On 24 March 2023, in the framework of the XIII Belgrade Arbitration Conference hosted by the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa joined the panel of experts on international arbitration, speaking on the topic «International sanctions and international commercial arbitration: to face or to side-step?». Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa also served as an arbitrator at the Vis Pre-Moot held after the Conference.
On February 23, Benedetta Amisano and Roberto De Acetis will seat on separate panels of the event La Contrattualistica tra le parti nel Real Estate (Contracts between the parties in real estate) organized by il Quotidiano Immobiliare that will address the need for the real estate industry to revise agreements in bidding procedures for General Contractors, professional engagements, and agreements for the supply of components, plants and services.
Please click here for the full program and to register.
On November 17, 2022, Dario Latella took part in the round table ¿Deben las sociedades tener propósito? ¿No lo tienen ya? in the framework of Congreso Internacional “ESG y Gobernanza Corporativa: ¿Hemos perdido el norte o lo estamos encontrando?” organized by Cátedra Garrigues de Modernización del Derecho de Sociedades-ICADE and Centro de Innovación del Derecho at Comillas Pontifical University, in Madrid, Spain.
For the full program in Spanish, click on the attachment.
Benedetta Amisano moderated the round table Role Models in the real estateindustry on first day of the General Assembly of Arel - Associazione Real Estate Ladies that took place in Milan on November 25 and 26, 2022. The table brought together Federica De Leva, Partner of GBPA Architects, Paola Delmonte, Corporate Development of Redo SGR spa Società benefit, Maria Grazia Lanero, Partner of GOP (Gianni & Origoni), Elisa Manerba, CEO of Manerba spa, and Micaela Musso, Managing Director and General Manager of Abaco Team – Gabetti group.
On Monday November 21, Luca Arnaboldi will moderate the roundtable Diritto e pratica delle acquisizioni societarie: questioni aperte (Corporate Acquisitions Law and Practice: Open Issues), hosted by Università Statale di Milano. Speakers include Federico Modugno on Legal effect of a letter of intent: literal wording and interpretation of the intention of the parties.
The event will take place at Università degli Studi, in Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7 – Room 422, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m..
Cecilia Cagnoni Luoni and Leonardo Spina will be keynote speakers at the workshop organized by the University of Trento. The purpose of the workshop is to provide updates on the market involving Europe and the USA in the political and economic scenario that has developed in the last 12 months. Legal, corporate and tax issues will be addressed with specific reference to more representative or significant deals closed in recent months. The workshop encourages dialogue among professionals, companies, and in-house legal departments with a view to an internationalization process targeted to the United States.
Additional information is available at the University's webpage.
On September 22, in the framework of the annual conference of the European-China Law Studies Association (ECLS), Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa will present the key findings of his latest research, co-authored with Wojciech Giemza, on the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment. More information is available here.
On August 31, 2022, in the framework of the annual conference of the European Society of International Law, Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa will participate in the roundtable of experts of international economic law, speaking of the role and participation of civil society in the formulation of international economic law agreements.
On July 5, Gianclaudio Fischetti took part in the conference on company crises and criminal law titled “Crisi d’impresa e diritto penale” organized by the Criminal Law Committee of the Rome Bar Association, and his speech “Gli strumenti di controllo preventivo nella gestione della crisi d'impresa” focused on tools for preliminary control in managing company crises.
For additional information: https://www.ordineavvocatiroma.it/evento/12-00-14-00-crisi-dimpresa-e-diritto-penale/
On June 21, at the European Exhibition and Conference for Waste Management and Circular Economy, in Bergamo, Gianclaudio Fischetti spoke on the critical issues for waste management companies and site remediation companies in insolvency proceedings and in receivership.
On June 21, Luca Arnaboldi was reelected Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy for the 2022-2024 term during the 107th Annual General Meeting held at the IBM Studios in piazza Gae Aulenti, in Milan.
