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11 June 2018 – 5:00 pm
Luca Arnaboldi
Managing Partner Carnelutti Studio Legale Associato
Luca Arnaboldi, the Managing Partner of Carnelutti Studio Legale Associato, has been with the firm since the beginning of his career. His practice focuses on complex M&A and finance transactions, including within the real estate and media sectors.
Luca is a reserve officer with Italy’s Guardia di Finanza and also a registered Chartered Accountant. He has held and still holds directorships or supervisory board positions with several, public and private, Italian and international companies.
He has been elected Deputy Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy for the 2016-2018 term.
In addition, Luca is a professor of Mergers and Acquisitions Law at the University Carlo Cattaneo of Castellanza (LIUC). He has also lectured at various courses and seminars, at the University of Milan, at Milan’s Politecnico University, at the LUISS University in Rome, at INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau, France and at numerous conferences where he is a regular speaker on specialist financial and legal subjects.
Luca is also ranked among the leading media lawyers by Media Law International. He is also recognized as a leading corporate/M&A lawyer by Chambers & Partners.
Luca was admitted to the Italian Bar in 1989 and gained audience rights before the Supreme Court in 1999.
Claudio Contessa
Supreme Administrative Judge – Member of the Plenary Meeting of the Italian Council of State
Supreme Administrative Judge – Member of the Plenary Meeting of the Italian Council of State.
Formerly Head of Legal Affairs, Deputy Head of Cabinet Office and Legal Adviser of the Italian Government.
He is author of five monographs and over one hundred essays and publications about many branches of EU and Italian Law.
Valerio de Gioia
Judge of the first penal section of the Court in Rome
Judge of the first penal section of the Court in Rome.
Author of many appreciated legal publications, among which the Compendio di Diritto Processuale Penale, Ultimissime questioni e sentenze, the Formulario annotato del processo civile. Curator for the PercorsoEsameAvvocatoSeries, La Tribuna, 2017.
Giovanna Fantini
Founding Partner of the Studio Legale Fantini
She has 3 decades of experience counselling on employment and labour law and family law, both in and out of court.
Giovanna was member of the Milan Bar’s Equal Opportunity Committee and she sits on the Board of the Lawyers’ Social Security Fund (Cassa Nazionale Previdenza Avvocati) which manage the pension of over 240,000 lawyers in Italy.
Giovanna who is a graduate of the University of Milan, became a member of the Italian Bar Association in 1981. She is also a member of the Italian Employment Lawyers (AGI) and of the Italian Family Lawyers ( AIAF)
Elena Laudani
President of ELSA
Elena Laudani is President of ELSA (The European Law Students’ Association) which is an international, independent, non-political, non-profit-making organisation run by and for students.
It is comprised of students and recent graduates who are interested in academic and personal excellence in addition to their studies at universities.
She supervises the Board Management and is in charge of the External Relations and Expansion of the Association.
Roberto Pardolesi
Professor of Comparative Law and Professor of Private Law at the Faculty of Economics of LUISS, co-editor of Foro Italiano
Widely acknowledged as being one of the most authoritative Italian academicians and practitioners in the fields of antitrust, comparative law and economic analysis of law, Prof. Roberto Pardolesi was a pioneer in the introduction of interdisciplinary law and economics approaches in Italy during the 1970s. He is author and editor of several books and hundreds of articles and essays, and he is constantly involved in conferences, meetings and seminars in Italy and abroad.
Full Professor of Comparative Law and Professor of Private Law at the Faculty of Economics of LUISS “Guido Carli”, and Professor of Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law of LUISS since 1989. Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Italian Association of Comparative Law, Steering Committee of the European Association of Law and Economics, Italian Society of Sport Law, European Mergers Task Force, Scientific Committee of the National Antitrust Authority, Italian Commission for Bioethical Problems Concerning Procreation. He is co-editor of Foro Italiano, Mercato Concorrenza Regole, Danno e Responsabilità and member of the editorial board of Giurisprudenza Commerciale, Rivista Critica del Diritto Privato and other legal journals.
Corrado Sforza Fogliani
President of Confedilizia Study Center, President of the National Association of Popular Banks
One of the leading experts in real estate law, he is the scientific director of the journal Archivio delle locazioni, del condominio e dell’immobiliare. Among its most important publications, the Codice del condominio, Codice delle locazioni, and Codice del catasto. President of the Confedilizia Study Center. President of the National Association of Popular Banks.
Raffaele Viggiani
Notary, Milan and Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Calabria
PhD in Private Law (Pisa), Law Degree (Milan). Lawyer. Notary in Milano. Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Calabria; Adjunct Professor of Contracts and Guarantees of credits in Italian and European Law School at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (2010-16). Visiting Researcher (University of Buenos Aires and University of Heidelberg).
Founder, director and teacher of the ViggianiLawSchool(est. 2014), aimed at preparing for the bar exam for law graduates, and of the Viggiani Notary School(est. 2010), aimed at preparing for the notary examination for law graduates.
12 June 2018 – 8:45 am
Stefano Azzali
Secretary-General Milan Chamber of Arbitration, President IFCAI & Director ISPRAMED
Stefano Azzali is Secretary General of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration and President of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI). He also acts as Director of the Institute for the Promotion of Arbitration and Conciliation in the Mediterranean (ISPRAMED).
He is a visiting professor in Arbitration Law at Bocconi University – School of Law in Milan and Fellow at the Centre for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law, New York University, School of Law.
From 2001 to 2007 he chaired the Disciplinary Commission of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). He is currently member of its Federal Court of Justice of the same Federation. He is also member of the Formula One International Contract Recognition Board.
He is the author of articles and publications on arbitration and he acted as arbitrator in several institutional proceedings (ICDR Rules, ICC Rules, DIS Rules, Swiss Chambers Rules etc).
Nicolas Bourdon
Partner Accuracy
Prior to helping found Accuracy in 2004, he gained experience in advisory and financial audit whilst working at Arthur Andersen.
He specialises in transaction advisory services (financial due diligence for mergers and acquisitions) and litigation support (damage quantification).
