Mario Abbadessa arrived in Hines in 2010. He has been responsible for all the Group’s activities in Italy since 2015 and is currently the Senior Managing Director and Country Head of Hines Italy. Since then, he has successfully completed real estate investments for around 2 billion euros. He was previously Fund Manager and the first member of the Hines Italia SGR Investment Team. Mario started his career at Tishman Speyer and was Investment Analyst at Generali Immobiliare Italia SGR for two years, before joining Hines. Mario earned his degree in Business Administration at the Bocconi University and a master’s degree in Real Estate Finance at the University of Amsterdam.
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.
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 also a registered Chartered Accountant and a reserve officer with Italy’s Guardia di Finanza. He has held and still holds directorships or supervisory board positions with several public and private Italian and international companies. Luca has been elected Deputy Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy for the 2018-2020 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, and at numerous conferences where he is a regular speaker on specialist financial and legal subjects. He is the co-founder of the Strategic Management Course for International lawyers at INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau, France. Luca is ranked among the leading corporate and media lawyers by Chambers & Partners. Luca is also ranked among the leading media lawyers by Media Law International. Luca was admitted to the Italian Bar in 1989 and gained audience rights before the Supreme Court in 1999.
ISABELLA BDOIAN GONZALEZ
Director Ethics and Compliance, Whirlpool EMEA
Isabella Bdoian Gonzalez, a seasoned international corporate lawyer, is since 2016 the Director of Ethics & Compliance for EMEA of Whirlpool Corporation, the world’s leading major home appliance company, where she developed and implemented a risk-based, award-winning corporate compliance programme to promote a culture of business integrity and values-driven performance. Before that, she had a 17-year career with Coca-Cola HBC, a premium FTSE 100 beverage company, starting as head of the Russian legal department, eventually becoming the Group Legal Director, Strategic Sourcing and Compliance, based in Milan. She speaks fluently four languages and regularly holds conversations in two others. Isabella graduated in international law at the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia, before earning an LL.M. in European Business Law with the Pallas Programme in the Netherlands and a P.G. Dip. in Competition law at London’s King’s College.
PAOLO BOTTELLI
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Kryalos SGR S.p.A.
Paolo Bottelli is a Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kryalos SGR S.p.A., an independent Real Estate AIFMD Regulated Fund Management Firm based in Milan, with a team of 56professionals. Kryalos SGR is one of the most active players in the Italian real estate market and actually manages € 5.5bn of assets. Paolo is also Chairman and CEO of several real estate companies and Board Member of Assoimmobiliare. Before founding Kryalos, Paolo worked for 18 years in Milan listed Pirelli Real Estate, where he joined in 1994. During his career he mainly focused on advisory and management services in the Italian market and from 2009 he has been responsible for the global investment and asset management business of the group, working from the Hamburg headquarter. Paolo resigned as Chief Executive Officer in 2012. Prior to Pirelli, Paolo worked in Knight Frank, in Deutsche Bank Leasing and has also served as Board Member of the department store la Rinascente. Mr. Bottelli studied Political Sciences at the Università degli Studi in Milan. In December 2018 Paolo Bottelli was honored with the title of “Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” by the President of the Italian Republic.
NICOLAS BURGENER
Group Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Board, Audemars Piguet
Nicolas Burgener is Group Head of the legal function at Audemars Piguet Group, a fine watch-making manufacturer and retailer. He manages and supervises the Group Legal Affairs Department (made of 10 employees) and he is a Member of the Group Executive Committee. His main focus areas include Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate law, competition law, intellectual property, sponsoring, distribution and legal compliance. He studied in Fribourg, Switzerland, and in Tuebingen, Germany. He took the Geneva Bar before becoming a certified tax expert. He spent a few years in a major “Big Five” and in a private practice law firm before joining Audemars Piguet in 2006.
MASSIMO CAMPIOLI
Massimo Campioli Vice-president ANDAF and CFO M-I Stadio
Massimo Campioli, is the Chief Financial Officer of M-I Stadio, the company jointly controlled by A.C. Milan and Inter F.C. football clubs that owns San Siro stadium. Prior to this Mr. Campioli, who graduated in Economic Sciences, has served for more than twenty years as A.C. Milan CFO. He has matured a broad experience in financial control and accounting and since 2009 is Vice-President of ANDAF, the Italian association of chief financial and administrative officers. Founded fifty years ago, ANDAF (Associazione Direttori Amministrativi e Finanziari) has more than 1.600 members to whom offers a wealth of research and professional development activities, seminars and roundtables as well as technical events. The association is organized through 12 local sections and has 6 distinct committees dedicated to specific technical themes.
Pavo Djedović, a partner at LeitnerLeitner since 2006, is an auditor and tax advisor with around 27 years of experience. He is specialized in international tax law and corporate tax law with special focus on Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has been engaged in international M&A and restructuring transactions, as well as tax planning projects, i.e. tax optimized structuring after reorganizations. In the area of corporate taxation his experience includes industries such as retail, food and manufacturing. He provided tax consulting and documentation services in connection with international reorganizations, litigations before tax authorities as well as tax audits and other inquiries by tax authorities. He accompanied several inbound investments of companies/international groups into CEE-countries. He is a member of German, Austrian and Croatian chambers of commerce and also takes roles at their boards of directors. He regularly holds lectures, especially on investments in the region.
CARLO GAGLIARDI
Managing Partner, Deloitte Legal
Carlo has been appointed managing partner of Deloitte Legal as of June 1, 2018. Before taking on the leadership of Deloitte Legal, Carlo gained many experiences both in the professional and managerial fields, developing an in-depth knowledge of the dynamics of management of corporate offices and relations with authorities, legal functions, and internal corporate compliance. A lawyer specialized in corporate, M&A and equity capital markets, Carlo worked for over 13 years at prestigious national and international practices, providing his assistance in numerous and significant extraordinary transactions until 2012, the year in which he left the profession to join Banca Popolare di Milano (now Banco BPM) where he was appointed General Counsel and Chairman of WeBankS.p.A. and Board Member of Banca AkrosS.p.A. and Banca Popolare di MantovaS.p.A. Carlo has contributed to the restructuring and relaunch of the banking group, taking care of corporate governance, capital strengthening operations, relations with the authorities and, finally, relations with the European Central Bank and asset quality review activities. At the end of 2014, he was appointed partner and general counsel for Investindustrial, where he followed the fund’s operations and sat on the board of directors of the companies in the portfolio. In 2018 he joined Deloitte Legal as a partner of the firm.
GIANLUCA GARIBOLDI
Partner, Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners
Gianluca Gariboldi specializes in administrative law, with a special focus on urban planning, construction, public tenders, providing assistance to high-profile clients both in court (Regional Administrative Courts (TAR), Council of State, Courts of First Instance, Courts of Appeal, Supreme Court) and out-of-court. He assists Public Entities with reference to urban planning and construction in the drafting of the Urban Planning Deeds and in expropriation procedures, as well as in the drafting of general development master plans with consequent drafting of the technical execution rules and the creation of urban instruments in execution of public initiatives. He has also provided assistance for the incorporation of mixed private and public companies for the carrying out of public local services in various sectors such as, for example, energy, waste recovery, social welfare assistance. Gianluca also assists private national and international entities in real estate transactions and in the management of real estate assets with reference to all the urban planning aspects related to construction, tenders and real estate in general, and consultancy in project financing, in particular with reference to procedures, incorporation of the project company, the drafting of the agreements for construction and management of the works object of the project financing. Before joining Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners, Gianluca co-founded the Law Firm Gariboldi Soncini. Gianluca Gariboldi graduated in Law, summa cum laude, at the University of Milan, and was admitted to the Bar of Milan in 1986. He is admitted to practice also before the Supreme Court and the Council of State.
Bruno Gattai focuses his activity on Corporate and M&A with particular emphasis on private equity and capital markets transactions. His clients include private equity funds targeting large deals or mid and small-cap companies, companies’ group, listed and non-listed companies as well as family businesses concentrating on their holding companies. He was a renowned athlete and a member of Italy’s National Ski team winning the national championship for downhill skiing in 1978. He was also a sports commentator for years subsequent to his athletic career. As a consequence, he provided and provides legal assistance on sports matters. Both Chambers Global and Chambers Europe recognize Bruno Gattai as Star Individual in the Corporate and M&A practice. In Italy. he is the sole Star Individual ranked by Chambers Europe for Private Equity and the Firm is ranked band 1. He has also been classified first place in the special annual ranking “Best 50” lawyers in Italy”, performed by Legalcommunity.it and has won many awards over the years by leading Italian legal magazines. Bruno Gattai graduated in law, magna cum laude, at the University of Milan, and is admitted to the Italian Bar Association since 1991.
ROBERTA GUAINERI
Council Member for Tourism, Sport and Quality of Life for the City of Milan, Comune di Milano
Ms Guaineri is Council Member for Tourism, Sport and Quality of Life for the City of Milan with responsibilities, among others, regarding tourism policies, promotion of sporting events, support of sporting associations, welfare territorial politics, animals defence 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.
JUDIT JANCSA-PÉK
Partner, LeitnerLeitner Hungary
Judit Jancsa-Pék is a leading tax advisor and partner by LeitnerLeitner since 2006. Judit is an economist and certified tax consultant under Hungarian law with special focus on Transfer Pricing, International corporate taxation, Mergers and acquisitions & reorganizations and VAT. In addition to her Hungarian professional education, she gained a diploma in international taxation at the International Tax Institute of the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. She is frequent lecturer at national and international tax seminars, conferences and publisher of articles in various topics of national and international taxation.
LUIS F. LOZANO OLIVARES
Legal Government & Industry Affairs Senior Director and General Counsel & Compliance, Toyota Mexico
Luis F. Lozano Olivares received his law degree from the Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City, being admitted to practice throughout the Mexican Republic since 1998. Up to 2001 he practiced law in Mexico City with Baker & McKenzie as an associate of the firm. He lived in Madrid, Spain from September 2001 up to December 2002, where he attended and obtained the Executive Master in Business Administration degree form the prestigious IE Business School. He joined Jáuregui Navarrete y Nader, S.C. in 2003 as an associate. He joined Toyota Motor Sales de México, S. de R.L. de C.V. in 2005 where he has worked since as responsible of the Legal Department; his expertise include among others, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, project finance matters, contracts, foreign investment and as General Counsel he has familiarized with other relevant legal matters such as labor, tax, environmental-concerns, international trade and investment, transfer of technology and industrial property, Product liability and Consumer Protection. Luis has developed himself within Toyota by acquiring more responsibilities of relevant areas for the company. He is now responsible for Legal (as General Counsel for Mexico Operations), Government and Industry Affairs, Trade, Compliance and Corporate Communications for Mexican Toyota operations. He participated as representative of Toyota with government and Mexican private sector during the negotiations of USMCA. He is a columnist on politics in Excelsior which is a National Newspaper.