On June 24, Carnelutti Law Firm promoted a roundtable on Media at the Legalcommunity Week in Milan. The roundtable was moderated by Luca Arnaboldi and featured Fabio Bertoni, General Counsel, The New Yorker Magazine, Marcello Dolores, Group Vice President - Legal & Regulatory, Warner Bros Discovery Southern Europe, Gill Phillips, Director of Editorial Legal Services, Guardian News & Media Limited, and David Vigilante, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, CNN and Warner Media News and Sports. Click on the attachment for more details.
On June 23, Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa was included in the original lists of arbitrators and trade and sustainable development (TSD) experts in bilateral disputes under the EU’s trade agreements with third countries.
The full list of individuals that were found suitable for appointment is published on the EU Commission’s official website (at the two link, section “Candidates for dispute settlement activities”: https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/enforcement-and-protection/dispute-settlement_en
Carnelutti Law Firm wishes to congratulate Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa on this very significant recognition of his expertise.
On Thursday, June 23, Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa participated in the 80th biennial conference of the International Law Association, held in Lisbon and pivoting around the theme “International Law: our common good”. Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa was invited to speak on “Future generations and international law: challenging ‘universal’ assumptions in a multi-polar world”. Building on his previous research, he illustrated specific characteristics and consequences flowing from the different approaches toward international law that States display in the face of major events, including in international trade and investment.
Luca Arnaboldi was part of the prestigious faculty of speakers invited by the New York State Bar Association International Section and the Milan Bar Association (Ordine degli Avvocati di Milano) to discuss investment opportunities under the newly launched Italian Development Fund and accompanying changes in Italian law and cross border legal issues.
Refer to the attachment for the program and faculty (which included Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of the city of Milan; Vinicio Nardo, President of the Milan Bar Association; Fabrizio Di Michele, Italian General Counsel in New York; Riccardo Barbieri Hermitte, Chief Economist of the Italian Department of Treasury) or the following webpage: The Italian Recovery Fund (“PNRR”): How It Works, Opportunities For Investors And Developers, And Cross Border Legal Issues - New York State Bar Association (nysba.org)
On May 10, 2022, Luca Arnaboldi spoke on International Expansion - Doing Business in the U.S. Market at the The Italy Startup Conference 2022, an event for Startups in Italy, gathering thousands of founders, investors, VCs, executives, seed fund partners, general partners, journalists, and bloggers from diverse backgrounds and industries. Click on the link to reach the event's page: The France Startup Conference 2022 Tickets, Tue 31 May 2022 at 17:00 | Eventbrite
Our Partner Pierfrancesca Belcredi will be part of the prestigious faculty of the online course on Arbitration Principles and Techniques organized by the Academy of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration whose purpose is to give participants tools to access the world of arbitration by learning principles, thanks to the presence of the best arbitration experts, and by acquiring techniques, thanks to dedicated exercises, access to best MCA practice and cases, and to a simulated case study.
Pierfrancesca will be on the Arbitration Panel of the mock proceedings that will close the course, on July 12, 2022.
Click on the attachment for the full program.
This year Gilberto Comi and Massimo Marconi lectured again and in-person at the post graduate class in Corporate Tax Law the Bocconi University in Milan, where they held the seminar titled "Transfer Pricing – International Dispute Settlement Mechanisms".
On Monday, November 22, 2022, the hybrid webinar co-hosted by Carnelutti Law Firm and JusMundi featured as speakers: Ndanga Kamau (Kamau Law & ICC Vice-President) on East Africa ; Eduardo Silva Romero (Dechert) on Latin America ; Wesley Pydiamah (Eversheds) on West Africa ; Athina Papaefstratiou-Fouchard (Eversheds) on the EU ; Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa (Carnelutti) on China. The event was free of charge but registration was required.
October 7, 2021 - Dario Latella speaks on "Legal theories and Neutralism principle inside Companies”, international webinar with Matthew Kramer, chair of Legal Philosophy at University of Cambridge (UK), Law Faculty.