Nicolas is specialised in infrastructure and construction contract businesses. As such, he advises both investors and states for the set-up or the renegotiation of large infrastructure projects.
He completed a scientific training followed by a master degree in political science (IEP).
Dante Campioni
CEO ALEXBANK
Dante Campioni joined ALEXBANK in January 2015 as Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Board Member. Campioni brings with him strong commercial expertise gained from his diversified experience through different business units in the Intesa Sanpaolo Group. Starting 1979 his extensive Italian and international business experience featured several assignments within the Group, both in and outside Italy. Amongst the other he held the position of General Manager and Head of Europe and the Mediterranean Area in the London Hub of Sanpaolo IMI for about 6 years, where he managed a balance sheet in excess of €16bn total assets, Head of Corporate Banking and International Development at Banca IMI in 2006/2007 the Group’s investment banking arm with a turnover above €500Mn, and Head of Business of Mediocredito Italiano (ISP Group entity specialized in SMEs advisory and Financing) for more than 3 years.
Previous to his assignment in ALEXBANK, for about 3 years Campioni headed Liguria and South West Piedmont region, one of the largest Italian Areas within Banca dei Territori, the largest business unit of Intesa Sanpaolo Group. There he managed financial assets in excess of €21Bn through a network maintaining relationship with about half a million customers. Campioni’s global path included Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Singapore, and London, in addition to Milan, Turin, Rome, Florence and Genoa in Italy.
Throughout his career, Campioni has been a member of several banking institutions. Just before leaving to Egypt, he was the deputy chairman of the Italian Banking Association’s Regional Committee (Liguria ABI), and board member of Rete Fidi Liguria, a regional institution which provides guarantees on bank credit facilities granted to small and medium-sized Italian enterprises.
Andrea Carta Mantiglia
Partner Bonelli & Executive Chairman at BonelliErede Middle-East LLP
Andrea Carta Mantiglia has been a Partner of BonelliErede since 1998 and he was recently appointed Executive Chairman at BonelliErede Middle-East LLP. He focuses on corporate law and M&A transaction. He has also extensive experience in international arbitration, private equity, international tenders (oil & gas), healthcare and TMT sectors.
He is the Team Leader of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Focus Team and member of both BonelliErede’ International Development Committee and the Africa Committee. He was also the chairman of the London office of BonelliErede and its Managing Partner for four years.
Before joining BonelliErede, Mr Carta Mantiglia has been the Head of International Legal Affairs at Saipem from 1991 to 1995. He has been speaker in numerous conferences on issues of joint ventures and contract negotiations at international level.
He obtained an LLM from the Queen Mary University of London, a Postgraduate specialisation in international business from the University of Padua and a Law degree from the University of Padua in 1987.
Ziad Bahaa Eldin
Former Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt
Ziad Bahaa Eldin has over twenty years of experience serving in government positions and in the private sector and he is currently member of several board of directors of major banks and corporations in Egypt.
He has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Cooperation between 2013 and 2014 as well as head of the Investment Authority and the Financial Supervision Authority. He also participated in drafting key legislative documents in Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Abu Dhabi, and Libya.
He is currently the managing partner of Thebes Consultancy with an extensive experience in financial law, banking, capital market, investment and company laws, governance, compliance and economic legislation.
He holds a Ph.D. in Law at London School of Economics and a Masters in International Business Law at King’s College, University of London. He also holds a BE in Economics (Honours) and the License in Law from Cairo University.
Mohamed Elmogy
General Counsel Egypt, Siemens Technologies S.A.E.
Dr. Mohamed Elmogy is General Counsel for Egypt at Siemens Technologies. Previously, he was Head of Legal and General Counsel for Egypt, Libya and Sudan at one of the top multinational pharmaceutical companies. His key legal competencies include, among others, litigation, dispute resolution & claims, compliance & governance, drafting and reviewing agreements, employment matters, negotiation.
Prior to 2016, Dr. Elmogy was Compliance & Ethics Officer MEA at Pepsi Co International, based in the regional office in Dubai. He is a senior legal counsel and compliance officer with track-record of 21 years hands-on legal experience across major commercial groups from the telecoms, shipping and oil & gas sectors in emerging markets such as the Middle East. His impressive professional background includes, among others, roles such as Senior Legal Counsel at Qatar Petroleum in Doha and Senior Litigation & Property Lawyer at Vodafone in Cairo.
Dr. Elmogy successfully obtained his PhD in International Commercial Arbitration at the American Arab Academy in partnership with the Texas University in the USA and his master’s degree in Law MSC in International Legal & Commercial Transactions and Logistics at the Arab Maritime Academy for Science and Technology in Egypt.
Zane Hedge
Partner Accuracy – Dubai
Zane Hedge is a Partner in the Dubai office of Accuracy, sitting within the Project Advisory & Disputes practice. He specialises in the fields of forensic delay analysis, planning, project management, claims and contractual advice. Prior to joining Accuracy, Mr. Hedge was Director and Head of Construction Disputes at Deloitte in the Middle East. Mr Hedge has been involved in a wide variety of projects including; building, civil engineering, utilities, residential, retail, commercial, health care, airports, power stations, desalination, process plants and oil & gas.
Zane has worked on matters before the UK High Court as well as in DIAC, LCIA and ICC arbitration forums, and in mediation. He has also been involved in Adjudication proceedings both in the UK and overseas.
He is a chartered Construction Manager. Mr. Hedge speaks English.
Karen Jabbour
Senior Legal Advisor Central Bank of Lebanon
Karen Jabbour Lahoud is a Senior Legal Advisor at the Central Bank of Lebanon (Banque du Liban) Legal Department. She has been a member of the Beirut Bar since 2004. Karen has practiced law in Lebanon and GCC (UAE, Bahrain and Oman) for over 15 years and has developed a wide experience in Corporate Law, M&As, Real Estate, Investment Structures and relevant cross-border contracts.
She currently advises on a range of transactions and issues related to the Central Bank’s internal and external affairs most particularly in the areas of foreign investments, taxation, labor, real estate , global loans/grants to the Lebanese Republic, and indirect equity investments in Lebanese Start-ups, Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Capital firms. She also co-approves the correspondent banks terms of business and coordinates with external lawyers.