ALEXANDRE MARCOTTE
Group Director Legal – Commercial, AkzoNobel
Alexandre Marcotte is Group Director of Legal for Commercial at AkzoNobel based in the Netherlands. His previous experience includes working at global companies, such as Saint-Gobain and Volkswagen. Before holding his current role, Alexandre Marcotte was director legal for AkzoNobel’s decorative paint branch where he managed globally renowned brands such as Dulux, Sikkens and Hammerite. Over his career Alexandre has had a number of highlights, perhaps his most inventive implementation so far is the ‘set-up and the roll-out of a competition law face-to-face program, tailor-made for different businesses and targets (employees working for sales, marketing, procurement and market intelligence departments)’. He is furthermore credited for his handling of the recall of a colossal number of products, meeting the high expectations of senior management while at the same time retaining their position on the market. In this situation he played a key role in identifying risks and reviewing agreements with a creative mind-set in order to avoid damage pay-outs, all managed in a multi-jurisdictional environment. Alexandre is similarly commended on his redefinition of legal responsibilities amongst his legal team at AkzoNobel in order to adhere to the global nature of company. In conjunction, he has also introduced increased communication with stakeholders and implemented a legal operations department to put technologies and development at the core of AkzoNobel’s legal department. He places great importance on partnering with business and function in order to be successful in-house.
GIORGIO MARTELLINO
President AITRA and General Counsel Avio
Giorgio Martellino is currently the General Counsel and Compliance Officer of Avio, a leading company in the space propulsion, listing on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange. Thanks to this current experience as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and member of Compliance Committee 231 of Avio, he improved his skills in compliance matters leading projects on anticorruption and risk management. He previously served as as General Counsel, acquired both in foreign Corporate Group (Abbott), Italian multinationals (Natuzzi and Cementir) and Italian Utility (Acquedotto Pugliese Spa). He possesses an in-depth knowledge of Corporate Governance systems (including listed companies). In general, especially during the last years, as Chairman of Italian Association for Transparency and Anticorruption (AITRA) and member of Board of the Italian In-House Counsel Association (AIGI), he had the chance to create a strong network with his peers of other leading companies, both in private and public sectors, and to profitably discuss and convene with them on certain “best practices” in managing some of the most important processes within the Compliance area (also by using IT tools). He has been a speaker and opinion leader on Compliance, Transparency, and Anticorruption in several forums, congresses and workshops and a professor in those matters in the Master for In House Counsels at LUISS and LUMSA, both Universities based in Rome.
ANGELA MELISSARI
Chief Compliance Officer & DPO, MMSPA
Angela Melissari is the Chief Compliance Officer & DPO of MMSPA Metropolitane Milanesi SpA since 2017. Her area of expertise includes compliance audit, periodic analysis and updating of emerging non-conforming and reputable risks in accordance with the corporate business model, regulatory and internal procedures adopted by the company, analysis, risk management and support for compliance with the various regulations to which the company is subject. She previously worked for Sogin SpA in Rome from 2013 to 2017 initially as Senior Internal Auditor, then as Program Planning Manager and Risk Manager and ultimately as Head of Risk Management & Compliance. She also worked as Internal Audit Manager from 2008 to 2013 for Allianz SpA and as Internal Audit Manager for Antonveneta Danni Spa – AVPA – Trieste as well. She obtained a master’s degree in law from the Cattolica University of Milan in 2001 and a master’s II level as Privacy Officer in 2015.
SANDRA MORI
Data Privacy Officer (DPO), Coca-Cola Europe
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 the Middle East and senior operations counsel for the EU Group.
AGOSTINO NUZZOLO
General Counsel, Executive Vice President Legal and Tax and Secretary to the Board of Directors, TIM
Born in Caserta on April, 12 1968, he is graduated: in Economics at University of Bergamo (110/110 cum laude) in November 1995; in Law at University of Milan, in October 1999; and in Scienze della Sicurezza Economico-finanziaria at University of Tor Vergata, Rome (110/110 cum laude), in September 2003. He attended also a Master in Corporate Taxation at Scuola Polizia Tribuataria Guardia di Finanza in cooperation with Bocconi University, Milan (October 2001/July 2003) and is admitted to the Bar (Italian Attorney). In January 2017, he joined TIM as General Counsel and Head of Legal Affairs. From December 2017 to March 2018 he was also appointed, ad interim, Head of Human Resources and Organization Department. Since March 2018 he is General Counsel, Head of Legaland Tax . He also holds the position of Secretary to the Board of Directors and is member of the BoDs of several subsidiaries among which two listed companies, in Italy and in Brasil. From July 2016 to January 2017, he held the position of General Counsel, Operational Director and Secretary of the Board of Directors in Italmobiliare S.p.A. From May 2006 for 10 years, he workd in Italcementi Group, starting as Head of Tax and adding progressively several responsibility up to the position of Group General Counsel, Legal, Tax and Compliance Director. From July 1986 to May 2006. he served in Guardia di Finanza (Bergamo) where he started as officer cadet at the Military Academy (1986-90). During his career he was in charge of managing and supervising the daily activities and inspections for the purpose of combating tax and finance criminal activities as well as training of military cadet and other personnel in the Academy, lately assigned both to national and international units and operations. In the last appointment he served as Lieutenant Colonel, Head of Analysis and Studies within the Commanding General.
BLAŽPATE
Partner, LeitnerLeitner Slovenia
Blaž Pate is Partner LeitnerLeitner Slovenia. His area of expertise includes taxation of domestic and international SMEs as well as corporate groups, international and EU tax law, M&A, transfer pricing, High Net Individuals. He’s been Partner at LeitnerLeitner since 2014 and is President of the board of the Slovenian IFA (International Fiscal Association) since 2016. He earned his Bachelor in Law in 2004 and his Master of Laws in 2006.
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.
SIBILLA RICCIARDI
CEO and co-founder, in2law
Sibilla Ricciardi is CEO and co-founder of in2law, an innovative start-up in the world of legal consulting that has redefined the relationship between companies and legal professionals, facilitating the introduction of key skills into business processes. Before founding in2law, Sibilla was the head of legal at Microsoft’s Italian subsidiary for more than 10 years, managing the local team and learning to deal with change and fast-paced legal services. She also had the opportunity to be part of the cloud revolution and to be active in the surrounding privacy debate including the EU model clauses. She graduated in Law from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore with a specialty in International studies. She embraced the world of Law and technology completing an LLM at Houston University with Professor Nimmer. She started her career at Zambelli Luzzati e Meregalli Studio Associato, where she discovered the key role of in-house counsel working on secondment at Coca Cola and Microsoft.
GHADA SABBAGH
Senior Compliance Officer, Banque du Liban
Ghada Sabbagh works as a Senior Compliance Officer at the Compliance Unit of the Central Bank in Beirut, Lebanon. She is in charge of supervising the work of Banks, Financial Institutions and other regulated entities in the field of compliance. She is a holder of a BA in Private law from the University of Holy Spirit in Lebanon, and went on to receive a DEA in Public law from the same institution in partnership with University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France. She also received her LLM in international Law from the University of Minnesota law School, USA. Sabbagh is a member of the Beirut Bar Association since 2005 and has worked in various prestigious law firms in Lebanon and in the United States such as Levant law firm in Lebanon and Dorsey and Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, USA. Prior to joining the Banque du Liban, Me. Sabbagh worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C. on topics related to Islamic Banking Resolution and Taxation. Recently, she has been involved in monitoring and ensuring the effective implementation of Data Protection regulations (i.e. GDPR, US Cloud Act and the Lebanese Data Protection law No. 81) by the relevant regulated entities.
CINO ZUCCHI
Architect, CZA
Born in Milano in 1955, Cino Zucchi has earned degrees in Architectural Design at M.I.T. and at the Politecnico di Milano, where he is currently Chair Professor. He has taught in many international design workshops and has been a John T. Dunlop Visiting Professor at the GSD of Harvard University. Author of several articles and books on matters of architectural and urban theory, he participated to various editions of the Milano Triennale and of the Venice Biennale of Architecture, where he has been the curator of the Italian Pavilion in 2014. He has been the chairman of the jury of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies Award 2015.
Together with his studio CZA he has designed and realized several projects, among which the ex-Junghans factory site in Venice, the ex-Alfa Romeo-Portello Nord area and of the Corte Verde in Milano, the Keski Pasila master plan in Helsinki, the Car Museum and the Lavazza HQ in Turin, the Salewa HQ in Bozen.
Speakers at 11 JUNE 2019 events
ANGELINO ALFANO
Of Counsel, BonelliErede
He joined BonelliErede as Of Counsel in July 2018, after having carried out an important academic and institutional career. His past institutional activities include: from 1994-1997 Councilor of the Regional Province of Agrigento, from 1996-2001 Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and from 2001-2018 Member of the Chamber. From 2008-2018 he was Minister in three different governments: Minister of Justice, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. He was the longest-serving minister in Italian history. He served as Deputy Prime Minister between 2013 and 2014. He was a member of the Council of the European Union for the Justice and Internal Affairs sectors and during the 2014 Italian presidency semester, he chaired the Council of the European Union for Internal Affairs. In May 2009, he chaired the G8 Justice in Rome, in 2013 the G6 Interior Ministers and in 2017 the G7 Foreign Ministers, as well as the UN Security Council. Since 2013, he has been the president of the Fondazione De Gasperi. During his long career as a minister he was a promoter or speaker of several bills including the laws for harsh imprisonment of the mafia and the ability of the State to seize criminal assets. He created the Codice Antimafia, which unified all related previous legislation into one. In 2010 he proposed the text that was approved by parliament to reform the code of civil procedure effectively launching the electronic civil trial procedure to be a “filter” for the Supreme Court and the institute of civil mediation and allow for widespread reduction in delays of civil trials. He proposed the decree that was passed into law to prevent and combat international terrorism. He is the promoter of the law against stadium violence that has introduced new types of crime and new organizational measures of sports venues. He proposed and approved the decree that introduced the crime of Stalking and strengthened the measures to combat gender violence. He is the author of scientific articles in specialized magazines, such as New Commentary Civil Law and European and Private Law. He has been a speaker at various conferences and seminars at universities and institutions on matters related to his ministerial activity.