October 20, 2021 - Dario Latella speaks on “Merger, acquisitions, division of companies and invalidity”, national conference of Fondazione Italiana del Notariato, Rome (Italy).
October 29, 2021 - Dario Latella speaks on “The Italian rules on Mafia and the case of judicial administration”, international conference at University Tecnològico of Monterrey (Mexico).
In the framework of the event’s panel on 'China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): Dispute Resolution Options and Risk Mitigation’, Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa will present key features of the BRI, including dispute settlement mechanisms. The panel is moderated by Professor Julien Chaisse, and other speakers include Jeanne Huang, Helena Cheng, Mariel Dimsey, and Daniel Alef.
Progress in the firm’s commitment to ESG initiatives
Carnelutti Law Firm has obtained ISO 14001 international certification for its policies in favor of environmental sustainability in the workplace. An important milestone, a certificate of seriousness and concreteness, which documents the firm's commitment to its renewal processes, which up to now had primarily concerned internal governance, concretely encouraging the professional growth of its collaborators, with particular attention to attention to young people and women, and by inserting a series of provisions based on sustainability in what is today the “Code of Ethics and Sustainability” of the study.
With the creation of a Sustainability Commission and a Committee dedicated to pro-bono activities, Carnelutti is one of the companies that, even in the legal sector, have acknowledged the importance of being compliant with ESG policies, dictated by the Agreement on Climate of Paris, and who immediately set in motion to make the work environment and the work of their professionals sustainable.
"For some time now, we have started various processes with a view to sustainability which include, for example, the elimination of plastic from offices and the digitization of documents by minimizing paper consumption - says Luca Arnaboldi, Managing Partner of Carnelutti Law Firm -. We then re-discussed the agreements with suppliers and chose to source only energy from renewable sources and use only FSC paper ".
In addition to ISO 14001 certification, the firm is currently engaged in obtaining other certifications from recognized bodies dedicated to quality and social issues, and numerous progress has been made in terms of social responsibility and welfare in general. A collaboration is currently being assesed with an association that deals with pro-bono and connects the realities that operate in the third sector with the legal environment and new resources are being allocated to implement welfare policies, promoting activities that can promote the well-being of the people who make up the studio, in the office and in everyday life.
The Polish Research Center for Law and Economy of China and the University of Warsaw School of Law and Economy of China will host the annual conference of the European Association of Chinese Law Firms (ECLS). Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa will be speaking about "China and the arbitration reform on international investments: tablemate, chef or host?" at the panel devoted to "Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Conflict of Laws". Click here for the full conference program.
On Thursday, 17 June 2021, Dr. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa, head of the international business law & arbitration practice, acted as Lead Discussant to the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice, Prof. Juliane Kokott, speaking on "The Settlement of Tax Treaty Disputes by the European Court of Justice", at a workshop organized by the Leiden University on “Globalization and digitalization: interconnections between taxation, trade, and investment".
On Tuesday, 8 June 2021 at 11.00 am CEST, Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa discussed with Professor Jurgen Kurtz selected finding from his recently published monograph on China’s treaty policy & practice in international investment law & arbitration at the International Economic Law and Policy Working Group of the European University Institute.
On 3 June 2021, Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa was the keynote speaker during the webinar organized by The Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA) BRI Program on China’s Investment Treaty Policy and Practice: Arbitration Clauses limited to Compensation due to Expropriation.
In this webinar, Dr. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa, counsel at Carnelutti Law Firm, provided an in-depth examination of arbitration clauses limited to compensation due to expropriation in China’s investment treaties, and explore the limitations of such clauses. In doing so, he will compare and evaluate relevant case law, including court decisions from Singapore, Stockholm, and London.
Jonathan Lim, counsel at WilmerHale, provided commentary from a practitioner perspective, as an experienced counsel in both commercial and investment arbitrations across common law and civil law jurisdictions.
Allison Goh, research associate at SIDRA, acted as moderator.
