Carolina Magli specializes in food law, product safety, and manufacturer liability.

She assists companies in the food supply chain in complying with European and national regulations, particularly regarding greenwashing, packaging, deforestation, unfair commercial practices, and agri-food offenses, with the aim of preventing penalties and legal disputes. Her regulatory expertise—product compliance and safety, environmental claims, and producer liability—also applies to other sectors, such as packaging, cosmetics, and mass retail.

She supports clients in both out-of-court and in-court proceedings and handles supply chain contracts, contract manufacturing, and private-label agreements, including in support of export projects and market entry into new markets. In investment, M&A, and capital market transactions involving companies in the sectors where she practices, she manages the regulatory and product compliance aspects.

Previously, she practiced at the law firms Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Lombardi Molinari. She is qualified as a professor of private law.

A former university researcher, she earned her Ph.D. in Civil Law from the University of Bologna and was a visiting researcher at Yale Law School, where, alongside Prof. Guido Calabresi, she conducted in-depth research on the liability of food manufacturers in the United States.

She is the author of four monographs, including Food-Related Harm: Between Manufacturer Liability and Consumer Lifestyles, and of numerous articles in both Italian and international journals and edited volumes, including Manufacturer Liability, edited by Guido Alpa. The topics she addresses include food safety and producer liability, business contracts, unfair commercial practices, corporate social responsibility, and the generational transition of family businesses.

She regularly speaks as a presenter at industry conferences and has taught at the university level, including in master’s programs for corporate lawyers.

She currently collaborates with the departments of Civil Law and Private Law at the University of Bologna and serves on the editorial board of the journal Sanità pubblica e privata (Public and Private Healthcare).