STEFANO AZZALI
Director 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 is the 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 a member of its Federal Court of Justice of the same Federation. He is also a 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).
ZIAD BAHAA-ELDIN
Managing Partner of Bahaa-Eldin Law Office in cooperation with BonelliErede (Egypt)
Ziad Bahaa-Eldin is the Managing Partner of Bahaa-Eldin Law Office in cooperation with BonelliErede (Egypt). He has over twenty years of experience serving in government positions and in the private sector and he is currently a member of several boards 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 has extensive experience in financial law, banking, capital market, investment and company laws, governance, compliance and economic legislation. He holds a PhD in Law at London School of Economics and a Master’s 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.
MARCO BERLIRI
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Marco Berliri is one of the most well-known lawyers in Italy in the areas of commercial law and Information Technology. He has worked in this field for almost 20 years and is one of the pioneers in the legal arena on new technologies and e-commerce in Italy. He advises many of the most important international players of the new economy with passion and dedication and is well known for his commercial and business-oriented approach. Marco is a partner and is the head of the Technology, Media and Communications and Commercial Group in Italy. Marco has significant knowledge in information technology, including e-commerce, outsourcing, ISP’s liability, and data protection. He also has great experience in the commercial law field, including outsourcing, distribution, sponsorship, and general trading arrangements. Marco has worked both in Italy and in the United States, where he also received an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from Georgetown University in Washington DC. He received a number of awards and acknowledgments from the industry publications and is consistently ranked in the first tier by all legal directories. Marco Berliri has been awarded the “ILO Client Choice Award” for Information Technology in Italy every year from 2011 to 2018, and as “TMT lawyer of the year” by Legalcommunity in 2015. Berliri was also listed as one of the 50 most influential lawyers in Italy in 2014 and 2015 by Legalcommunity.
STEVEN BURKILL
Partner and Head of the Bangkok office and Head of the Asia Dispute Resolution, Watson Farley & Williams
Steven joined Watson Farley & Williams in 1998 and is Head of the Bangkok office and Head of the Asia Dispute Resolution team. Steven specialises in international litigation and, in particular, London and Asia‑based arbitrations involving energy and large scale project disputes. Steven has advised on renewable energy disputes in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, India and China – all of which have involved arbitration and/or court litigation. Steven has used this know-how on commercial projects to help avoid disputes and manage risk. He is cited inLegal 500 Asia PacificandChambers Asia Pacificdirectories as a ‘leading practitioner’ in dispute resolution work. Steven has also sat as an arbitrator on several occasions in ICC, SIAC, TAI and ad hoc arbitrations.
FABRIZIO CAPUA
Chairman and CEO, Caffè Mauro
51 years old, married, father of two children, lives in Milan. The fourth generation of entrepreneurs of the Calabrian agribusiness. Master in Business Administration at Bocconi University and studies in the United States. He began his career at The Coca-Cola Export Corporation and then he has joined the Coca-Cola bottling company SOCIB SpA, the largest southern Italy bottler, accompanying its development till its sale to Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company in 2008. The same year he founded “Independent Investments” and acquired Caffè Mauro, bringing it back to grow again. In 2005 he became president of Assobibe Confindustria, in 2010 Technical Councilor of the Calabria Region with responsibility for Special Programs U.E. and the Euro-Mediterranean Policies. Over time he won several awards, including “Milano Finanza” award, “Coca-Cola System Award” and the inscription in Capital’s Golden Book of Italian Entrepreneurship.
ENRICO CASTALDI
Founding Partner, CastaldiPartners
Avvocato in Milan andAvocat au barreau de Paris, Enrico Castaldi is mainly involved in the following areas: Corporate & Commercial, M&A, Real Estate & Retail and Restructuring. Based on his more than thirty-year experience, he also deals with the definition of the most important litigation strategies. After the first period spent working in Rome, Enrico Castaldi worked for more than ten years with Lette & Associés, mainly in Paris, but also in Montreal and Toronto, Canada. In 1996, he founded Castaldi Mourre & Partners in Paris (CastaldiPartners since 2016), which over the years has become the law firm of reference for the economic relations between Italy and France. Enrico Castaldi dealt with hundreds of cross-border investment transactions, industrial and commercial agreements and joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and structures of corporate.
JAS CHEEMA
Partner, Accuracy
Jas is a Partner in the London / Dubai offices of Accuracy, Project Advisory and Disputes practice. Jas is a quantity surveyor and specialises in forensic construction quantum, project advisory and dispute resolution. He has over 20 years of construction experience and provides expert advice and testimony on construction quantum including the assessment of additional costs, prolongation, disruption and loss and expense on a variety of construction and infrastructure projects worldwide. Jas is a chartered member of both the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Jas has been appointed and testified (including witness conferencing) as quantum expert, in Arbitration/litigation proceedings in Europe and the Middle East.
MARTA COLONNA
Senior Associate Hogan Lovells and DPO of the Digital Transformation Team of the Italian Government
The Internet has no territorial boundaries; Marta, thanks to her pan-European education and her experience in this field, is able to work on cross-border projects and provide multi-jurisdictional solutions to online companies. Clients can always count on Marta’s experience in facing a broad range of challenges for online operators in Italy and more generally in Europe. She has acquired significant experience on all matters relating to online business and provides 360-degree assistance to clients: from drafting user agreements, privacy policies and compliance policies to assisting clients in day-to-day legal questions, including representation before courts or authorities in proceedings dealing with e-commerce, information technology, consumer protection and data protection issues. Marta is fluent in Italian, English and French and speaks Spanish. After graduating in law in France and obtaining a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property and Information Technology law in the U.K., Marta, since 2012, has assisted some of the most important players in Italy in the e-commerce and Internet industry and regularly advises clients in commercial matters, data protection, consumer protection, proceedings before Italian Authorities and litigation before national courts.
GIUSEPPE CONTI
Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs for Italy, Enel
Giuseppe Conti is Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs for all the activities of Enel in Italy. Previously, he was Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs at Enel Green Power, acting as General Counsel for the Rome-based multinational renewable energy corporation. Mr Conti is also Chairman of Enel Generación Chile, a company listed in Chile.
Mr Conti initially began as an in-house legal advisor for Enel’s international business development in 2003, working his way up through the company to reach his current position, including covering internationally-based roles within subsidiaries of the Group such as Enel North America in the United-States.
He has a strong track record of cross-border transactions. Prior to Enel Green Power, he was part of the Spanish utility company Endesa and was based in Spain when it was acquired by Enel Group. Mr. Conti was heavily involved in this transaction that required complex legal solutions.
Mr Conti successfully obtained his J.D. at the Messina University.
LAURA CÓZAR
Partner, Accuracy
Laura is a partner of Accuracy, based in Madrid. She is an infrastructure and energy specialist with over 15 years’ experience. Laura has advised banks, corporations, investors and governments in the financing, development and acquisition over 50 major infrastructure PPP/concession projects with investment budgets over $6 billion in 20 countries worldwide. Laura has worked as an independent expert in the quantification of financial damages in over 20 investment and commercial arbitration cases involving large transport, water, renewable and conventional energy projects worldwide, usually in the context of disputes arising from contractual breaches, regulation changes and construction overruns, among other causes. She has worked on cases in ICC, ICSID, SCC and SIAC arbitration forums and before the Spanish Court, and has also acted as judge-appointed expert. She holds an MSc in civil engineering and an executive MBA. Laura is a registered forensic engineer in Spain. She is a founding member of the Spanish branch of the Society of Construction Law (Club de Derecho de la Construcción e Ingeniería), and a member of the Society of Construction Law in England.
MARCO D’ALIMONTE
Country Manager Italy, Tesla
Since February 2017 Marco D’Alimonte has been Country Manager for Tesla Italy. Previously Marco drove business development for Tesla’s Energy Products in South Europe, establishing the Powerpack and Powerwall business in this region. Marco also led the development of Tesla’s Supercharger network, the world’s largest EV charging infrastructure, throughout Central and South Europe.
HELENA DANDENELL
Board Member, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Helena is a Board Member of The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. She has a broad legal background and has, in parallel with her dispute resolution practice, worked extensively with mergers and acquisitions and general corporate advice. Her work is focused on dispute resolution and she represents clients in commercial disputes in court and in domestic and international in arbitral proceedings. She is often appointed as arbitrator. She has extensive experience of arbitration under the SCC rules, the ICC rules, and ad hoc arbitrations covering a broad range of legal fields and industries. Helena has particular experience from the IT, telecom and energy sectors. She is a member of inter alia the Swedish Bar Association, the Swedish Arbitration Association, and Young Arbitrators Stockholm.
VINCENZO DE LUCA
Director-General for the Promotion of the Italian Economic System Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Vincenzo De Luca took office on 1 February 2016 as Director-General for the Promotion of the Italian Economic System after having served in the same Directorate General as Deputy Director-General and Central Director for the Internationalisation of the Italian Economic System and of the autonomous local authorities (since January 2014). He has been a career diplomat since 1989 and has been given several assignments at the Foreign Ministry and at the diplomatic representations in Khartoum, Tunis, Paris (at the permanent Representation at the OECD) and in Shanghai. He has a long-standing expertise in the internationalisation of the economic system of the public and private sector, both in Central Offices, in the capacity of Diplomatic Advisor of the Ministries of Industry, Transports and Economic Development, and in large corporations like ENI and ENEL, where he served as Vice President for Institutional International Relations. During the past few years, he played a relevant role in the organisation of the EXPO Milano 2015 as President of the Foreign Ministry’s Task Force, capitalising on his experience as Consul General in Shanghai.
STEFANO DE LUCA TAMAJO
Partner, Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo
Stefano is a Partner based in Milan who specialises in employment law and industrial relations, restructuring and transfers of undertakings and litigation. He read law at the University degli Studi Napoli Federico II, graduating with honors in 2005. Stefano was then admitted to the Italian Bar in 2008. He became a Partner at the Firm in 2012 and has collaborated in the past with the Professors of Employment and Labour Law at the University of Salerno, where he also lectured on employment law. He speaks fluent English and Spanish and advises multinational companies on a daily basis, including in relation to multi-jurisdictional matters handled by the international alliance Ius Laboris. He is the author of several articles and publications on employment law aspects relating to transfers of undertakings. He is a member of the Italian Employment Lawyers Association (AGI) and the International Bar Association (IBA).