Karen teaches International Commercial Law for advanced graduate diploma in law classes. She taught Business Law and Legal Research & Writing classes and has published articles on banking and securities.
Karen obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law from Sagesse University in Lebanon and then obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) majoring in Business Law from University of California, Berkeley in USA.
Giuseppe Mistretta
Director of Sub-Saharan Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
After twenty years of experience in African countries, since 2017 Giuseppe Mistretta is Director of Sub-Saharan Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. In his previous positions, he served as Ambassador of Italy in Ethiopia from 2014 to 2017 and in Angola from 2009 to 2014. He is the author of numerous publications, including “Per conto del nero” (2002, ed. Borla); ” Nel paese chiamato Alberi ” (2010, ed. Albatros); “Un ponte lungo quattro secoli” (2013, ed Gangemi); Tourist Guide “Un Paese moderno al centro dell’Africa ” (2014, ed Polaris).
Mahmoud Shaarawy
Group Legal Director Elsewedy Electric
Mahmoud Shaarawy is Group Legal Director at Elsewedy Electric and manages a team of 18 Lawyers handling around 85 Companies in MEA working in energy, telecommunications, construction, turnkey projects and manufacturing. His key legal competencies include, among others contracting, services, consulting, purchasing, corporate, construction and company functions.
He ensures compliance with MEA countries laws and general matters such as land, corporate, competition, employment, intellectual property, dispute procedures and claims handling. Mr Shaarawy has extensive experience in EPC agreements and related financing agreements and mainly handled agreements related to power generation, electricity transmission, electricity distribution, substations and infrastructure projects. He also reviewed and negotiated many projects agreements related to renewable energy.
Mr Shaarawy previous experience includes working at ElDib Advocates where he enriched his legal expertise in most of law fields, and working as a legal counsel for Multinational Corporation (Oracle), International Corporations (Alkan & ElSewedy).
He graduated at Alexandria University, with Bachelor in Law – English Department. He holds a Master in Logistics, Finance and Legal Affairs from the Arab Academy for Science & Technology as well as a diploma in International Law from Ain Shams University.
He reads, speaks and drafts in Arabic, English and French to a business level.
Stefano Simontacchi
Co-Managing Partner BonelliErede – Advisor to the Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry for Africa and the Mediterranean Region
Stefano Simontacchi has been Co-Managing Partner of BonelliErede since May 2013 and has recently been nominated Advisor to the Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry for Africa and the Mediterranean Region.
He focuses on tax law, with particular emphasis on legal opinions, Real Estate transactions, Real Estate and equity funds, Private Equity, M&A and reorganisations, Transfer Pricing, and fiscal planning. He is also member of the International Development Committee and the Africa Committee at BonelliErede.
In 2015, Mr Simontacchi has been elected representative as the International Tax Center Leiden at the EU Joint Transfer Pricing Forum. Besides being the author of a number of publications and articles, in 2011 Stefano Simontacchi was appointed Director of the Transfer Pricing Research Center Leiden, founded by Leiden University (the first international research centre specifically focused on Transfer Pricing).
From 2006, Mr Simontacchi has been head of CERTI’s Finance and Real Estate Tax Observatory at Bocconi University. Since 2000, he has lectured on the International Taxation LL.M. course at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.
In 2000, he obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) with honours in International Taxation from the University of Leiden, where in 2007 he also obtained a Ph.D. in International Taxation. Mr Simontacchi qualified as a chartered accountant in 1998. In 1995, Mr Simontacchi graduated with honours in Economics from Bocconi University.
Albert Tshiseleka Felha
Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Italy
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at FAO, FIDA, PAM
Dean of the Group of African Ambassadors in Rome
Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Italy, extraordinary and plenipotentiary at FAO, FIDA and PAM, has been in Italy since 2006 and is an Excellent Diplomatic in the Italian territory.
Much appreciated by the Italian institutions, for its accuracy in dealing with thorny problems between the two Governments, it is currently Dean of the Group of African Ambassadors in Rome.
Gianfranco Veneziano
Partner BonelliErede
Gianfranco Veneziano has been a Partner of BonelliErede since 2008, after joining the firm in 2000. He is member of the Africa Committee and the Africa Team at BonelliErede, leading the development of the firm in Egypt and North Africa.
He focuses on corporate governance and M&A transactions (domestic and cross border, private and public), corporate governance and financial markets regulation. He has wide experience in issuance of shares and debt securities, purchase and sale of equity stakes and business units and IPOs. He also has an extensive experience in private placement of financial instruments with institutional investors, benefit plans based on financial instruments for employees and directors of listed companies and in takeover bids.
He is a member of the Capital Markets Focus Team and the Medium Enterprise Focus Team. He is graduated in Law from the University of Pavia in 1995.
12 June 2018 – 7:00 pm
Francesco Gianni
Founding Partner Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners.
Francesco Gianni is the head of the Corporate/M&A department and one of the founding partners of Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners.
Francesco is considered one of the top experts in M&A in Italy, as well as the rest of Europe. His focus is on corporate finance transactions, particularly general public M&A and public to private M&A. He also has extensive experience in the arbitration field.
He won the “Outstanding Contribution Award” at the Chambers Europe Awards.
Due to his position at the pinnacle of the M&A field he is frequently asked to represent some of the largest companies and investment banks in Europe. He was
involved in almost all of the major privatization processes of the Italian state-owned companies.
After graduating in Law “maxima cum laude” from the University “La Sapienza” of Rome, he obtained an LL.M from the University of London, King’s College and an LL.M from the University of Michigan Law School. Early in his career, Francesco gained experience working in the U.S. for top law firms.
He is a practicing member of the Italian Bar and is a member of the New York Bar. He delivers lectures at conferences all over the world and has been a contributor to many of the most prominent legal publications.
He speaks Italian, English and French.
