PARTNERS

Salvatore Domenico Zannino

Practice Areas
Salvatore Domenico Zannino manages the International Trade and International Contracts practice areas. He advises international clients wishing to invest in Italy and Italian clients wishing to invest abroad in various industries or sectors of the economy. He also handles significant cross-border disputes regarding commercial contracts, company and share purchase, and general international trade disputes. He also represents clients in arbitration disputes. Since the 1990s, he has been working as a strategic consultant alongside SMEs in their internationalisation process. He acquired significant experience in international contracts as in-house counsel of multinational companies and leading Italian and American law firms. Salvatore has been involved in a great number of license agreements, joint ventures, turn-key contracts for the construction of factories across the world by medium-sized Italian companies, agency and distributorship agreements. He regularly advises funds and other investors in M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions.

Education
Post-graduation courses:

King’s College London (2016): Business Internationalisation between European Law and Global Law;
King’s College London (2015): New Challenges in European Competition Law Convergence and Enforcement, where he also participated as a guest speaker.
King’s College London (2014): Drafting International Contracts Common and Civil Law Perspectives;
King’s College London (2013): European Company Law: Challenges and Perspectives;
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2012): European Private Law in Progress;
King’s College London (2011): Legal and Economic Aspects of International Investments in Emerging Economies;
King’s College London (2010): Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation in Civil and Commercial Matters. International and EU Perspective;
NIXON & PEABODY, 437 Madison Avenue, New York – Visiting lawyer (2000 – 2001);
London School of Economics and Political Sciences (1993): Legal basis of Common Law.
Law Degree (full grade) at Catholic University of Milan “Sacro Cuore”, research work for dissertation carried out at Columbia University in New York (1990/91).

Academic Positions

Since 1994: Honorary fellow , European Union Law and International Law at the Catholic University of Milan “Sacro Cuore”.
Academic years 2004/2005 to 2008/2009: Lecturer at Catholic University of Milan “Sacro Cuore”, faculty of political science, courses and exercises on European and Competition Law.
Academic year 2006/2007: Lecturer at the University of Lugano (SUPSI) for a course in European law and Anti-trust.
He publishes regularly in scientific journals and in the national daily press on the topics of international trade and European integration.

Languages
English, French, Arabic (basic)

Qualifications and Professional Associations
Member of the International Relations Committee of the Milan Bar Association. Member of Milan Bar Association (1995). International Bar Association. Member of the Civil Law Chamber of Milan

Avv. Francesco Zani

Practice Areas
Francesco Zani manages the Compliance practice area. He advises on risk management frameworks within companies. With more than two decades of experience under his belt, he is able to deeply analyse the entire flow of Risk Management in the area of corporate governance through the design, modelling, organisation and functioning of the corporate organisational models. Such services, provided to SMEs and companies structured according to the various activities, contribute to the definition of risk management strategies and techniques, which are also relevant for strategic compliance. Francesco provides these services together with other professionals of the firm when conducting due diligence.

Education

Bocconi University (2004): Corporate Law specialisation course at the Angelo Sraffa Institute of Comparative Law
Bocconi University (2002): Specialisation course in tax law
Catholic University of Milan “Sacro Cuore” (1998): Law Degree

Post-graduate Courses:

King’s College London (2013): European Company Law: Challenges and Perspectives
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2012): European Private Law in Progress

Languages
English

Qualifications and Professional Associations
Member of Milan Bar Association (2003). Member of Milan Civil Law Chamber.

Avv. Massimo Buccheri

Practice Areas
Massimo Buccheri manages the Corporate Law, Restructuring and Insolvency Procedures practice areas. He advises Italian and international clients in debt restructuring also through insolvency procedures, such as arrangements with the creditors, restructuring agreements and recovery plans. He advises international clients wishing to invest in Italy and Italian clients wishing to invest abroad in various industries and sectors of the economy. He has acquired expertise over the years, also through working in international law firms, in several areas of Corporate Law, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, Private Equity, Banking and Finance. In these practice areas, he also represents clients in court and arbitration proceedings.
Massimo is an arbitrator in various Corporate and Real Estate disputes.

Education

King’s College London: LL.M. in International Financial Law (2009)
University of Castellanza L.I.U.C.: Master’s degree in Economics and Business Law (2003)
University of Palermo: Law Degree (110/110), summa cum laude (2002)

Other courses:

King’s College London (2015): New Challenges in European Competition Law Convergence and Enforcement;
King’s College London (2014): Drafting International Contracts Common and Civil Law Perspectives;
King’s College London (2013): European Company Law: Challenges and Perspectives;
European Court of Arbitration, Milan (2010): Course on civil and commercial mediation procedure introduced by Legislative Decree No. 28/2010 – with special focus on mediation and negotiation skills (2010)
London School of Economics and Political Science – LSE (2004): Introduction to the English Law

Languages
English

Qualifications and Professional Associations
Milan Bar Association (2007), enrolled in the special section of the Italian Supreme Court lawyers (2019)
Solicitor in England and Wales (2011)

Avv. Salvatore Cicogna

Practice Areas
Salvatore Cicogna advises clients on matters involving Corporate Law, Corporate Litigation, international commercial contracts, industrial and business relocations to foreign jurisdictions, including the implementation of specific corporate and organisational schemes, corporate liability (Legislative Decree No. 231 of 8 June 2001) and the creation and implementation of compliance programs. Salvatore also represents clients in ADR procedures, administered and ad hoc arbitrations. He has taught at the University of Milan in seminars on “Contracts”.

Education

University of Pisa, PhD in civil law, “Ius poenitendi as a means of protecting the careful thought behind consent” (2006).
Catholic University of Milan “Sacro Cuore”, Milan: Law Degree. Final dissertation entitled “La vendita nei locali aperti al pubblico e problemi di responsabilità civile nel diritto italiano, francese e tedesco” [“Contracts of sale in public places and issues of liability in Italian, French and German law”], under the supervision of Professor Filippo Ranieri (1990).

Languages
English and French

Qualifications and Professional Associations
Milan Bar Association (1994)
Milan Civil Law Chamber