MASSIMO DI TERLIZZI
Partner, Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati
Admitted to the roll of Lawyers (Avvocato) of the Italian Court and to the roll of Solicitors of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Registered with the Italian Register of Certified Tax Advisors (Dottore Commercialista) and the Italian Register of Certified Public Statutory Auditors (Registro dei Revisori Legali). Equity Partner, Member of the Executive Committee and of the Board at Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati (Milan). Equity Partner and Managing Partner at Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati Ltd (London).Chairman at Pirola Consulting China Co. Ltd (Beijing and Shanghai). Chairman at Pirola Corporate Finance SpA (Milan). Knowledge of and experience with corporate, commercial and tax law, M&A, Private Equity and restructuring. Member of Boards of Directors and Statutory Auditor of Italian companies and Italian subsidiaries of foreign multinational groups.
MOHAMED ELMOGY
General Counsel Egypt, Siemens Technologies S.A.E.
Dr. Mohamed Elmogy is General Counsel for Egypt at Siemens Technologies. Prior to this, he was the Head of Legal and General Counsel for Egypt, Libya, and Sudan at one of the top multinational pharmaceutical companies. His legal expertise includes litigation, dispute resolution & claims, compliance & governance, drafting and reviewing agreements, employment matters, negotiation. Prior to 2016, Dr. Elmogy was the Compliance & Ethics Officer MEA at Pepsi Co International, based in the Dubai regional office. He is a senior legal counsel and compliance officer with a track record of 21 years of 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, positions such as Senior Legal Counsel at Qatar Petroleum in Doha and Senior Litigation & Property Lawyer at Vodafone in Cairo. Dr. Elmogy successfully obtained his Ph.D. in International Commercial Arbitration at the American Arab Academy in partnership with the Texas University in the US 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.
FABIO FAGIOLI
Group General Counsel, Maire Tecnimont
Fabio Fagioli is Group General Counsel at Maire Tecnimont and has been holding his position since June 2013. He joined KT – Kinetics Technology SpA (formerly Tecnimont KT) in 2004 with the target to start up the Legal and Contract Department. He has been Board Member of a number of subsidiary companies of KT – Kinetics Technology. Since September 2013 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Tecnimont SpA, Tecnimont Civil Construction SpA, KT – Kinetics Technology SpA, and Met NewEn SpA. Mr. Fagioli graduated in Law in 2002 (University of Rome). He started his career in a law firm in Rome.
ALESSANDRO FASANELLA
Senior Legal Counsel, Google
Alessandro has a Degree in Law at Unverstità degli Studi di Milano and has developed a significant expertise in the Corporate and Commercial area, and relation to legal work in the new technologies field. Alessandro started his legal career at Vita Samory, Fabbrini e Associati (now Orrick) and then spent 5 years at Freshfields advising international and domestic clients on a broad range of issues of commercial and general corporate law. He moved to PayPal in 2011 to become the legal counsel responsible for the Italian Business, negotiating a wide range of commercial and banking contracts, including on-line merchant services, payment processing agreement, and prepaid cards networking agreements. Since 2012 he is a Senior Legal counsel at Google in Italy where he supports the Italian business by drafting and negotiating complex and innovative commercial contracts and working closely with marketing, product and business development teams.
ISABEL FERNANDES
Head of Legal, Grupo Visabeira
Isabel Fernandesis the Head of Legal of Grupo Visabeira since august 2006, which since april 2009 also includes Grupo Vista Alegre. The Portugal-based conglomerate Grupo Visabeira is active in a diverse business sectors (telecommunications, energy, industry, construction, real estate and tourism), with a presence in a number of countries (16 in total), being particularly active in Africa (Mozambique and Angola), where the multinational and multisectoral company has formalized long-standing partnerships within telecomunications and energy insfrastructural areas, cable TV, tourism, construction and services sectors. Mozambique is a country Visabeira Head of Legal Isabel Fernandes knows particularly well, having taught Law degree at the country’s firts private university before beeing actively part in the reform of its tax regime and advising some of the most iconic foreign investing projects in the country as an associate director of PricewaterhouseCoopers Mozambique (1996-2006). Before Mozambique, she was invited to go to Macau as part of the Office for Legal Translation in charge of supporting the Governor within the territory transiction process to China, where she stayed for two years (1994-1996). Having studied at the Coimbra University, Isabel Fernandes trained for the Portuguese Bar Association while working in the Studying and Planing Department of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice, particularly assisting the representation of the Ministry within OECD and European Comission in several legal matters, with particular focus to the initial discussions around personal data protection (1993-1996). Isabel Fernandes currently leads a thirteen–person legal team in charge of asisting the managing structure in respect of the diverse legal matters affecting Visabeira and its numerous international subsidiaries. Grupo Visabeira’s legal team main function is no longer limited to managing the legal risk associated with the business they work with, rather than partner with the business, unsderstand its issues and produce viable and tangible solutions.
ALBERTO FRAUSIN
CEO, Carlsberg
Alberto Frausin, has acquired a solid and consolidated professional experience in the Consumer Good sector both on national territory and especially on international territory. He is graduated in 1980 at Luigi Bocconi University and he has started his professional career at Kraft Company – Marketing area. After this first professional impact he continued his experience at SC Johnson in Italy, US and Hungary for 14 years. He landed to Manetti & Roberts as General Manager (in Italy) and then into Ferrero Group (Luxembourg), Ceo at Zambon (Pharmaceutical Branch), Ceo at Galbani.-Lactis Group (in Italy). In 2007 he joined Carlsberg Italy as Managing Director and CEO of Center of Excellence (CoE) between Carlsberg Group covering the innovative period of DraughtMaster project development worldwide. He has represented Assobirra Association (National association that includes all the major industrials of beer and malt in Italy) as President since 2011 and today he is President of GS1 Italy (Italian subsidiary of the international association that offers solutions and services to improve the products visibility, the exchange of information between companies in general, business processes based on barcodes used in the consumer goods chain). GS1 is present in 150 countries worldwide. During his carrier he has always stood out for its human and professional values such as Circular Economy , Sustainability, Technology Improvements in general to be always ready to promptly accept market challenges.
MATTEO FRIGERIO
Country Manager, Airbnb
Lawyer with an abundance of regulatory and technology expertise accrued over the years, Matteo Frigerio has a true passion for new technologies regulation, combined with an impressive track record in the corporate legal world.Frigerio joined the popular accommodation booking platform, Airbnb, in 2016 as a senior legal counsel and in February 2018 was appointed as country manager and senior legal counsel for Italy. In his current role he has ultimate responsibility for Country growth, goals and local operations, while working hand-in-hand with policy makers and government relations experts to propose new legislative initiatives, participate in public debates as well as contribute to direct democracy opportunities to amend existing laws. He is also responsible for building the legal operations from scratch, focusing on priorities and regulatory assessments. Prior to taking up his current role he spent time between Switzerland and Ireland in various regulatory roles at Yahoo and Ralph Lauren.During his time at Yahoo, Frigerio served as EMEA head of regulatory compliance and law enforcement, substantially contributing to building a new legal department when Yahoo moved its headquarters from Geneva to Dublin and creating a law enforcement liaison team in the new HQ from scratch. At Ralph Lauren, he acted as EMEA Legal Director for Regulatory Compliance, Corporate and Tax, looking after supply chain compliance and tech retail strategies.
FABRIZIO FUJANI
Business Stream Manager, TÜV Rheinland
Fabrizio Fujani, after working in HR, Finance, Internationalization field, and finally Compliance services for more than 10 years, recently he has been representing, as Business Stream Manager, TUV Rheinland, one of international leaders in certification sector, for 4 years and a half. His business unit is in charge of certifying companies, according to international standards, audit/due diligence outcomes, customer specifications and also supply chain peculiarity. Today, more than ever, Risk assessments are fundamental in a highly competitive market to guarantee business continuity and prevent possible crisis areas.
ANNE-MANUELLE GAILLET
Partner, Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati
Anne-Manuelle Gaillet is a lawyer qualified at the Paris and Milan bars and is specialized in Merger and Acquisitions, joint venture and other corporate transactions for strategic domestic or cross border mid-cap transactions. More generally, she assists clients in the field of business and corporate law under Italian and French law and has developed experience in the area of compliance, as counsel and member of supervisory bodies of Italian subsidiaries of international groups. She is also active in business litigation as well as domestic and international arbitration both as counsel and arbitrator. In addition, she has developed a specific focus and track record in the field of Retail Real Estate for famous French and Italian brands of fashion and luxury.
KAREN JABBOUR LAHOUD
Senior Legal Counsel, Central Bank of Lebanon
Karen Jabbour Lahoud is a Senior Legal Counsel at the Central Bank of Lebanon (Banque du Liban). She has been a member of the Beirut Bar Association since 2004. Karen has practiced law in Lebanon and GCC (UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman) for over 15 years and has developed a wide experience in Investment Structures, Corporate Law, M&As, Real Estate and Taxation. She currently handles the negotiation and management of Lebanese Republic grant agreements with international donors (World Bank, EU, AFD, EIB…) when the Central Bank is appointed as a Fund Manager. She also 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, real estate , banking secrecy and equity investments in Lebanese Start-ups, Incubators, Accelerators and VC firms. She participated in amending the Lebanese Commercial Code provisions that aim to encourage foreign investment in Lebanese companies via the issuance of Global Depositary Receipts (recently promulgated by Cabinet). 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 received a Bachelor of Civil Law from Sagesse University in Lebanon and her Master of Laws (LLM) from University of California, Berkeley in USA. She also holds a Fintech laws and policies certificate from Duke University.
FRANCESCO LAMPERTI
Partner, Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati
Graduated in Law at the University of Milan. Registered with the Milan Bar Association. Specializes in mergers and acquisitions (both local and cross border, with specific reference to acquisitions and disposals of shareholdings and undertakings), restructuring operations and joint ventures, corporate law and corporate governance, contracts (agency, commission, resale and non-standard contracts) and Compliance (pursuant to legislative decree 231). He is a member of the Supervisory Body (Organismo di Vigilanza) of several companies.
TONI LORENZO
Partner, Lewis Silkin
Toni is a highly skilled and experienced litigator with a very strong international practice. He advises clients on the law surrounding the protection of business interests, including confidential information and restrictive covenants, contested dismissals, Employment Tribunal claims including discrimination claims, whistleblowing claims, breach of contract claims and fiduciary duties. Toni also advises partnerships and LLPs on the specific duties owed by members and partners. Toni is a CEDR accredited mediator and has acted as a mediator in a number of disputes. He speaks fluent Spanish and Italian and has worked with many international clients and is heavily involved in Ius Laboris. Toni has been described as “one of the best High Court litigators” in Legal 500 and “one of the best in the business at injunctive work – very few solicitors have greater experience than him and strategically he is great” in Chambers & Partners.