Corrado Passera
Executive Chairman Spaxs
Corrado Passera graduated in 1977 in Business Administration at the Bocconi University in Milan. He then studied at the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) between 1978 and 1980 and was awarded a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.
He started his professional career in 1980, when he joined the advisory firm McKinsey & Co, working both in Italy and abroad, where he reorganized and relaunched banking, insurance and service companies. In 1992, he became the Co-Managing Director of the Olivetti Group and in 1996 he headed Banco Ambroveneto. He was called to join Poste Italiane as CEO in 1998. He then returned to banking in 2002 as Managing Director and CEO of IntesaBci, the banking group resulting from the merger of Banca Intesa and Banca Commerciale Italiana. In 2006, he assisted in the merger between Banca Intesa and San Paolo IMI, which created Intesa Sanpaolo, of which he later became the Managing Director and CEO. In November 2011, he was invited to join the cabinet of the Monti Government as Minister of Economic Development, Infrastructures and Transport. At the end of the parliamentary term in 2013, he ended his term in office. From June 2015, he dedicated himself to a Milan relaunch project aimed at making Milan one of the most dynamic metropolitan European cities, albeit choosing to refrain from running in the administrative elections. In 2006, the Italian President of the Republic awarded him the Knight of Industry medal, an honorary award for industry leaders. He is a member of various advisory boards, including the McKinsey Advisory Council and has been a Board Member of various listed companies (including Finmeccanica and Crédit Agricole in Paris), and non-profit institutions (Bocconi University, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, La Scala Foundation, Cini Foundation, International Business Council of the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Wharton School, and International Institute of Finance in Washington). In 2010, he set up the Encyclomedia Publishers with Umberto Eco, which is an editorial project that aims to produce the first high-quality multimedia “Storia della Civiltà Europea” [History of European Civilisation].
Corrado Passera has recently been the key Sponsor of SPAXS SpA, of which he is Executive Chairman. SPAXS is the biggest spac ( special purpose acquisition company) in Italy and one of the largest in Europe by funds raised. The € 600 million SPAXS raised will be invested in the creation of a highly innovative bank specialized in serving small and medium sized entreprises (SME’s), in purchasing and collecting NPL’s and in providing a full digital banking platform to households and businesses.
13 June 2018 – 2:45 pm
Barbara Benzoni
Legal Affairs Department – Senior Vice President ENI
Barbara Benzoni is Legal Counsel and Senior Vice-President at ENI where she focuses on International Mid-Downstream and Chemicals Legal Assistance. She provideslegal assistance to Eni’s business activities direct or through controlled affiliates in Europe (mid and downstream gas, LNG and oil and chemicals). She currently coordinates a team of 22 lawyers (based in Italy, UK, France, Belgium).
Prior to her current position, we was Head of Legal Department of Eni Gas & Power Division. Mrs Benzoni has been working at Eni for 20 years.
She is admitted to the Italian Bar and speaks Italian, English, Russian and French.
Fabio Cagnola
Founder and Partner – Cagnola & Associati Studio Legale
Fabio Cagnola has been practising for more than 30 years in the field of the white-collars crimes. He has recently founded the Cagnola & Associati Law
Firm. In the course of these years he has provided legal assistance to many major multi-national companies throughout the Italian territory and he has been acting in the most prominent criminal cases in the whitecollar crimes area. He represents both individuals and corporations in criminal trials before Italian Courts.
He cooperates regularly with foreign legal firms, both EU and non-EU based, to provide assistance in criminal defence cases brought before the Italian Judicial Authorities. Among his clients there are some of the most important multi-national corporations, operating in the most diverse sectors as well as Italian and foreign major credit institutions.
In January 2009 he became a member of the IBA Business Crime Committee and in January 2015 he was appointed Co-Chair of the Committee for years 2015/2016. He regularly participates, either as a speaker or as a chairman in many Italian and International seminars and conferences focused on topics relevant to the white-collar crimes area
Enrico Castaldi
Founder and Partner – CastaldiPartners
Avocat au Barreau de Paris, avvocato in Milano, member of the London Law society (Foreign Lawyer), Enrico Castaldi founded Castaldi Mourre & Partners (at present CastaldiPartners) in 1996.
He has a well-established practice in France and Italy in the field of international investments, industrial and commercial partnership agreements, mergers, acquisitions and reorganization of companies. He is a member of several boards of directors and shareholders’ committees.
Enrico Castaldi has taught at the Paris X – Nanterre University and is visiting professor at the University of Florence. He is a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and a Knight of the Order of Merit of the French Republic.
Valentina Chessa
Partner – CastaldiPartners
Avocat au Barreau de Paris, Valentine Chessa is a graduate of the University of Paris II, and holds an LL.M in European law from the Robert Schuman University – Strasbourg. Prior to joining Castaldi Mourre & Partners (at present CastaldiPartners), Valentine was Deputy Counsel to the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, where she oversaw many arbitrations, spanning almost all industry sectors and regions.
Valentine is a member of the ICC YAF, LCIA Young, ASA Below 40, Arbitral Women and Arbit.
Thomas Clay
Professor at the Sorbonne Law School (Paris 1 University)
Thomas Clay is a Professor at the Sorbonne Law School (Paris 1 University) where he teaches arbitration and international dispute settlement. He worked for a long time at the University of Versailles, where he founded and directed the LL.M. in “International Arbitration and Business Law” in collaboration with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Thomas Clay is also a lawyer (Paris Bar) and he manages the firm Clay Arbitration Office.
Over the years, Professor Clay acted in over 70 international arbitrations, mainly as arbitrator under the auspices of virtually all major arbitration institutions: ICC, ICSID, and UNCITRAL Rules, and in different jurisdictions. Thomas’s areas of expertise include energy and natural resources (oil, gas, mining and solar energy), pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, international sales, services, real estate and construction. He also actes as counsel on many of the largest international disputes submitted to arbitration.
He is a member of many associations (such as: Institute of International Arbitration; International Association of American Judicial Law; Association of Private International Law; etc..). He has authored numerous publications on issues of investment and commercial arbitration and is frequently invited to speak at arbitration conferences. He wrote is thesis on “The arbitrator”. He is Vice President of “Paris Place d’arbitrage”. Thomas Clay collaborated in the drafting of French “Commented Code in Arbitration”.
