About
Giovanni Amiotti is a director at Accuracy. Since 2013, he has developed significant expertise in forensic, litigation and arbitration.
Before joining Accuracy, he worked at boutique consultancy firms in Milan with a similar focus. He also gained experience in public prosecution and in relevant bankruptcy proceedings, combined with academic research on the topic of organised crime infiltration in legitimate businesses.
He regularly assists legal advisers and corporates in high-stakes situations, including internal investigations and crisis management, and he has extensive experience in criminal and civil litigation involving complex damages analyses.
Giovanni speaks Italian, English and French.
Qualifications
- Bocconi – Master’s degree in Accounting Financial Management and Control (2014)
- Bocconi – Bachelor’s degree in Economics (2011)
In-depth expertise
Giovanni combines strong accounting and financial expertise with over a decade of experience providing strategic support to legal teams and corporate clients in complex, high-stakes matters.
Forensic
- Giovanni’s forensic work focuses on the identification and analysis of fraud and financial and accounting irregularities. He is regularly involved in internal investigations concerning allegations of fraud, corruption and misappropriation, often in international contexts.
- He adopts an integrated approach that combines accounting analysis, data analytics and investigative techniques, coordinating multidisciplinary teams that may include forensic technology specialists, integrity due diligence experts and external investigators. His experience also includes supporting defence strategies in criminal proceedings and assisting insolvency bodies in the analysis of distressed or insolvent businesses.
Litigation and Arbitration
- Giovanni has developed considerable expertise in the quantum of damages in civil disputes and arbitrations.
- He regularly supports clients and their legal advisers during the different phases of litigation and arbitration, from the preliminary assessment of claims to the drafting of expert reports and assistance throughout the proceedings. He has acted in matters involving contractual disputes, financial instruments, post-M&A litigation and other complex commercial cases, in both domestic and cross-border contexts.
- His sector experience spans real estate, banking, transportation, manufacturing, hospitality and infrastructure.
Example of engagements
Forensic
- Defensive investigations on misappropriation, bribery, corruption and accounting fraud cases for several multinational and listed groups in Italy and abroad.
- Technical support to criminal defence teams in high-profile proceedings concerning alleged accounting fraud in the air transportation sector.
- Integrated forensic due diligence and compliance review on Italian subsidiaries of a multinational conglomerate in the aviation business.
- Technical support to insolvency bodies in major Italian bankruptcy proceedings, including cases involving banks and companies in the maritime transport sector.
Litigation and Arbitration
- Quantum of damages on a wide range of disputes, including contractual breaches, derivatives, post-deal litigation and commercial arbitration.
- Experience as party-appointed expert in financial and accounting matters.