ALEXANDRE MARCOTTE
Group Director Legal – Commercial, AkzoNobel
Alexandre Marcotte is Group Director of Legal for Commercial at AkzoNobel based in the Netherlands. His previous experience includes working at global companies, such as Saint-Gobain and Volkswagen. Before holding his current role, Alexandre Marcotte was director legal for AkzoNobel’s decorative paint branch where he managed globally renowned brands such as Dulux, Sikkens and Hammerite. Over his career Alexandre has had a number of highlights, perhaps his most inventive implementation so far is the ‘set-up and the roll-out of a competition law face-to-face program, tailor-made for different businesses and targets (employees working for sales, marketing, procurement and market intelligence departments)’. He is furthermore credited for his handling of the recall of a colossal number of products, meeting the high expectations of senior management while at the same time retaining their position on the market. In this situation he played a key role in identifying risks and reviewing agreements with a creative mind-set in order to avoid damage pay-outs, all managed in a multi-jurisdictional environment. Alexandre is similarly commended on his redefinition of legal responsibilities amongst his legal team at AkzoNobel in order to adhere to the global nature of company. In conjunction, he has also introduced increased communication with stakeholders and implemented a legal operations department to put technologies and development at the core of AkzoNobel’s legal department. He places great importance on partnering with business and function in order to be successful in-house.
JONATHAN MARSH
International General Counsel Total Marketing Services and President of ECLA
Jonathan Marsh has served as International General Counsel of Total’s Marketing Services Division since 2015 supervising a team of over 60 lawyers worldwide. Previously Mr. Marsh led the M&A and Finance Division at Total’s Group Legal Department from 2002 and served as its Group U.S. Counsel from 1998. He was an associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York from 1990. Mr. Marsh is President of the European Company Lawyers Association and Director and Vice President International Affairs of the French Corporate Counsel Association. He also serves on the French M&A Association’s Management Committee (ARFA). A member of the New York Bar since 1990, Mr. Marsh holds a JD and a BA from UW-Madison and served in the 65th Session of the French Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale.
MASSIMILIANO MASNADA
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Massimiliano Masnada focuses on privacy and compliance issues, particularly in the Internet world, and is responsible for the data protection practice in Italy. Given his business-oriented approach and his thorough knowledge of the Italian market, many international clients rely on Massimiliano’s advice to develop internal compliance programs. Mr. Masnada also represents some of the most important Internet and e-commerce companies in contentious matters. Massimiliano Masnada is one of the leading lawyers in Italy in the field of privacy and data protection: given his practical and commercial approach, Massimiliano is appreciated by clients for finding suitable solutions to comply with Italian and European regulations. Masnada’s knowledge covers a number of different issues including mobile technology, social media, connected cars, telemedicine, cloud computing, online tracking, and cross-border transfers of data. Massimiliano Masnada has represented many clients before the Italian Data Protection Authority on both contentious and non-contentious matters and often brings insight to clients on compliance in the privacy area. He also represents many of the most important Internet Service Providers and e-commerce players in relation to IT litigation, helping them solve a broad range of challenges in the Italian market. Masnada is also involved in the adoption, implementation, and updating of organizational and compliance models of international clients doing business in Italy. Massimiliano Masnada is often invited as a speaker by academic institutions or private organizations at seminars and master classes on data protection and compliance issues and has written several publications on data protection issues.
THOMAS MICARELLI
Senior Regional Counsel Southern Europe, Uber
Thomas Micarelli is a corporate and commercial lawyer with a strong professional background in Information and Communications Technology gained both in-house and in private practice. Thomas is a Senior regional counsel at Uber where he leads the legal department of the Southern European region (including Italy) from the Madrid hub. Before joining Uber, Thomas worked at Hogan Lovells in the TMT department as well as at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Thomas qualified as a lawyer in both Italy and Spain and fluently speaks Italian, English, Spanish and French.
SANDRA MORI
Data Privacy Officer (DPO), Coca-Cola Europe
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 the Middle East and senior operations counsel for the EU Group.
MASSIMO POLLIO
Managing Director, Imagro Construction (Orascom Construction Italy)
Massimo Pollio, born in Italy in 1966, is resident in Genoa, married since 1997, is father of three children.
In May he graduated in Economics at the University of Genoa.
In March 1992 he qualified for Accountant profession.
After a brief experience as consultant in the mechanical and electromechanical industry, from 1997 he
is Founder and President of Imagro Spa, a supply chain company operating in more than 30 countries
worldwide, providing multinational industrial groups with outsourcing and supply chain services for
household appliances and raw materials.
Since 2005 he has been appointed General Honorary Consul of Romania in Genoa.
From 2012 he is the co-founder of Flying Angels Foundation Onlus, an Italian charity project whose
purpose is to safeguard the right to health of children in a health emergency and that acts as the first
and only free tour operator of life in the world.
From February 2016 he is Managing Director of Imagro Construction, a joint venture with the Egyptian
Group Orascom Construction, an EPC company that has build together with the Siemens group, the
two largest Middle East gas power plants and now is active in other major infrastructure projects
araund the world.
PIER PAOLO RAMPINO
Co-Founder and Vice President JIAC
Pietro Paolo Rampino is Certified Public Accountant and Auditor; member of the Bar of Chartered Accountants in Milan, Technical Court Advisor and Official Receiver for the Court of Milan. Lecture MBA Luiss Business School where teaches “ Islamic Finance and Doing Business in the Mena Region”. He is Chairman of the Board Of Auditors and Internal Auditors of several medium and big Italian companies as well board member, trustyin important bankruptcy proceedings with Milan Court of Law. He is co-founder and Vice Chairman of Joint Italian Arab Chamber and founder, CEO of Italian Incubator & Accelerator of Excellence based in UAE and Italian exclusive representative of DP World and Jebel Ali Free Zone – Dubai, UAE. He also considered by some important Italian financial newspaper, one of the most influence Italian people in the Gulf Area.
MARK A. SALOMAN
Partner FordHarrison and Co-Chair of Non-Compete Trade Secrets and Business Litigation practice group
As Co-Chair of FordHarrison’s Non-Compete, Trade Secrets and Business Litigation practice group, Mark Saloman extensively litigates and counsels businesses and executives on the meaning, drafting, and enforceability of various types of post-employment restraints such as non-compete agreements, non-solicitation provisions, confidentiality agreements, and other restrictive covenants. For more than 25 years, he has successfully litigated these types of cases in more than 20 states and tried them to conclusion in state and federal courts. Mark also negotiates all types of employment and separation agreements for companies as well as senior executives. Mark has been recognized by New Jersey Super Lawyers and named a New York Area Top Rated Lawyer by ALM Media. He has also been honored for his pro bono efforts in the community. Mark holds bar admissions in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and Brandeis University.
ELVEZIO SANTARELLI
Partner of the Litigation and Arbitration Department, Watson Farley & Williams
Elvezio Santarelli is a partner of the Litigation and Arbitration Department in Italy. He specialises in national and international arbitration and litigation relating to energy and infrastructure matters, as well as project work and environmental, administrative, real estate and employment issues. Elvezio is authorised to represent clients before International arbitration chambers (ICC, CAM, ICSID and TC) and Italian Courts (First Instance Courts, Court of Appeal, High Court, TAR and Supreme Administrative Court) and has taken part in manifold litigation. Elvezio was recognised as “Lawyer of the Year – Arbitration” at Legalcommunity Energy Awards 2019. Under his guide, the Italian Litigation and Arbitration Department was also mentioned in 2018 and 2019 in prestigious international legal directories such as Chambers & Partners Global and Europe, and the Global Arbitration Review – GAR100. Elvezio also appears as a recommended individual for Energy in Legal 500 Europe 2013 as a result of his broad expertise in the litigation, construction, operation and maintenance of energy projects gained in a large number of high-profile transactions.
MAHMOUD SHAARAWY
Group Legal Director, Elsewedy Electric
Mahmoud Shaarawy is Group Legal Director at Elsewedy Electric and is the head of a team of 32 Lawyers serving about 96 companies in the Middle East and in Africa, specialized in energy, telecommunications, construction, turnkey projects, and manufacturing. His legal expertise includes contracting, services, consulting, purchasing, corporate, construction and company operations. He ensures compliance with MEA country laws and general matters such as land, corporate, competition, employment, intellectual property, dispute procedures, and claims management. Mr. Shaarawy has extensive experience in EPC agreements and related financing agreements, mainly handling agreements related to power generation, electricity transmission, electricity distribution, substations and infrastructure projects. He also reviewed and negotiated several project agreements related to renewable energy. Mr. Shaarawy’s previous experience includes working at ElDib Advocates where he expanded his legal expertise in several law fields and working as a legal counsel for the Multinational Corporation (Oracle) and International Corporations (Alkan & ElSewedy). He graduated from Alexandria University, with a bachelor’s in Law – English Department. He has a master’s degree 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.
MARCO SIDERI
Partner, Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo
Marco Sideri is a Partner based in Milan who specialises in employment law, industrial relations, and agency contracts. He read law at the University of Genoa, graduating in 2002, and was admitted to the Italian Bar in 2006. Marco speaks English, French and Spanish and regularly advises international clients. Marco is the author of a number of articles and publications on employment law topics and is enrolled on the Freelance Journalist Bar. He participates in many national and international conferences and seminars, as both a speaker and professor. He is a member of the Italian Employment Lawyers Association (AGI) and the International Bar Association (IBA).
STEFANO SIMONTACCHI
President, BonelliErede
Stefano Simontacchi is the President of BonelliErede. He has been a member of the Board since 2010 and Managing Partner from 2013 to November 2018. He focuses on international 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 a 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 and earned a PhD in International Taxation in 2007 from the same institution. Mr. Simontacchi qualified as a chartered accountant in 1998. In 1995, Mr. Simontacchi graduated with honours in Economics from Bocconi University.
EUGENIO TRANCHINO
Founder and Head of the Italian offices, Watson Farley & Williams
Eugenio Tranchino is the founder and the Head of the Italian offices of Watson Farley & Williams. Eugenio specialises in corporate law, including joint ventures, M&A, acquisition finance, as well as project finance, restructuring, and private equity. With extensive experience in energy projects, both renewable and conventional, he regularly advises major corporations, private equity funds and lenders on high-profile Italian and cross-border energy and infrastructure projects. He is admitted to both the Italian and French Bars. Eugenio is acknowledged as one of the 50 most influential lawyers in Italy (MAG Legalcommunity 2016 and 2017). He is also mentioned in leading international legal directories such as Chambers & Partners for his wide experience in corporate and energy-related matters, as well as Foreign Expert for France.