Stéphanie Fougou
Président AFJE & GC Accorhotels Group
Stéphanie Fougou holds degrees in European Law (DEA from Université Paris II Assas, 1997) and Media Law and Management (DESS from Université Paris-Sorbonne, 1998). She passed the Bar Exam (Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat or CAPA) in Paris in 2002.
She spent 13 years with the France Télécom/Orange group, notably as Deputy Group Legal Counsel in charge of international affairs. In 2011, she joined Club Méditerranée, where she held the positions of General Counsel, Legal Director and was responsible for the Health and Safety Department as well as public affairs and real estate contracts. In 2014, she joined Vallourec as Group General Counsel and member of Vallourec’s Executive Committee.
In May 2018, she joins AccorHotels as Group General Counsel and as a member of the Group Executive Committee. She oversees the following functions, including Board secretary, Group Legal Affairs, Risks & Insurance and Compliance.
Additionally, Stéphanie has also been Chairwoman of the French professional organization of in-house lawyers (AFJE) since 2014.
Jerome Frantz
Member CCI Île-de-France: Délégué aux études et à la mission consultative du Président CCI Paris Île-de-France
Jérôme Frantz is a graduate of the University of Paris II in Intellectual Property and of the Executive MBA of HEC Paris. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1985, he worked as a lawyer before becoming CEO of Frantz Electrolyse, the family-run company engaged in the metal surface treatment industry that was founded in 1919 by Joseph Frantz, a former military aviator who was the first pilot to down an enemy aircraft in aerial combat during World War I. Established in the Paris region, it was one of the oldest and most renowned independent subcontractors in metal surface treatment in France. It was ceded to Galvanoplast in May 2017. In addition to these activities, Jérôme Frantz has held several mandates in employer federations, notably as president of the Medef des Hauts-de-Seine and president of the Fédération des industries mécaniques (FIM). He has also been a member of the bureaus of the Conseil national de l’industrie (CNI) and vice-president and treasurer of the Groupe des fédérations industrielles (GFI). He has also served on the board of HEC Paris and the Ecole nationale des arts et métiers (ENSAM). He now chairs the Medef commission on competitiveness, innovation and attractiveness (CIA). An elected member of the Paris Chamber of Commerce, he serves as vice-president in charge of the advisory mission and representation of industry.
Roberta Guaineri
Council Member for Tourism, Sport and Quality of Life for the City of Milan – Comune di Milano
Mrs Guaineri is Council Member for Tourism, Sport and Quality of Life for the City of Milan with responsibilities, among others, on tourism policies, promotion of sporting events, support of sporting associations, welfare territorial politics, animals defense politics.
Guaineri graduated in law with full marks from the University of Milan in 1991. She qualified to practise advocacy in court in 1993, and to practise advocacy in the Supreme Court of Cassation in 2007.
Since graduating in commercial criminal law from the University of Milan, Guaineri has practised in the field of corporate law both in Italy and the United States.
Guido Arie Petraroli
Managing Partner LED Taxand
Guido has a Degree in Economics (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan) and a Master’s Degree in Corporate Tax Law. He began his career at Andersen Legal in 1990 and continued his practice in Ernst & Young Tax department since 1999. Later he moved to the firm’s New York office. From 2003 until 2017 he worked for Fantozzi & Associati in Milan, where he was a Partner. He founded LED Taxand with Alfredo Fossati in 2018.
Guido has over 30 years’ experience advising Italian and large multinationals and institutional investors on a wide range of tax matters. He focuses on private equity transactions, including acquisition finance and real estate finance. Guido also has an extensive experience in international tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and reorganisations. He has a strong competence in the area of tax disputes litigations and Mutual Agreement Procedures.
Gaspare Dori
Partner – CastaldiPartners
Gaspare Dori is a French and Italian lawyer focusing on M&A, Corporate and Commercial Law. He is also experienced in International Tender Procedures and Restructuring. Since 1999, Gaspare has firstly been heading the French-Italian Group of Clifford Chance in Paris, and is now partner of CastaldiPartners, with a large experience in managing complex transnational operations, between Italy and France, as well as in other countries (among which Russia, India, North-African francophone countries and other emerging countries).
He is in charge, with Steven Sprague and Marco Bianchi, of the team focusing on internationalization.
He teaches Commercial Law at the University of Paris X – Nanterre, in the frame of the French-Italian Master.
Giovanni Lega
President ASLA & Managing Partner LCA
Giovanni Lega is the Managing Partner of LCA Studio Legale and the founder and current chairman of ASLA – the Italian Association of Associated Law Firms, that gathers all major Italian law firms and all primary foreign law firms active in Italy. Giovanni has promoted and held shares in several industrial reorganizations (for example Cirio, Mandelli, I.M.E.S., A.M.T. Robotics, etc.) and various entrepreneurial initiatives, including, among others, Trendy Vend, Vini Italiani, Mozzarella Mania Food, Accademia della Pasta, Tatuus, Caleido, H-Farm, Lipogems
He has held a position in Boards of Directors of several companies, including Lamborghini, and of social-security funds and associations, such as Fondazione Rava, Istituto dei Ciechi of Palermo, Idee Migranti, and CERIF – Centro di Ricerca sulle Imprese di Famiglia of the Catholic University of Milan. He actively provides his contribution and support to several pro bono activities, both personally and through LCA Studio Legale as well.
Joana Roucayrol
Group General Counsel – ST Dupont
Mrs Roucayrol is Group General Counsel at ST Dupont. Prior to her current position, she was Head of Legal at Le Tanneur et Cie. She is a 14 years experienced lawyer who has always been operating in international and multicultural environments, mainly focusing on Luxury industry withing French listed companies.
She is a fluent English speaker and has strong skills in business, competition and distribution law and in Insurance policies management. She started her career at Huber Vercken law firm followed by LSK & Associés.