Luca Arnaboldi was a keynote speaker in the afternoon session of the Convention on sustainability in the legal market, organized by 4cLegal in partnership with Forbes Italia and Great Place to Work Italia. Click HERE to see the full program.
On 13 May 2021, Luca Arnaboldi was a keynote speaker during the event Luxury Summit organized by Il Sole 24 Ore, with the speech "Sustainability and legal matters in fashion and luxury".
On May 13th from 9:15 to 10:00 Massimo Marconi will present the new webinar of the Pocket Tax series titled: "La Web Tax"
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Carnelutti Law Firm announces an internal restructuring investing in new practices and promoting women and young partners in order to follow the ESG company's main guidelines.
On May 6th from 9:15 to 10:00 Stefano Ruzzier will present the new webinar of the Pocket Tax series titled: "Brexit: implicazioni fiscali per le aziende"
On April 22th from 9:15 to 10:00 Daniela Frusone will present the third webinar of the new webinar series Pocket Tax titled: "Il bilancio: calcolo delle imposte e dichiarazione fiscale sulla base delle novità normative 2020-21"
Carnelutti Law Firm and ICT Legal Consulting (ICTLC) teamed up with a strategic partnership for Tech Law, Cyber Security and Privacy / Data Protection practices.
The new alliance will provide clients with integrated expertise: the combination of Carnelutti's practice in all areas of corporate legal and tax advice and that of ICTLC, which offers specialist advice on Privacy and data protection, IT security and all areas of Tech Law (from IoT, Cloud / Quantum / Edge Computing, Big Data & Analytics to digital marketing/adv, from AI to Information Technology). Thus, the two firms can mutually rely on the experience, the market recognition, and the international scope that distinguishes them both.
Press release attached.
On March 30th and 31st Luca Arnaboldi will be one of the keynote speakers in the webinar "Lo studio legale del futuro: sostenibile e generatore di un «doppio» valore per il cliente" during the Legal Innovation Days organized by 4cLegal.
More info here.
On March 12, Dario Latella will be a keynote speaker in the webinar "L’IMPRESA, IL CREDITO E LA CONCORRENZA DOPO LA PANDEMIA"(Business, credit and competitors after the pandemic), organized by the Molise University.
Carnelutti Law Firm will be one of the sponsors for the event Sustainability Day 2021 organized by LegalCommunity.
Luca Arnaboldi will attend the event as a keynote speaker for the second roundtable "La sostenibilità nei finanziamenti: cosa chiedono gli investitori,
come si preparano le aziende" (Sustanability in financing: investors' requests and companies compliance).
On March 8, Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa will be speaking at the webinar on “EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment in Context”, jointly organized by Queen Mary University of London and City University of Hong Kong, focusing on dispute settlement mechanisms available to Chinese and EU investors in the context of foreign investment.
On March 4, Mario Ippolito will attend the fifth webinar of the cycle "Pocket Tax" titled “Oneri documentali per il Transfer Pricing: i provvedimenti dell’Agenzia delle Entrate".
Get in touch: events@carnelutti.com
On March 8, 2021,Francesco Grilletta will be a keynote speaker in the Live Training “Tutelarsi dalle pratiche commerciali scorrette"(How to avoid unfair business practices), organized online by IKN Italia. His speech will focus on "When a business partner faces a crisis: possible problems and solutions".
More information on the website page of the event, linked here.
On February 18, Mario Ippolito will attend the third webinar of the cycle "Pocket Tax" titled “Nuova rivalutazione dei beni di impresa nel bilancio 2020: aspetti operativi connessi alla valutazione delle immobilizzazioni materiali ed immateriali".
Get in touch: events@carnelutti.com
On February 4th Stefano Ruzzier will attend the first webinar of the cycle "Pocket Tax" titled "Le novità fiscali della legge di bilancio 2021".
Get in touch: events@carnelutti.com
Luca Arnaboldi, President of the American Chamber of Commerce and partner at Carnelutti Law Firm, will be one of the key speakers in the second edition of MF Italian Legal Week.