ELISABETH VANAS-METZLER
Deputy Secretary General, Vienna International Arbitral Centre
Elisabeth Vanas-Metzler is Deputy Secretary General of VIAC since January 2018. She joined the VIAC Secretariat in October 2017. Elisabeth Vanas-Metzler studied law at Vienna University (Mag. iur. 2003, Dr. iur. 2008), Geneva University (2002) and Harvard Law School (LL.M. 2007). She served as the Research Assistant at the Department for Business and Commercial Law at the Law Faculty of Vienna University. Later, she worked with renowned international law firms in Vienna and Bogotá (Colombia), first as an associate and then as an attorney-at-law. Her practice focused on dispute resolution and in particular international commercial arbitration, including experience as a party representative, administrative secretary, and arbitrator. Elisabeth Vanas-Metzler has been very active in this field, including the Willem C. Vis Moot, publications, lectures and memberships. She speaks German, English and Spanish.
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, the Family Companies Focus Team and the Sports Law Focus Team. He is graduated in Law from the University of Pavia in 1995.
PATRICIA MIRANDA VILLAR
Head of Corporate Legal Department, Cintra
Patricia Miranda has more than 20 years of legal experience advising companies both as an in-house counsel and an external lawyer in Spain and abroad, especially in the US, Australia, the UK, and in Italy. Since 2016 she works as Head of the Corporate and Financing Legal Department at one of the most important and profitable concessions companies in the world, with more than 25 highway concessions and projects in the US, Slovakia, Spain, Canada and Australia. Her current focus is the handling of extraterritorial discovery in disputes and the challenges for organizations in the era of big data, abuse of writing and “evidence keeping”. She started her career in 1997 at the in-house department of the first mobile operator alternative to the incumbent in the Spanish market, being directly involved in the competition and regulatory disputes related to the liberalization of the Spanish mobile telecommunications market. She then worked 5 years at the Madrid and Brussels office of a leading US firm where, among other projects, she handled the first ever Uncitral arbitration requesting the rebalancing of the LG gas procurement prices of contracts signed before the liberalization of the EU energy sector, with a positive result for the client of more than 1500 M€. She then served 10 years as director of international subsidiaries of a big Spanish IT multinational, where she managed acquisitions, entry into the Italian market and other corporate projects at a global level.
Speakers at 12 JUNE 2019 events
MATTEO BENOZZO
Partner, Pavia e Ansaldo Studio Legale
Matteo Benozzo is Co-Head of the Environmental Department of Pavia e Ansaldo. Within the area of environmental law, he is an expert in the areas of audits and due diligence, and represents both domestic and international clients operating in the military and defence sectors, chemical and pharmaceutical, oil & gas, energy, real estate and industrial goods production sectors in administrative procedures and litigation matters. Thanks to his expertise gained in the area of food and beverage law, Mr Benozzo advises industrial and agri-business clients on the entire production process, market positioning, customer relations and on all aspects relating to health and safety, from the different perspectives of administrative, civil and criminal law liability. Matteo Benozzo is assistant professor at the University of Macerata, where he teaches environmental and safety law. He has served as legal advisor to the Italian Senate on Permanent Commission XIII “Territory, environment, environmental heritage” and Permanent Commission IX “Agriculture and food production”. Mr Benozzo is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), of AIDA (Italian food law association), as well as secretary of the university association “Club giuristi dell’ambiente” (environmental lawyers club).
CLAUDIO BERGONZI
Director General, Indicam
Claudio Bergonzi is Director General of INDICAM, the Italian leading association for the IP protection. He started his professional life in Microsoft where he spent 10 years, covering different roles. After he moved to a Japanese firm specialized in data protection software. Prior to join INDICAM he acted as consultant in the pharmaceutical and scientific filed. He joined INDICAM in 2013.
MAURO BOMBACIGNO
Head of Engagement, BNP Paribas Italia
Mauro Bombacigno has been Head of Engagement at BNP Paribas Italia since February 2018. 56 years old, a native of Mirandola in the surroundings of Modena, he has a degree in economics from the Bocconi University. He has a long and broad international experience in the financial sector; he has worked for BNP Paribas since 1997, where he held positions in investment banking and in various business activities of the Group. He works between Rome, Milan and Paris.
FRANCESCO BRUNO
Partner, Pavia e Ansaldo Studio Legale
Francesco Bruno is Co-Head of the Environmental Department of Pavia e Ansaldo. Within the area of environmental law, he advises multinational corporations, public bodies and leading Italian companies on a variety of issues relating to criminal law (damage to the environment; offences threatening the health and safety of citizens and workers), administrative law (penalties, authorizations procedures, relations with the public administration and appeals) and civil law (bringing and resisting actions concerning compensation for environmental damage, contractual liability and actions in tort), both representing the client before the courts and advising the client throughout the life of the company. Francesco Bruno has built up extensive expertise in the area of food and beverage law, and advises on the entire production process, with particular emphasis on marketing of food products, customer relations and on all aspects relating to health and safety, from the various perspectives of administrative, civil and criminal law liability. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Molise, at the University Biomedical Campus and the University La Sapienza in Rome, where he teaches environmental law, food and beverage law and safety law. He has been Visiting at the Columbia Law School in New York (Center of Climate Change Law) in 2012, Visiting Faculty at the UCLA School of Law (LA) in 2013 and 2014 and Visiting Researcher at FIU in 2015. Francesco is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), of AIDA (Italian food law association), as well as secretary of the university association “Club giuristi dell’ambiente” (environmental lawyers club).He is the author of almost a hundred publications and has been speaker at several conferences, both national and international.
MARCO CODOGNOLA
General Manager Environmental Division, Itelyum
Marco Codognola is graduated in Electronic Engineering at the Politecnico of Milan in 1992, he spent 20 years in the energy sector, developing & managing sales and power-gas infrastructure projects in Italy and abroad. He joined Viscolube in 2012 as Sales and Business Development Director. For the last 7 years, Marco has been developing the group, through both organic and external growth, increasing customers and market served as well as developing the environmental division in charge of industrial waste management. At present Marco is General Manager of ITELYUM Regeneration (former Viscolube).
Itelyum among the global forerunners of circular economy, is the national leader and recognized international player in management and valorization of industrial waste, regeneration of used lube oils and purification of chemical and oil streams. Thanks to 16 companies, 15 operating sites and 500 people Itelyum offers sustainable solutions to over 20,000 customers in more than 50 countries.
ELENA GALLETTI
VP Marketing, Brandstock Group
Elena Galletti is VP Marketing at Brandstock Group. After years of experience as General Counsel in a fashion company, she moved to Brandstock to combine legal background with her ability to communicate and manage creative activities. She is specialized in digital campaigns and brand identity.
CHIARA GENTILE
Member of the Board, AIGI
Chiara Gentile is a Senior Legal Counsel at multinational companies with around 20 years of experience, that include FMCG and industries like food, retail, automotive, pharmaceuticals, insurance. She is specialized in corporate law, consumer law, agreements’ negotiation, governance and compliance, with a specific focus on manufacturing activities, environmental topics and sustainability. Chiara has been engaged in international M&A and in EU laws compliance projects; she has an in-depht knowledge of proceedings in front of authorities and self discipline bodies and on risk management in highly regulated fields. She holds lectures at post lauream masters and professional workshops.
LUIGI GUBITOSI
CEO and General Manager, Telecom
Born in Naples on May 22, 1961, Luigi Gubitosi studied at the London School of Economics and obtained a Law degree at Naples University and a Master in Business Administration at I.N.S.E.A.D. Fontainbleau (France). He has been Vice Chairman of Confindustria Servizi Innovativi e Tecnologici (CSIT) and of Asstel and a member of the Tax and Corporate Governance Committee of Confindustria. He has been member of the Organising Committee for the Turin 2006 Chess Olympiade and member of the Board of Directors of Cometa (Pension Fund of metal workers), F2i Sgr e Maire Tecnimont.From 1986 to 2005 he held several offices within the Fiat Group: Chief Financial Officer, Administration Director and Group Treasurer; he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fiat Partecipazioni and member of the Board of Directors of Fiat Auto, Ferrari, Iveco, Itedi, Comau and Magneti Marelli. In 2005 he joined Wind Telecomunicazioni as Chief Financial Officer, being appointed CEO from 2007 to 2011. From November 2011 to July 2012 he was Country Manager and Head of Corporate and Investment Banking of Bank of America Merrill Lynch Italy. From July 2012 to August 2015 he has been General Manager of RAI. He has been Chairman of the European Advocacy Committee of the CFA Institute and Independent Director of TIM S.p.A. from May to November 2018. In November 2018 he has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Telecom Italia.
PAUL HARDY
Brexit Director, DLA Piper
Paul leads DLA Piper’s Brexit advisory practice, counselling clients on the implications of Brexit and how best to navigate same. He is a former UK barrister and leading EU lawyer with first-hand experience of working both in Brussels and Westminster. His professional background and experience distinguish him an authority on the political, policy and legal implications of Brexit for commercial and public sector businesses. With insider knowledge of the political and administrative processes of Brexit negotiations and the implications for global trade, Paul has specialist understanding of how each piece of the jigsaw of EU policy and legislation fit together, and how it impacts businesses across the UK, the EU and globally. Prior to joining DLA Piper in 2017, Paul worked in both Westminster and Brussels, most latterly as the EU Legal Adviser to the House of Lords from 2014-2017. During 2009-2014, he was Counsel for European Legislation in the House of Commons and headed the team providing EU legal advice to the House and its select committees. In his role as permanent official in the European Commission in Brussels during that time, he advised on trade, foreign policy and international human rights in the Directorate-General for External Relations. Upon entering law in 1992, Paul initially practised criminal law before converting to environmental, human rights and public law. Interestingly, Paul was the first UK lawyer to work in the war crimes trials in Rwanda in 1998. During his career, he’s also worked in Bosnia for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
RAFFAELE JERUSALMI
CEO, Borsa Italiana
Raffaele Jerusalmi is CEO of Borsa Italiana. He was appointed to the Board in June 2010. Raffaele is Vice-Chairman of MTS and CC&G, a Director of Monte Titoli and CEO of LSEGHI Italia Spa. Prior to joining Borsa Italiana in 1998, he was Head of Trading for Italian Fixed Income at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1993 to 1998. From 1996, he was a member of their proprietary trading group in London. From 1997 to 1998, he was a Director of MTS S.p.A., representing Credit Suisse First Boston, and from 1989 to 1993 he was head of trading for the fixed income and derivatives divisions at Cimo S.p.A. in Milan.
