculty of Comparative Law in Strasbourg (France) with a scholarship offered by the European Commission.

He was admitted to the bar in 2000 and in 2014 he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Cassation.

Having worked as a lawyer specializing in food law since the early days of the sector, Attorney Giorgio Rusconi has gained significant experience in the field of food law, assisting Italian and foreign clients in matters of food hygiene, labelling, additives, organic farming, geographical indications/destinations of origin, packaging and liability on food products and within the sector.

Attorney Rusconi manages contracts with clients, including those with stakeholders of the food supply chain, ensuring regulatory compliance and providing advice on Italian and European law issues.

In court, Attorney Rusconi deals with all areas of defence of civil litigation, with particular regard to product liability and the obligations of food sector operators. He helps clients protect their interests in disputes before the authorities and represents entrepreneurs and managers of activities related to the food sector before the criminal court.

Aware of the needs of multinational companies, Attorney Rusconi has close relationships with experts from different countries and provides assistance and advice on the outlet markets. Thanks to the relationships built over the years with these and other foreign colleagues, Attorney Rusconi helped found FLN – Food Lawyers' Network Worldwide, in collaboration with Krell Weyland Grube, which offers integrated legal services to multinationals in about 50 countries that operate in the food sector.

To ensure that companies operating in the food sector have a wider range of services, Attorney Rusconi also collaborates with a specialized laboratory capable of providing timely and personalized counter-analysis, as well as with a company specialized in the field of food auditing.

Attorney Rusconi has been a speaker at numerous conferences, seminars and webinars on food law. In 2013 he was invited as a Visiting Expert at Harvard Law School as part of the course “Food, Drugs Cosmetics & Medical Device Law”.

In 2021, he was appointed by the Università degli Studi di Parma to teach International Food Law & Policies.

He is the author of Guida al diritto alimentare, which provides a broad and comprehensive overview of the various aspects of food law in Italy.

He heads the Food, Health and Nutrition Law team at MBG Studio Legale. The firm has been ranked Top Tier 1 by Legal 500 EMEA – Food Industry since 2016.

He speaks fluent English and French.

Publications

– Functional Foods. A Summary of the Legal Framework in the European Union and Other Selected Countries, Boin G., Conte-Salinas N., Grube M., Rusconi G. (eds.), Krell Weyland Grube, 2011;

– Health and Nutrition Claims – 10 Years of Experience in the Italian Market, in European Food and Feed Law Review, 2012;

– Ecological indications – FLN Food Lawyers Network Worldwide – FLN Guide – Italian Chapter, 2014;

– Food advertising, Aude Mahy Eds., Lexxion, 2014;

– The European legal framework for functional foods: differences in authorisation procedures in EU countries, XV International Conference on Functional Foods, Regensburg, 2014;

– Food Law International, Food Safety And Policy in the European Union, Springer, 2015;

– Allergens and substances that cause intolerances – E-book Cibaria – Giorgio Rusconi;

– EU Food Information Regulation 1169/2011 – Implementation measures by Member States – FLN Food Lawyers Network Worldwide – FLN Guide – Italian Chapter, 2016;

– Food Law Guide, Itinera Collection, IPSOA Wolters Kluwer Group, 2017;

– Insects for dinner – the next staple food? EFFL – European Food & Feed Law Review, 2018;

– The reform of food crimes, Alimenta, 2019;

– Mycotoxins, Affidia, 2019;

– Food law and health crisis. Covid-19 and production, marketing, sale and supply of food, IPSOA Wolters Kluwer, 2020;

– How We Do Things at Home. Artisan Categories in Food Law – FLN Food Lawyers Network Worldwide – FLN Guide – Italian Chapter, 2020;

– Transparency Regulation and Implementation Issues, EFFL – European Food & feed Law Review, 2021;

– Origin labelling of food products, EFFL – European Food & feed Law Review, 2021;

– CANNABIS & CBD: An Overview of Global Regulatory Trends in the Medicinal, Nutritional and Recreational Markets – FLN Food Lawyers Network Worldwide – FLN Guide – Italian Chapter, 2022;

– The protection of PDO and PGI products 10 years after the adoption of Regulation (EU) No. 1151/2012, EEFL – European Food & feed Law Review, 2022;

– Food Law, (with co-author Omar Cesana) Wolters Kluwer, 2024;