Mr. Arnaboldi will attend the round table titled "Judicial System: which reform will be accepted in Europe?" on February 3 from 12 to 14 pm.
Click here to sign in to the event.
Carnelutti Law Firm has been ranked in Mergemarket’s Top20 M&A Firm charts published on the legal magazine MAG n.155.
The Firm reached the18th position for the operations value and the 20th for the operations amount.
On 18 and 19 January 2021, Carlo Emanuele Rossi and Valentina Zanelli gave a lecture on Limited Liability Companies, within the Master in Business Law ("Master Diritto e Impresa") organised by 24Ore Business School.
Partner Luca Arnaboldi was a keynote speaker of the "ESG vs. Covid: how sustainability overlives the present" session, on 27 November 2020, within the web edition of Milano Fashion Global Summit 2020, organised by Class.
The recording can be watched on the dedicated Class CNBC broadcasting page (Milano Global Fashion Summit 2020 tab) and on TV, CLASS CNBC - SKY 507 channel, on Saturday 12 December 2020, at 2:30 pm.
A follow-up interview will be broadcasted on Monday 14 December 2020, at 12.02 pm and at 8.00 pm, and on Tuesday 15 December 2020 at 3.55 pm.
For more information on this important annual event for the Italian fashion industry, please visit their website.
On October 14, 2o2o, partner Marco Sartori was one of the keynote speakers in a webinar on the implications of the so-called "August Decree" on the employment strategies of companies and the possible solutions that HR managers could take into consideration when dealing with the issue.
The webinar was hosted by the temporary managers' agency YOURgroup.
On September 23, 2020, managing partner Luca Arnaboldi was a keynote speaker in the streaming event “Patti Parasociali e Statuti nelle operazioni di M&A: le common practice italiane" (Sharehoders' Agreements and Statutes in M&A operations: Italian common practices), organized by SDA Bocconi School of Management.
More information on the event at the website page, linked here.
On September 17, 2020,Francesco Grilletta was a keynote speaker in the convention “Gestione del Credito - Emergenze, innovazione e nuove sfide" (Credit management -Emergencies, innovation and new challenges), organized by IKN Italia at the Novotel Ca’ Granda, in Milan. His speech focused on "The management of the arrears of the condominiums.
More information at the website page of the event, linked here.
On September 9, 2o2o managing partner Luca Arnaboldi was the Chair in a roundtable discussing the value of the target in an M&A transaction, in the framework of the "M&A Day" organized by 4cLegal, a media company active in the digitalization of legal procurement in the corporate sector, at the Sole24ore's (the financial newspaper) headquarters.
On 16 April 2020, Gilberto Comi and Massimo Marconi gave an on-line streaming lecture on "Transfer pricing: friendly procedure, arbitration”, in the framework of the Master in Corporate Tax Law organised by the Bocconi University. The 40 attendees were managers and officers of the IRS and financial police.
On February 19, 2020, CARNELUTTI Law Firm organised an in-house tax seminar entitled: “La gestione del rischio fiscale: modifiche ai modelli organizzativi ex D.lgs. 231/2001, nuovo diritto penale tributario e Tax Control Framework" (Managing tax risks: Changes to Organization Models under Legislative Decree no. 231/2001, New Criminal Tax Law and Tax Control Framework).
On February 18, 2020, Francesco Grilletta will participate as speaker in the course “Nuovo Codice Crisi d’Impresa e dell'Insolvenza del cliente Utility“ (New Code on Company Crises and of the Insolvency of Utilities customers) organized by IKN Italia at NH Macchiavelli, Milan.
Margherita Barié was a keynote speaker at First Convention of the Round of Seminars Dedicated to Professionals on New Challenges in the World of Intellectual Property, held in 2020 at Indicam.
On November 12, 2019, at the University of Milan, Margherita Barié presented her "Thematic Working Table" on "The Evolution of Distinctive Signs: from Revocation of the Historic Trademark to Co-Branding".