ANTONIO LAZZARINETTI
Managing Director, Itelyum
Antonio Lazzarinetti is graduated in Economics and Business at the University of Parma in 1981. CEO of the former Viscolube and the present Itelyum since 2008.
Itelyum among the global forerunners of circular economy, is the national leader and recognized international player in management and valorization of industrial waste, regeneration of used lube oils and purification of chemical and oil streams. Thanks to 16 companies, 15 operating sites and 500 people Itelyum offers sustainable solutions to over 20,000 customers in more than 50 countries.
ÉANNA MELLETT
Partner, DLA Piper
Éanna Mellett has extensive experience in both public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity transactions. He advises many leading Irish and international clients, including financial institutions, private equity houses, and the Irish State. Éanna is rated a leading lawyer by legal directory, IFLR1000.
GEORGE MORTIMER
Legal Director, DLA Piper
George is a leading specialist on regulation and commercial insurance issues in DLA Piper’s insurance sector. He has advised on insurance matters since joining DLA Piper in 2007, and previously worked for a number of years in the London market office of a specialist insurance law firm. He has been at the heart of DLA Piper’s Brexit team for insurance sector clients, providing thought leadership ,and advising numerous clients including international insurance groups, insurance intermediaries, and Lloyd’s of London underwriters on Brexit issues, including contingency planning for “no deal”, reorganisations and restructurings to achieve compliant post-Brexit operating models, and temporary permission regimes. He regularly speaks on insurance regulation issues, including Brexit.
CARLO OCCHIENA
Digital Retail Manager, Axpo Italia
With more than ten years of experience in the energy business, Carlo Occhiena is currently working as Digital Retail Manager for Axpo Italia S.p.A. After working in 2008 in the Risk Management team to support the growth of the new-born trading department, he was appointed Head of the of Middle Office Area and got familiar with quant analysis and market forecasting. After helping the company to successfully adopt a new Energy Trading & Risk Management system, he started working in Retail business. Currently, he is working with the IT and Marketing Departments of Axpo to design Pulsee, the new digital brand of Axpo Italia which is meant to deliver a seamless digital experience to household energy customers and will be launched full-force in Fall 2019. Being eager for new technologies and innovative solutions, Carlo regularly organizes workshops and events with start-uppers and digital entrepreneurs advocating innovation.
COSIMO PACCIOLLA
Litigation and Legal Advice Manager & Antitrust Compliance Officer Q8
Cosimo Pacciolla is the Litigation and Legal Advice Manager & Antitrust Compliance Officer in Kuwait Petroluem Italia spa and is a member of the Compliance Team of Kuwait Petroleum International. He is a 55 year-old lawyer with a master degree in Environmental Law and Health & Safety. He began his career in a law firm skilled in company crime and liability and has continued to study company and management liability, subsequently maturing his competence and experience in Law 231 Liability and Antitrust Legislation. His is a career highlighted by a wide range of experiences: Appointed as member of the “Integrity & compliance” Task Force in the B20 – 2018 Organization; Master’s Degree Lecturer (Università La Sapienza Roma; University of Milan – Faculty of Law; LUISS School of Law; AIGI Su); Confindustria and UP advisor to realize 231 and antitrust compliance guide lines and member of the work team about “law 231”, “antitrust”, “environmental, health and safety legislation”. He also writes articles and has cooperated on numerous books about company and management liability. He is committed to supporting the next generation of lawyers in achieving their professional potential and career goals.
FEDERICO RIZZO
General Counsel, Diadora
Federico Rizzo, general counsel of Diadora, After starting his career in private practice with one of the magic circle law firms, he has been inhouse in the footwear business for 15 years. He is the ultimate responsible for the brand protection strategy, from registration to litigation and is costantly oriented to improve efficiency and proactivity of the relationship between client and providers.
JOANA ROUCAYROL
Senior Legal Manager, Value Retail
Joana is Senior Legal Manager at Value Retail, a UK company operating in the development and operation of luxury outlet shopping Villages (the own Fidenza Village in Italy). From 2016 until 2018, Mrs. Roucayrol was Group General Counsel at ST Dupont and prior to this she was the Head of Legal at Le Tanneur et Cie. She is a 15 years experienced lawyer who has always been operating in international and multicultural environments, mainly focusing on the Luxury industry within French listed companies. She 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 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).
OLAF SCHMIDT
Partner; Managing Director Groups, DLA Piper
Olaf Schmidt is partner and Managing Director. He is based in the Milan office. Olaf assists national and international investors and developers in all aspects of real estate law, including investment and tax law. Due to his investment and financing background, Olaf frequently assists his clients in identifying and implementing the most suitable structure for the realisation of real estate investments in Italy. Since 2007, Chambers Europe as well as The Legal 500 EMEA have identified Olaf as a leading individual in the real estate field.
FILIPPO TROISI
Senior Partner, Legance
Filippo Troisi has been involved in several important transactions on the Italian market, advising corporate entities and financial institutions, private equity funds and investment banks. In 2018 Mr. Troisi has been awarded as M&A Lawyer of the Year at the Legalcommunity Corporate Awards; moreover he has been awarded as Private Equity Lawyer of the Year at the TopLegal Industry Awards 2018. In 2017 Filippo Troisi has been recognised as the first Italian lawyer among the most important thirty Italian business lawyers, by GQ, and as Lawyer of the Year Corporate M&A by Legalcommunity. In June 2016, he has been awarded as Best Lawyer of the Year by Le Fonti and as Best Lawyer – Private Equity by Legalcommunity. In 2016 the specialised magazine TopLegal recognised Filippo Troisi as one of the Italian top business lawyers, also confirming the recognition made by Legalcommunity in 2015, which highlighted his charisma and his quality as leader. In November 2010, Filippo Troisi has been awarded as Best Lawyer of the Year by TopLegal. Within the corporate finance department of the firm, he focuses on mergers, acquisitions (including public tender offers), divestitures, equity offerings and joint-venture transactions in all the most relevant sectors of the economy, such as banking, insurance, industrial, real estate and telecommunication. After graduating, maxima cum laude, at the Università “Federico II” in Naples in 1988, he obtained an LL.M. degree in Comparative Jurisprudence at the New York University in 1991. He is admitted to the New York Bar since 1991 and to the Rome Bar since 1992. Author of several articles on specialised international law reviews, he has been speaker in several Italian and international conferences.
Speakers at 13 JUNE 2019 events
ANDREA DAVIDE ARNALDI
Andrea Davide Arnaldi, Founding Partner Lexant Studio Legale
Andrea Arnaldi is a founding partner and owner of Lexant Studio Legale, which focuses is in the areas of civil law, contract management, corporate crisis management, sport management and credit recovery. Since 2018 he has been an examiner at Intertek and contributed to the publication of the first UNI Practice for the certification of the credit manager role and the Credit Management process. Currently, he is part of the technical work table of the UNI Practice commissioned by ANDAF, aiming to map the CFO’s and Treasurer’s role and services. In the course of his professional life as a lawyer and entrepreneur, Mr. Arnaldi has gained significant experience in Commercial and Bankruptcy Law, providing advisory and strategic consulting to large multinational companies, but also small and medium-sized enterprises. Mr. Arnaldi’s expertise focuses in particular on advisory and assistance to companies with compliance matters and internationalization processes, advising Italian and European companies in delocalization processes as well as in the breakthrough of the Chinese market. In addition to law practice, Mr. Arnaldi trains and teaches issues related to Risk & Credit Management on behalf of the main business associations, such as the Italian Credit Manager Association (ACMI), the National Association of Administrative and Financial Directors (ANDAF) and the Italian Association of Corporate Treasurers (AITI), for which he is also the legal advisor. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of Academy ASK and editor of the series “I Saggi di Academy ASK”. He is a founding partner of Ask Advisory Srl, a company specialized in consulting, training and certification of business processes.
SOFIA BARGELLINI
Partner, SZA
Sofia Bargellini, partner of SZA Law Firm, represents domestic and international companies of different fields (transport, mechanical, logistic, luxury goods, retail, etc.) and sizes in major labor and employment matters (including redundancies and mass dismissal procedures, transfer of undertakings, consultancy, litigation and dispute resolution, immigration/expatriates, etc.). She has also gained a peculiar expertise in dealing with social security issues before Italian Authorities
FABIO BERTONI
General Counsel, The New Yorker
Fabio Bertoni is General Counsel of The New Yorker magazine, where he is responsible for reviewing all articles, website posts, videos, and other content published by The New Yorker before their publication, as well as supervising legal issues surrounding The New Yorker Festival and other events. He began his legal career at the Hughes Hubbard & Reed firm. Prior to working at The New Yorker, Fabio was assistant general counsel at HarperCollins Publishers, where he conducted the pre-publication review of non-fiction books, and handled legal issues for the Children’s Division, negotiated author-publisher agreements, and advised on licensing copyright and trademark issues. Prior to that, Fabio was vice president and deputy general counsel for ALM Media, publisher of The American Lawyer, the New York Law Journal, and dozens of other newspapers and magazines across the United States. Fabio also serves as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School, where he teaches a seminar on Media Law Drafting. He graduated from Columbia Law School and from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
CARLO CROFF
Partner, Chiomenti
Carlo advises Italian and international clients on Corporate – M&A, banking, insurance, regulated entities and real estate matters with a focus on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, supervisory regulations, internal compliance and governance, codes of conduct and prudential regulation, commercial contracts and extraordinary transactions of regulated entities, sale and purchase of real estate, companies and real estate portfolios, real estate asset management and real estate investment funds. For 9 years, Carlo Croff has been Senior Partner of the Firm.
CLAUDIO CORDINI
Direttore Affari Legali Gruppo Suez Italia
Carlo advises Italian and international clients on Corporate – M&A, banking, insurance, regulated entities and real estate matters with a focus on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, supervisory regulations, internal compliance and governance, codes of conduct and prudential regulation, commercial contracts and extraordinary transactions of regulated entities, sale and purchase of real estate, companies and real estate portfolios, real estate asset management and real estate investment funds. For 9 years, Carlo Croff has been Senior Partner of the Firm.