She has a strong expertise in legal advising and contracts management with an operational and service-oriented approach. Her background includes significant experience in disputes and claims management (7 years experienced lawyer at the Paris Bar).
Edouard Silvério
General Counsel, Company Secretary and Chief Compliance officer of Eutelsat
Edouard Silvério is graduated in Law and Finance. He began his career in the Insurance sector in the role of Corporate Lawyer of Axa from 1983 to 1990. He joined Lagardere Group in 1990 in charge of cooperation and M&A in the sector of Defense, Space and Telecommunications. He was Vice President – Chief Legal Officer France and MEA of Matra Nortel Communications and Nortel Networks from 1994 to 2002. From 2002 to 2010, he worked for Club Mediterranée as Company Secretary. Since 2011, Edouard Silvério is General Counsel, Company Secretary and Chief Compliance officer of Eutelsat.
14 June 2018 8:45 am
Stefano Brogelli
Legal & Compliance Director Axpo Italia
Stefano Brogelli is LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR at Axpo Italia where he leads a team of 7 people. Stefano manages all aspects of legal, corporate, compliance and internal audit functions supporting the business divisions ETR&O (Energy Trading Retail & Origination) and Assets.
Prior to 2010, Mr Brogelli worked for Unicredit, where he provided legal assistance on corporate, commercial and banking legal issues supporting CEE (Central Eastern Europe) Division and M&A operations. His past experiences also include being Chief Counsel at ASJA.BIZ and Senior Associate at Studio Legale Sutti, based in London and Milan.He speaks fluent Italian and English and was admitted to the Bar in Milan in 2002.He successfully obtained his Degree in Law at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.
Giuseppe Catalano
Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Affairs Assicurazioni Generali
Giuseppe Catalano has been secretary of the Board of Directors of Assicurazioni Generali SpA since 15 January 2015, with responsibility for coordinating corporate governance-related activities, including serving as secretary of the Board of Directors and Board Committees.
Previously, from 2005 to January 2015 he was legal and corporate affairs executive director at Indesit Company SpA, with responsibility for coordinating all the group’s legal and corporate activities. From 2000 to 2005 he was head of legal and corporate affairs at Natuzzi SpA, listed on the NYSE, and before that he was in-house counsel at banks in Italy and Luxembourg.
He is a qualified lawyer and earned a Ph.D. graduation from Sant’Anna School in Pisa.
He is currently a lecturer of International Trade Law and has been an expert witness for the State Prosecutor in a criminal prosecution relating to analysis of the investigated companies’ compliance models under Italian legislative decree 231/2001. He is the author of several academic articles in various areas of civil and commercial law. He is a member of a Consultative Working Group at ESMA and of the Policy Committee at EuropeanIssuers as well as Responsible for Lombardy and Liguria of the Italian Association of In-House Lawyers (AIGI).
Yves Garagnon
CEO DiliTrust
With more than 25 years of experience in entrepreneurship, business development strategies, structuration and new business lines management in the area of corporate governance software, Yves Garagnon is DiliTrust’s CEO, leading corporate governance software provider. His goal is to help Legal, Finance and Compliance departments to handle corporate governance challenges, in France and abroad.
He started his career in 1987 at Concept a management software provider as a Business Developer, in Brussels. He returned to Paris in 1993, and joined Coda, a financial software provider and launched the French subsidiary with the help of the Managing Director, based in England.
In 1998, the Baan Group, an ERP software company appointed him as the Finance and Utilities Business Unit Manager. A year later, he became the Business Development Director for Coda France with the mission to define the commercial strategy.
In 2003, he became Executive Officer of Equity, a leading corporate governance software provider, which was a subsidiary of Coda France at the time. His encounter with the founder opened new doors. Indeed, this latter was ready to step down in favour of Yves Garagnon as the company needed new energy. That is a challenge that he decided to take up. He purchased the company in 2005 and multiply the turnover by five in just three years. Since then, the range of offers has expanded and in 2017, Equity becomes DiliTrust, offering best-in-class solutions for corporate governance and secure sharing of sensitive and confidential data. Yves Garagnon graduated a Master’s Degree in Management and a Postgraduate diploma in Banking & Finance.
Daniel B. Garrie
Executive Managing Partner Law & Forensics LLC, Neutral, Arbitrator, Mediator with JAMS; Co-founder of Global Cyber Institute with UCLA
Daniel B. Garrie, Esq. is a seasoned e-discovery special master, forensic neutral, mediator, and arbitrator retained for complex, high-stakes cases around the country. He is an experienced jurist with a deep understanding of both law and technology, enabling him to efficiently and cost effectively resolve some of the most challenging disputes.
For over a decade, Mr. Garrie has served as a mediator, arbitrator, electronically stored information (ESI) liaison, discovery referee, special master, neutral, and neutral expert. He has appeared before the Los Angeles County Superior Court, New York Supreme Court, Delaware Supreme Court, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, and Seventh Circuits.
Judges and attorneys laud his reports for their clarity, focus, and ability to help parties settle even the most complex disputes. Mr. Garrie has garnered a national reputation for his experience at the intersection of technology and the law and is as comfortable talking with entrepreneurs, IT professionals, and developers as he is with lawyers and judges.
Mr. Garrie has also authored over 200 legal and technical articles and publications. His scholarship has been recognized by several Supreme Court Justices and cited in over 500 articles, publications, and opinions. He also founded and is currently the executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a technical consulting practice focusing on forensics and e-discovery.
Before entering the legal world, Mr. Garrie built and sold several technology companies and served as the Worldwide Director of Discovery & Information Governance at Charles River Associates, managing a team of over 200 individuals.
Stefano Manacorda
Of Counsel Chiomenti
Stefano advises clients on matters concerning corporate criminal law and European and international criminal law with a focus on corporate criminal liability, anticorruption legislation, money laundering and confiscation of criminal assets, environmental offenses, protection of cultural heritage, international economic sanctions, ne bis in idem, and international criminal cooperation.
A lawyer registered with the special roll of the Bar of Naples, he is an expert admitted to the International Criminal Court.