On February 11, 2020, Massimo Marconi and Fabio Fusco spoke at the conference on Transfer pricing organized by the ODCEC of Monza (the Monza Chartered Accountants & Tax Experts’ Society).
On February 5, 2020, Luca Arnaboldi was a keynote speaker at the Conference on the evolution of the legal profession in Italy and in the world. He spoke at the roundtable entitled “Le nuove esigenze del cliente. Che cosa chiedono i General Counsel" (Client’s new needs. What General Counsels ask). The event took place at the Triennale di Milano (viale Alemagna, 6).
Francesco Bestagno will teach a lesson in the Specialization Course in European Union Law that is co-organized by the Milan Bar of Lawyers, the Higher School for Lawyer Training, the Union of European Lawyers and the University of Milan. Francesco’s lesson will be titled “Le fonti del diritto dell’Unione (Trattati, Carta dei diritti fondamentali, principi generali, accordi internazionali, atti di diritto derivato)”, (“The sources of EU Law (Treaties, Charter of Fundamental Rights, General Principles, International Agreements, Secondary Legislation”).
Francesco Bestagno coordinated the Round Table of the Conference at the Ministry of Justice on “La Circolazione dei provvedimenti Civili e degli Atti Pubblici nell’Unione Europea” (The Circulation of Civil Orders and Official Records in the European Union).
Christian Patelmo took part to the interviews held at the Milan Chamber of Arbitration for the project “The social and Psycological Underpinning of Commercial Arbitration in Europe”. This study aims to generate greater understanding of arbitration as an alternative system of dispute resolution, is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and is coordinated by Mr. Tony Cole of the University of Leichster Law School (United Kingdom). https://commercialarbitrationineurope.wordpress.com/project-blog/
CARNELUTTI Law Firm in association with AIA-ArbIt-40 organized an in-house seminar entitled: “Updating Laws, Rules and Standards in International Arbitration: Necessity or Trend?”.
Francesco Grilletta took part in the course “Business Partners’ Practices” scheduled for 09-10 July 2019 at the NH Macchiavelli Hotel, in Milan. His speech addressed the issues triggered by the crisis of business partners– topics disclosed by the upcoming reform.
Francesco Grilletta spoke at the conference Gestione del Credito 2019 on "Riforma del Fallimento: Nuovo Codice Crisi d'Impresa" (Bankruptcy Reform: The New Company Crisis Code). The event took place at Novotel Milano Nord Ca' Granda, in Milano. https://www.utilitenergy.it/evento/10534/gestione-del-credito/agenda
Francesco Francica was a key note speaker at the roundtable entitled: “Il mercato legale visto dalle imprese: il legal procurement, il giurista d'impresa manager e i nuovi paradigmi della domanda di servizi legali. Nulla come prima” (The legal market seen by companies: the legal procurement, the company lawyer/manager and the new paradigms of the demand for legal services. Nothing will be as before.), in the prestigious setting of Palazzo del Bo, Via VIII Febbraio 2, in Padua.
On June 27 th , 2019, the University of Padova became the capital of the Legal Market 4.0: an unprecedented connection between tradition and innovation, culture and work, history and current events.
Academics, lawyers, in-house lawyers, students, legal procurement specialists, marketing and legal communication experts, legal head hunters and innovators discussed the salient features of the modern legal market, with its milestones, its development trends and its new boundaries.
The program included four round tables and several thematic desks.
Dario Latella was the opening speaker at the seminar "The Italian Law on PMIs' and Start-up Companies: a model for business and governance", at the Italian Bar Association, in Messina.
Francesco Bestagno held 8 hours of lectures on the topic “The free movement of Goods in the EU Market” at University Ca’ Foscari, Venice, in the Master Course “International Business, Arbitration and Tax Law”.
Francesco Bestagno spoke at the Closing Conference of the Advanced Training Course on Mediation and Restorative Justice, Naples, on the topic: “The Minor’s interest in the EU Court of Justice Case-Law”