FAUSTO DE ANGELIS
Legal Advisor, Lexant Studio Legale
Avv. Fausto De Angelis is a Senior Legal Executive, admitted to the Bar, with more than 20 years experience in Corporate Legal Affairs. He began his career as in-house business lawyer in Bristol-Myers Squibb, leading US pharmaceutical company. In this sector he grew up as international lawyer and manager of legal services in Contract Law, Corporate Governance, EU law and Anti-trust. After 7 years in the pharmaceutical business he then spent 13 years in Whirlpool, home appliances US global manufacturer, where he held the position of EMEA Director Legal, Corporate Affairs & Government Relations dealing mainly with Corporate Law & Compliance, restructuring of operations, international M&A transactions, legal strategy creation to support business development in Eastern Europe, Middle East and MENA. Actually he is Legal Advisor for industries and entrepreneurs Associations in international contract law, corporate Compliance and labour law. He got his Law degree in University of Rome La Sapienza and post degree specialization in Business Law at Harvard Law School and in General Management at Bocconi business school.
LUCA DELSOLDATO
Senior Legal Affairs Manager, Lactalis Italia
Luca Delsoldato is a lawyer who combines competence acquired as a solicitor in the law firm, with the skills of in-house counsel. Graduated at Genoa University and admitted to Bar, he worked for six years at Pavia and Ansaldo Law Firm. During this time, in addition to gaining experience in the field of labour law and litigation, he also worked in an international context, which was also possible due to his linguistic knowledge (Italian, English, French, Japanese). Specifically, he worked for the law firm Pavia Ansaldo-Villa GaikokuHo Jimu-bengoshi Jimusho in Tokyo, supporting companies in commercial operations between Italy and Japan. His international career was also enriched by the experience gained at the law firm “Duane Morris and Heckscher LLP” in Philadelphia (PA). In 2004, he joined the legal department of Galbani SpA to look after the labour law affairs. He subsequently expanded his duties and responsibilities with the management of the pre-litigation and litigation of the Group companies and part of the Business contracts. From 2014 to 2016, with the acquisition of Galbani by the Lactalis group, he also worked for the French parent company. During this time, he managed the commercial contracts of the Asian area markets.
GIUSEPPE DI MASI
Senior Partner, SZA
Senior Partner of SZA, in the course of his professional activity, Giuseppe Di Masi has provided judicial and extrajudicial assistance and consultancy services to companies, with specific reference to Italian commercial contracts, bankruptcy law, procurement regulations, real estate and construction, policies and community law, insurance and social security law. He is an expert on the subjects of Italian privacy and the administrative liability of companies. He also has extensive professional experience in the non-profit sector, including business associations.
Giuseppe has held the position of liquidator appointed by the Italian Ministry of Labour and is a director of companies, institutions, foundations and associations. He is a speaker at a number of conferences and seminars, also abroad.
Francesco Gianni is head of the Corporate/M&A department and one of the founding partners of Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners. He is considered one of the top experts in M&A in Italy, as well as in the rest of Europe. His focus is on corporate finance transactions, in particular, 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 Italian state-owned companies. After graduating in Law “maxima cum laude” from the University “La Sapienza” in 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.
MIRKO GIURI
Senior Legal Counsel, PRADA Group
Mirko is Senior Legal Counsel at PRADA Group. Has started his career in private practice, admitted to the Italian bar in 2003 and been an employment lawyer at Hogan Lovells for 5 years (2007-2012). Then, joined Prada Group as in-house lawyer dedicated to worldwide HR dpt. Particularly, has gain an extensive experience (but not limited to) in employment/labour matters and compliance, contracts harmonization processes (including abroad parent companies), plants/collective bargaining agreements, service agreements, negotiation and dispute resolution, special projects, etc. last – but certainly not least – evaluating, managing and working effectively with outside counsels and law firms. Always trying to combine his “double nature” as former outside and later in-house lawyer closed to the business needs.
MARISA OLGA MERONI
Managing Partner, SZA
Marisa Meroni started her professional activity at the Sciumè law firm in Milan, devoting herself to Italian civil litigation and contracts. In 1991 she set up the Sciumè & Associati law firm in Milan and SZA in 1999, where today she is the Managing Partner. She has acquired specific expertise in Italian contracts, civil litigation and credit assistance, with a particular focus on factoring and its use in the public sector. An issue of a specific in-depth review within civil litigation is that of civil liability related to health services as well as the appointment of director and statutory auditor of joint-stock companies. She combines intense publication and seminar activities with institutional appointments in connection with professional training and recruitment for the Bar Association. Former President of the First Commission of the Court of Appeal of Milan for bar exams, she has coordinated the preparation of courses for the Italian civil law bar exam organised by the Libera Forensic Association in Milan since 2011. Since March 2019 she has assumed the role of Treasurer at the Milan Bar Association.
MASSIMILIANO NITTI
Partner, Chiomenti
Head of the M&A Department of the Firm, Massimiliano typically represents international clients in matters of private and public M&A with a focus on private equity funds, strategic investments and joint ventures. In recent years he has been involved in major deals in various industries, including fashion, real estate and hospitality, insurance, mechanical and food & beverage.
ROCCO PANETTA
Founding and Managing Partner, Panetta & Associati and Country Leader for Italy, IAPP
Rocco Panetta, founding and managing partner of P&A | Panetta & Associati, is an internationally renowned technology, telecoms and environmental lawyer, as well as a certified privacy professional.
Rocco is currently a member of the Board of Directors and Country Leader Italy of the IAPP | International Association of Privacy Professionals and Secretary General of ICF | Italian Compliance Forum.
Counsel of the Italian Government (Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri) on the tlc Ultra Broadband strategy 2014-2016, Rocco has previously been a top-level officer at the Italian Data Protection Authority (2001-2008) heading one of its legal departments. His tasks and duties included, among others, supervising and dealing with marketing, public licensed operators and international data transfers. While at the Authority he has been Italy’s representative at the Commission’s Article 29 Working Party, and worked on BCRs, SCCs, SH, APIS/PNR, IMI.
Rocco also served both as Secretary General and Commissioner of the Italian Commission on Environmental Impact Assessment (Commissione VIA) from 2007 to 2012.
He has authored and edited more than 150 publications, including books, articles and collections. Currently he is editor of the column “Beyond Internet” for Cor.Com.
MARCO PARUZZOLO
Partner, Chiomenti
Marco regularly advises Italian and international clients on banking law and structured finance. In banking, he has advised a wealth of sponsors, borrowers, lenders, in several corporate finance, acquisition and leveraged finance, real estate finance, and project finance transactions. In structured finance, he has advised investors and arrangers in transactions including securitisation, credit transfers, issuing high yield bonds, private placements, as well as in the structuring and modification of EMTN programs and issuance of minibonds. He has also advised clients on restructuring, regulatory matters, and compliance related to banking and finance.
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.
MAURIZIO TAMAGNINI
CEO, FSI
Maurizio Tamagnini has been the CEO of FSI since its founding in 2016 and the former CEO of Fondo Strategico Italiano. Previously, he was Head of Southern Europe for Corporate and Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and member of its Executive Committee for the EMEA region. In more than 20 years of experience in the financial sector, he was responsible for more than 100 M&A, Debt and Equity transactions for European corporates. He worked in New York, London and Milan. He is Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics N.V. and Chairman of FSI Investimenti S.p.A.. He has a degree cum laude in International Monetary Economics from Bocconi University, Milan. He has taken courses at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, US.
DANILO TASSAN MAZZOCCO
Senior Partner, SZA
Danilo Tassan Mazzocco worked for approximately ten years as a business lawyer in a publicly traded company, active in the energy sector.
He began to work professionally in 2000 and he is specialized in Italian administrative law, with specific reference to the fields of public contracts and the management of local public services (water, gas, electricity, transportation and telecommunications).
In the judicial field he is in charge of litigation falling under administrative jurisdictions, and he also provides consultancy services in out-of-court matters to important public administrations and leading private companies operating in highly regulated public law contexts.
He is the author of many publications on behalf of Giuffrè with regard to the subjects in which he is professionally active and is frequently a speaker at conferences and seminars in the field of procurement and public services.
Speakers at 14 JUNE 2019 events
MIRKO GIURI
Senior Legal Counsel, PRADA Group
Mirko is Senior Legal Counsel at PRADA Group. Has started his career in private practice, admitted to the Italian bar in 2003 and been an employment lawyer at Hogan Lovells for 5 years (2007-2012). Then, joined Prada Group as in-house lawyer dedicated to worldwide HR dpt. Particularly, has gain an extensive experience (but not limited to) in employment/labour matters and compliance, contracts harmonization processes (including abroad parent companies), plants/collective bargaining agreements, service agreements, negotiation and dispute resolution, special projects, etc. last – but certainly not least – evaluating, managing and working effectively with outside counsels and law firms. Always trying to combine his “double nature” as former outside and later in-house lawyer closed to the business needs.
ALESSANDRO PAONE
Partner LabLaw, Studio Legale
Alessandro Paone is a Partner e of LABLAW Studio Legale. He was granted his JD magna cum laude in 2008 at the University Federico II, formerly head of the LABLAW Naples office since the opening, he gained a solid experience in industrial reorganization processes management, having been in recent years involved in some of the most important operations of restructuring and reorganization of the country on behalf of leading Italian and multinational companies, during which he dealt with trade union relations, procedures for collective redundancies, mobility and layoffs. Alessandro is also very active in the field of public employment and companies in public control, a sector in which he has gained an important expertise recognized in the market. He assists Italian and foreign clients daily, both in court and out of court, in terms of constitution, management and resolution of working relationships, particularly with regard to managers and top managers. Alessandro Paone also carries out an intense labor law teaching and conventions activity, which is flanked by a conspicuous production of publications on the main journals of the sector. In 2015 Alessandro obtained the recognition of the Emerging Lawyer of the Year within the Legalcommunity Labor Awards, and in 2016 and 2017 he was mentioned within the magazine The Best in Italy.
FRANCESCO ROTONDI
Founding Partner LabLaw, Studio Legale
Francesco Rotondi is a Founding Partner of LabLaw – Studio Legale, one of the top employment and labor law firms in Italy. He provides 360° labor law and industrial relations counsel to many of the most important Italian companies as well as international businesses operating in Italy. He boasts a solid experience assisting with reorganization and restructuring plans, extraordinary operations, trade union litigation, management of contracts, and with the organization of the agency networks in the commercial and credit sectors. His expertise includes managing hard cases of reorganizations and corporate restructurings, top management labor issues and litigation. He authored a proposal for a new type of Employment contract for the digital economy, The “Jobs App”; and presented to the Lombardy Region a draft of law about the new trade unions guidelines on the identification of the regional minimum wage. Francesco commenced his professional career in 1991 with Trifirò & Partners, where he became Partner. He is also a licensed journalist in Italy and director of the series of Licosia Editions “The Work Has Changed. We Change The Rules “, born with the aim of developing an evolutionary vision of labor law.