He was part of the commissions within the Ministry of Justice for the reform of Legislative Decree No. 231/2001 on corporate criminal liability ,and for the reform of judicial cooperation, and mutual recognition. He was also part of the technical round table for the protection of cultural heritage. He was a consultant for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes focused on anticorruption, illicit trafficking of cultural property, for the World Bank on anticorruption matters, and for the European Commission on matters regarding criminal protection of EU funds.
Stefano joined the Firm as an “Of Counsel” in 2017.
Previously, he was a consultant on European and international corporate criminal law at Italian and foreign leading law firms.
He is member of the Naples Bar (Italy).
Valérie Ruotolo
Country Counsel Italy
Valérie serves as Country Counsel in Italy since 2015. She is the head of the legal department in the country, providing support to the business and to other Global Functions in a wide array of legal topics.
Valérie also serves as Secretary of the Board of Directors and is involved in several HP Inc. projects at EMEA and WW levels.
Before joining HP in March 2013, Valerie was a member of the Milan Bar for more than 10 years practicing civil and competition law for Italian and foreign clients within international law firms, such as Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (in both the Brussels and Milan offices) and Nascimbene & Partners, where she also gained experience in corporate and commercial law as well as litigation.
Valérie holds a degree in law from the University of Milan, and an LL.M. (Master of Laws) in European Legal Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium (2001) and an LL.M. (Master of Laws) in International Legal Studies at the New York University School of Law in New York, USA (2002). She is fluent in English and French, and has both Italian and French nationality.
Alessandro Portolano
Partner Chiomenti
Head of the Financial regulation department, Alessandro advises Italian and foreign financial institutions in relation to all areas of the banking, financial, insurance, payment services and asset management regulations. His experience includes assistance in both ordinary and extraordinary transactions, proceedings before Italian and European Regulators, structuring of business models and entry into new markets. He has assisted regulators in relation to complex and innovative matters
Alessandro Portolano joined Chiomenti in 2003 and become partner in 2008. He has previously worked at the Bank of Italy, within the Supervisory Department in Rome. He is member of the Rome Bar.
Marco Reggiani
General Counsel SNAM
Marco Reggiani, lawyer, since January 2010 in the Company, is the General Counsel and the Head of the Legal, Governance, Compliance Affairs & Enterprise Risk Management.
Graduated in Law at the University of Parma, he achieved the Master on advanced studies in trans-national law at the University of Trento. Former Professor of Environmental Law at the LIUC University of Castellanza and former Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee of Assornineraria, he previously covered management roles in the Eni group from 2001 until the end of 2009. From 2018 Marco Reggiani is also the new president of AISCA.
Joana Roucayrol
Group General Counsel – ST Dupont
Mrs Roucayrol is Group General Counsel at ST Dupont. Prior to her current position, she was Head of Legal at Le Tanneur et Cie. She is a 14 years experienced lawyer who has always been operating in international and multicultural environments, mainly focusing on Luxury industry withing French listed companies.
She is a fluent English speaker and has strong skills in business, competition and distribution law and in Insurance policies management. She started her career at Huber Vercken law firm followed by LSK & Associés.
She has a strong expertise in legal advising and contracts management with an operational and service-oriented approach. Her background includes significant experience in disputes and claims management (7 years experienced lawyer at the Paris Bar).
Alesch Staehelin
Lead Counsel Research Europe, IBM
Alesch Staehelin is IBM’s Lead Counsel Research Europe, focusing on the legal aspects of cognitive computing and other cutting edge technologies related to digitalization, virtualization and automation: Internet of Things, blockchain, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, quantum computing, MedTech, FinTech, virtual and augmented reality, etc. He is a member of IBM’s global IP and competition law core teams.
Before assuming his current role, Alesch was IBM’s Lead Counsel for maintenance services in Europe and for outsourcing services in the DACH region. Prior to joining IBM, he worked as a TMT attorney for major law firms in Zurich. As Digital Lawyer & Counsel (DLC)®, Alesch Staehelin frequently speaks and writes on Technology & IP (TMT) related legal issues. He studied at the UCLA School of Law (LL.M.), the City University of New York and the University of Zurich School of Law (Dr. iur.).
Viola Teppati
General Counsel Contrad Swiss SA
Viola Teppati is General Counsel at Contrad Swiss SA, a fast-growing pharmaceutical company with a strong emphasis on the CIS and CEE pharmaceutical markets. She acts as representative of the shareholder in the course of shareholders meetings, secretary in the course of BoD meetings and takes care of all corporate affairs, both ordinary and extraordinary.
Mrs Teppati has a very strong experience in developing and heading the legal department in startup contexts: before Contrad Swiss she worked at Festival Crociere and MESA in their startup phases.
Mrs Teppati’s professional experience also includes working in the legal departments at Anchorage Group AG, Carbofer General Trading SA, Registro Italiano Navale S.p.A., Duferco SA and Garbarino law firm. She has a strong expertise in the pharmaceutical, maritime and tourism, energy, financial and real estate fields and over the past 18 years, she attended seminars and courses in all those different sectors, thus acquiring a multifaceted knowledge of the needs of a small/medium legal department.
She graduated in law magna cum laude at the University of Genova and was admitted to the bar at the Genoa Court of Appeal.
14 June 2018 5:00 pm
Antonio Corda
Legal Affairs Director of Vodafone Italy
Antonio Corda has been Legal Affairs Director of Vodafone Italy since May 2017 and is a member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and the company’s 231 Supervisory Body (Organismo di Vigilanza).
He joined Vodafone Italy in 2009, taking roles of increasing responsibility until he became head of the Legal Department in 2012.
From 2000 to 2009 he was General Counsel of the Tiscali Group and a member of the Board of Directors of Tiscali Italy and Tiscali UK.
He owns a law degree from the University of Cagliari, and has been a qualified lawyer since 2002; in 2005 he obtained a Master of Business Administration at SDA Bocconi (Milan).
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Adertising Board (Istituto dell’Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria) and a member of the board of arbitrators of the Telco Industry Association (Confindustria Digitale).
He lives in Milan, is married and has two children.
