Admitted in Italy, Supreme Court

Expertise:

Corporate, with particular focus on:

• M&A, equity and asset sale and purchases
• Private equity, asset management funds and family offices
• Real estate

Tax, with particular focus on:

• Transfer pricing
• Tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, as well as company reorganisations
• International tax planning
• Inheritance and estate planning
• Real estate transactions

Foreign languages:

• English and Spanish

Member:

• Milan Bar Association – International Relations Commission officer (CRINT)
• International Bar Association – I.B.A., Bar Issues Commission officer (BIC)
• International Bar Association – I.B.A., Audit & Risk Committee officer
• International Bar Association – I.B.A., senior vice-Chair International Commerce & Distribution Committee
• Union Internationale Des Avocats – U.I.A., Tax Commission President

Background:

• Editor and Co-Author of “Guidelines and Regulations to Provide Insights on Public Policies to Ensure AI’s Beneficial Use as a Professional Tool”, Project of the I.B.A., Alternative New Law and Business Structures Committee, 2020
• Co-Author of “Copyright Infringement”, The Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, 2018 Edition, published by Kluwer Law International B.V.
• Co-Author of the paper published by UNCITRAL: “Implementing the Business and Human Rights Framework: How Could Uncitral Bridge the Gap?”, 2017
• Editor of “Cross Border Transactions: A Drafting Guide for International Sales Contracts”, Project of the I.B.A., International Sales Committee, 2015
• Author of the Italian Chapter of the book “International Corporate Law Compendium”, 2010 Edition, published by Aspen Publishers, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Co-Author of “ItalyLaw: Formation of Business Entities in Italy and China”, 2010 Edition, published by G. Giappichelli Editore – Turin
• Author of the Italian Chapter of “Getting the Deal Through: Securities Finance”, from 2007 until 2013 Editions, published by Law Business Research Ltd.
• Legislative Advisor & Counsel for Foreign Policy at DC Congressional Delegation, Washington D.C., 1999

Education:

• University of Milan (J.D.);
• L.U.I.S.S. University of Rome, Post Graduate Program in International Business Law;
• American University, Washington College of Law, Washington D.C., LL.M. in International Legal Studies.

E-mail: rgc@cajola.com

Admitted in Italy, Supreme Court

Expertise:

• Commercial and Tax litigation
• Real Estate
• Insurance

Foreign languages:

• French and English

Education:

• University of Milan (J.D.)

E-mail: rc@cajola.com

Admitted in Italy 

Expertise:

• Agency & distribution
• Labour law
• Intellectual property

Foreign languages:

• English

Background:

• Co-Author:”L’agenzia nella Giurisprudenza, Raccolta Sistematica di Giurisprudenza Commentata”, pages 711, Dott. A. Giuffré S.p.A. Ed., 2004

Education:

• University of Milan (J.D.)

E-mail: mr@cajola.com

Admitted in Italy

Expertise:

• Contracts
• Commercial & civil law litigation

Foreign languages:

• English, French and Spanish

Background:

• Author of “La bancarotta semplice nel diritto italiano ed in quello spagnolo”, Commercio Internazionale, Ipsoa, 15 novembre 2005, n. 21
• “Sureté marittime: bilan et perspectives du code ISPS”, Marine, Janvier 2006, n. 210; “La bancarotta fraudolenta nel diritto italiano e nel diritto spagnolo”, Commercio Internazionale, Ipsoa, 15 novembre 2006, n. 11

Education:

• University of Milan (J.D.)

E-mail: lc@cajola.com

Admitted in Italy

Expertise:

• Commercial litigation
• Civil law disputes and litigation

Foreign languages:

• English

Education:

• University of Milan (J.D.)

E-mail: id@cajola.com

Admitted in Italy

Expertise:

• Commercial and civil law litigation

Foreign languages:

• English

Background:

• Assistant professor in “Istituzioni di Diritto privato” at University of Brescia. Languages: Italian and English

Education:

• University of Milan (J.D.)

E-mail: fr@cajola.com

Admitted in Italy

Expertise:

• Commercial litigation and employment

Foreign languages:

• English and French

Education:

• University of Bologna (J.D., cum laude)

Email: ft@cajola.com

Expertise:

• Tax advice
• Auditing

Foreign languages:

• English

Education:

• University L. Bocconi of Milan, Doctor in Business and Economics, with laude

E-mail: guido.pignanelli@rsm.it

mitted in Portugal

Expertise:

• Corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions

• Commercial law

• Environmental law

• Energy and natural resources

Foreign languages:

• Portuguese, Spanish and English

Education:

• Admitted to Portuguese Bar Association

• Post-Graduate in “Internet, Copyright and Electronic Commerce Law”, Portuguese Association of Intellectual Property Law, faculty of Law, University of Lisbon

• Post-Graduate in Energy, University of Lisbon

• Law Degree, University of Lisbon Law School (J.D.)

E-mail: cmb@cajola.com