Is responsible for drafting and negotiating multi-million dollar contracts and deeds under Italian and English law. Areas of support include purchase and procurement agreements, agency and distribution contracts, logistic contracts, advertising and promotion agreements, cooperation and license agreements, NDA, joint-developments, IT support contracts.Supports M&A, both during the deal execution and the post-merger integration processes. Areas of support include legal due diligence, drafting and review of Shares Purchase Agreement and Asset Deal Agreements . Develops and manages the multi-million-dollar intellectual property portfolio liaising with external consultants and supervising them in a cost-effective manner.Provides negotiation support to settle and prevent disputes with counterparties. Takes care of regulatory complaints processes and legal proceedings pending in front of local courts and foreign jurisdictions, managing outside counsel.Advices group’s corporate functions and operational business units on compliance issues, including Privacy law, implements procedures in accordance with the TUF, Consob regulations, Law 231/01, and arranging training for the employees.Takes care of corporate governance activities and corporate secretarial duties; ensures approval of appropriate board minutes and shareholder’s resolutions and delegated authorities and proxies’ system consistent with company processes and organization structure.

As Legal head of the Purchasing, Procurement & Supply Chain department within Merchant Ship Business Unit, provided legal and risk management advice to the group’s senior management in sourcing of key components globally (steel, piping, fittings, engines, motors, and other power/controlling components supplied, among others, by ABB, MAN, Wartsila, Rolls Royce). Areas of activity included review of contractual clauses, participation to negotiation processes, support on import-export activities, product conformity and certification related-aspects.Provided legal and risk management advice to the group’s senior project manager and plant manager during manufacturing process, ensuring compliance with contractual terms, law and regulation, including HSE and HR related matters.Was responsible for drafting and negotiating multi-million dollar contracts under Italian and English law (i.e. shipbuilding contracts, supply chain related contracts, confidentiality joint development and cooperation agreements).Took care of instruct legal proceedings pending in front of local and foreign jurisdictions, supporting the outside counsel in the relevant activities and steps.Advised Finance and Insurance dept. in legal matters and project finance aspects.Supported group’s different business units in participating in public and private tenders. Advised operational teams and provided commercial-minded legal support, drafting reports, info notes, legal updates, check list and legal opinions for the benefit of internal clients and training them on the main aspect of the core business contracts.Advised group’s corporate functions and operational business units on regulatory and compliance issues and implemented procedures and best practices aimed to promote sustainability, moral and ethical perspective.

Supported senior lawyers in a variety of legal tasks under Civil and Commercial Italian Law.