Michele Capecchi Email & Phone Number

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

www.CAPECCHILEGAL.comMain Law Office: Via Camillo Cavour 39, 50129 Firenze(Tel/Fax) +39.055.215.548Correspondent Law Firms / Alliances: Shanghai, China | San Antonio (TX), USAMain areas of Legal Practice:CORPORATE LAW AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT NEGOTIATION: Proactively negotiates JV, NDA, LoI, and multifaceted international trade agreements, both in Italian and in English. Provides legal support on a regular basis to various SME to prevent and quickly resolve most common legal issues (payments, lawsuits, damages recovery, labor issues). • Supported premier Medical Software Company to successfully finalize exclusive worldwide license agreement to monitor health conditions of hospitalized patients.• Legal Counsel for the EU Zone for one of the largest road-infrastructure companies in United Arab Emirates. Negotiates valuable exclusive commercial and licensing agreements. Prepares legal opinions and advises various US, UK, Swiss investors in multilateral negotiations with Italian counterparts.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW PRACTICE: Ranked in TOP 1000 Trademark Professionals, by WTR 1000 the standalone research directory that focuses on trademark practitioners, published by the UK magazine World Trademark Review.• Sets up high quality, user-friendly agreements to preserve, enhance, sold, and license the intangible assets of international companies. Provides support for the registration of trademarks, prepares reactions and defense for IP related claims, negotiate out-of-court settlements, coexistence agreements, contracts of assignments. CIVIL LAW, IMMIGRATION LAW: Manages all the aspects of civil law legal practice and routinely represents private clients and companies before national courts in cases involving, among the others, insolvency, torts, unfair competition, breach of contracts, credit recovery. Helped top-notch fashion houses prepare and resolve complex cases, and labour and immigration law issues for employees of executive status.

Firenze

Shanghai

Collaborated with one of China's most exceptional Intellectual Property Consulting Law Firm.  Prepared risk assessment reports and conducted IP relatedresearch prior to the registration of trademarks in China. Prepared action plans to monitor and react against infringement upon clients’ IP rights. Led raid actions to collect evidences of the trademark violations performed by Chinese companies to the detriment of European companies. Drafted NDA and Agency agreements for foreign clients interested in setting up their business inChina. Provided legal assistance in the negotiation of JV and distribution agreements. Provided legal support to foreign companies in the registration and protection of trademarks in the Chinese market

* Drafted reports and memoranda for Corporations, in connections with their M&A operations.*Prepared opinions and revised the articles of incorporation and the by-laws of prominent corporations like the local subsidiaries of PORSCHE and BENETTON, adapting them to the recent Italian Corporate Law reforms. * Drafted and negotiated asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, warrant agreements and shareholders agreements.* Assisted the partners of the firm in the drafting of the most important public and private deeds (real estate contracts, articles of associations, loans, mortgages, wills).

International Master Of Laws (Ll.M.), American Law And International Legal Practice, 4.3

Activities and Societies: American Contract, Legal Research, Arbitration in Commercial Transactions, International Litigation.

J.D., Civil Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Family Law

Activities and Societies: Rotary club Firenze