Simone Davini
Head of Legal Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
Since 2010 Simone Davini is Head of Legal at Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Milan Branch. Simone has twenty-two year experience as counsel and manager in the Banking and Finance sector: during this period he has hold leadership roles for national and international companies (including Ernst & Young International, ING Group, Banca Profilo Group, IntesaSanpaolo Group and Crédit Agricole Group), dealing with important acquisitions, financings and securitizations both in Italy and abroad, as well as with the structuring and placement of securities and investment products.
Simone lectures regularly at conferences and seminars and authored several publications, especially on derivative contracts. In 2015 Simone was among the finalists in the “Banking & Finance” category at the Inhousecommunity’s “General Counsel of the Year” Award; he was also included by Inhousecommunity and by the international legal directory “Legal 500” among the top General Counsels in the Italian market (GC Powerlist Italy). In 2016 the team led by Simone was awarded team of the year for the “Corporate & Investment Banking” sector and, in 2017, the team won again for the “Banking & Finance” segment; in the same year, “Legal 500” included the team in the global Top 100 in-house teams. Simone has been working on innovation, process and product automation for almost ten years also with specific reference to the legal services.
He is among others, Lecturer on “IT Contracts” and “Data Protection & Cybersecurity” at the University of Milan.
He is frequently invited as a speaker in numerous seminars and conferences organized by various universities. He is author of a number of articles on media, technology and communication topics, published on national and international reviews.
He is admitted to the Italian Bar and Senior Courts of England and Wales as solicitor.
Mohamed Elmogy
General Counsel Egypt, Siemens Technologies S.A.E.
Dr. Mohamed Elmogy is General Counsel for Egypt at Siemens Technologies. Previously, he was Head of Legal and General Counsel for Egypt, Libya and Sudan at one of the top multinational pharmaceutical companies. His key legal competencies include, among others, litigation, dispute resolution & claims, compliance & governance, drafting and reviewing agreements, employment matters, negotiation.
Prior to 2016, Dr. Elmogy was Compliance & Ethics Officer MEA at Pepsi Co International, based in the regional office in Dubai. He is a senior legal counsel and compliance officer with track-record of 21 years hands-on legal experience across major commercial groups from the telecoms, shipping and oil & gas sectors in emerging markets such as the Middle East. His impressive professional background includes, among others, roles such as Senior Legal Counsel at Qatar Petroleum in Doha and Senior Litigation & Property Lawyer at Vodafone in Cairo.
Dr. Elmogy successfully obtained his PhD in International Commercial Arbitration at the American Arab Academy in partnership with the Texas University in the USA and his master’s degree in Law MSC in International Legal & Commercial Transactions and Logistics at the Arab Maritime Academy for Science and Technology in Egypt.
Sandra Mori
Data Privacy Officer (DPO) Europe at Coca-Cola
Mrs Mori is Data Privacy Officer (DPO) Europe at Coca-Cola. Prior to her nomination as DPO in May 2018, she was GC Europe at Coca-Cola. She also has been appointed President of Valore D, the first association of companies formed in Italy to support women’s leadership in the corporate world.
Sandra Mori attended the University of Pisa where she obtained her law degree in 1989. She then completed her education at the Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, attending a one-year master program in international law.
For 10 years, she worked in private practice in several law firms in both Italy and the US, working in the sector of M&A and intellectual property, with particular regard to the IT sector. In 1999, she joined Microsoft Corp. as Director of Legal Affairs in Southern Europe. In this position, she was responsible, among other things, of all antipiracy activities. In 2001, she joined The Coca-Cola Company as Region Counsel for Italy and then as Division Counsel for the Italy and Alpine Division. Thereafter, she held positions of increasing responsibility within the legal corporate function of The Coca-Cola Company, including that of M&A counsel for Europe, Eurasia and Middle East and senior operations counsel for the EU Group.
Giangiacomo Olivi
Partner Dentons
Giangiacomo Olivi is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office, Europe Co-head of the Media sector group and Head of the Data Privacy group. He is a member of the global Intellectual Property and Technology practice.
He assists clients, such as national and international companies as well as industrial associations, providing strategical and commercial legal advice in relation to media, telecommunications and technology matters, with a specific focus on data management. He also assists clients with regard to outsourcing and commercial transactions in a wide range of sectors. Giangiacomo is renowned as one of the best TMT lawyers in Italy.
He is among others, Lecturer on “IT Contracts” and “Data Protection & Cybersecurity” at the University of Milan.
He is frequently invited as a speaker in numerous seminars and conferences organized by various universities. He is author of a number of articles on media, technology and communication topics, published on national and international reviews.
He is admitted to the Italian Bar and Senior Courts of England and Wales as solicitor.
Ria Thomas
Partner Brunswick, Global Co-Lead Cybersecurity
Ria Thomas is the Global Co-Lead for Brunswick’s Cybersecurity offer. She has deep expertise in private and public sector cybersecurity strategies and policies, including advising senior government leaders, Board members and C-Suite executives on enterprise-wide crisis preparedness, incident response and corporate resilience strategies in the face of significant cyber-attacks.
She joined Brunswick from Washington-based management consultancy, Obsidian Analysis, Inc., where she was Principal and Senior Director for Cybersecurity. In this role, she led the firm’s cyber practice, which advised senior government and corporate leaders on the development and execution of cyber-focused resiliency strategies. Prior to Obsidian, she was the Managing Director of Occid-Orient Strategies, which advised private sector companies expanding within the cybersecurity markets in the Middle East and Asia. Previously, Ria was Director, Cybersecurity and Counterterrorism, for Global Strategies Group, where she headed the practice advising select Middle East and Asian governments on critical national security issues.
Ria began her career with the U.S. Federal government, where she specialized in security, foreign policy, and counterterrorism. After leaving government service, she worked for Fabiani & Company, where she advised private sector companies on U.S. Federal government market entry. Specifically, she established the firm’s advisory capabilities on promoting advanced cybersecurity technologies in the defence and security market. Ria is an attorney licensed by the State Bar of New York, with a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Centre and an undergraduate degree in Political Science and International Relations from American University.
