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Federico Antich is an Italian international and national business lawyer and mediator. Since 1999, he has mediated more than 5000 cases involving consumer disputes, commercial contracts, company law, intellectual property, and will and estates. He currently holds accreditation as a Mediator with The Chamber of Commerce of Firenze, the Italy-China Business Mediation Centre (ICBMC) Milan, Italy, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) London, England, and the National Association of Chambers of Commerce in Italy (Unioncamere). Federico Antich practices mediation with polyhedric fortitude and understands that effective mediation starts with listening.  Federico has always embraced mediation as one of the most efficient and certain dispute resolution tools. Since 1999, he has mediated more than 5000 cases involving consumer disputes, commercial contracts, company law, intellectual property, will and probates, as well as real estate. He currently holds accreditation as a Mediator from the most renown local and international institutions in the field, such as the Chamber of Commerce of Firenze, Italy; the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) London, England; the International Mediation Institute (IMI), the Italy-China Business Mediation Centre (ICBMC) Milan, Italy, and the National Association of Chambers of Commerce in Italy (Unioncamere). Furthermore, Federico currently serves as the President of the Italian Delegation of the Centre of Mediation of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East (CEM), a non-profit private association of professionals founded in Strasbourg, France, in 1959 and devoted to spread the knowledge of mediation.The Delegation is a Registered Mediation Provider and Training Organization with Italy’s Ministry of Justice. He is also a Member of the Centre for International Legal Studies (CILS) the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb-Member). Federico is passionate about mediation: he practices with polyhedric fortitude and understands that effective mediation starts with listening. Federico Antich also provides expert mediation consulting, and routinely organizes training and coaching courses for mediators. As an attorney, Federico also represents Italian and foreign clients in court if a claim or need to pursue a case arises. He approaches all litigations with affordable, decisive, and reliable representation. His experience in mediation gives him the ability to pursue smart agreements and settlements to avoid a trial when in the interest of the client.

Magaraggia Law Firm was founded in 1963 by Bruno Magaraggia. Today Marco Magaraggia leads the firm. Marco qualified in Law at the University of Bologna in 1994. He also holds a master degree in Private International Rights from the University of Salamanca in Spain. He is member of the Italian Bar Association since 1997 and the Special Bar Association of the Supreme Court since 2010. He fluently speaks English and Spanish in addition to his native Italian. The firm has at its disposal a group of lawyers with diverse experience and areas of expertise. The firm owes its strength to its people and their ability to work as a team in order to confront and resolve any kind of legal and administrative issues. MAGARAGGIA LAW FIRM, LAW EXPERTS SINCE 1964 For more than fifty years, Magaraggia Law Firm has offered legal, judicial and extra-judicial services within the civil law sector, responding to client needs with high professionalism, reliability, and efficiency. We offer multi-disciplinary consultancy and assistance to Italian and foreign clients, both private individuals and companies. The collaboration of our lawyers with notaries, accountants, architects, and other refereed professionals allows us to assist our clients on various aspects of the Italian law system as well as advice on other administrative aspects related to investing in Italy. We specialize in: REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY LAW BUSINESS CORPORATE LAW PATENT & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN LAW FAMILY AND SUCCESSION LAW DEBT RECOVERY LAW BANK AND FINANCE RIGHTS Whether you are an Italian resident or a foreigner, if you want to establish a business or purchase real estate in Italy, or get any other law advice, we are on your side. We provide legal advice and assistance across the entire Italian territory.

Luca is a Partner and co-founder at Heussen Studio Legale e Tributario, a Legal and Tax Firm, based in Rome and Treviso (Conegliano), Italy. He is the Head of the "Sports Law”, “Litigation” and “Privacy” departments. Before being a co-founder of Heussen Studio Legale e Tributario, he gained experience in international law firms. He specialized in Sports Law, Civil and Commercial Law, Renewable Energies law, Privacy and GDPR Graduated in Law at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Lecturer of Environmental Law and renewable energies law and privacy in post-graduate courses. He holds the role of Data Protection Officer for significant national companies.

Fabrizio Cugia di Sant’Orsola, founding partner of the Cugia Cuomo & Associati Law Firm, regularly advises national and international carriers in the areas of: Electronic Communications with in-depth knowledge and practice of EU policies; ffering and provision of electronic, audiovisual and Internet on line services, including issues on download of content, ISP responsibility in restriction of Intellectual Property violations, services and related IP/Copyright regulation; Adoption of Information Society policies and reviews; Drafting, negotiation and set up of online services and/or dissemination and use of protected IP services or rights on the Web (e.g. editorial responsibilities, use of protected images [such as FIA-FOA Formula One image use in introduction of online betting in Italy], creative commons, licensing, trademarks, open source, Internet search engine agreements, image commercial exploitation, etc.) EU competition/antitrust matters. He is International, WTO (Agreement on Government Procurement – GPA) and EU online regulation expert. Advised public institutions of numerous East European countries with the definition and optimization of completion-enhancing policies in the offering of services. In particular, developed EU-approximated public procurement standards and guidelines, both sector-specific (i.e. for regulated markets such as the EU Telecommunications market) and of general scope, with a view to maximize the financial and administrative efficiency of local, national and international tender procedures. Thorough knowledge of innovative and IT-enhanced procurement methods: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), e-catalog, e-auctions, e-procurement. He is International and EU communications and electronic commerce regulatory expert: Team Leader in the strengthening and introduction of EU telecommunications regulatory principles in Central Asian Countries, including Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan (World Bank /IFC project). Legal Advisor for National Communications Regulatory Authorities (Italy, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg) in the reform of ex ante telecommunications regulation. Regulatory Expert in the programs of Assistance to approximation of the legislation in liberalized services and offering of e-commerce, Internet and audiovisual services in the Slovak Republic and in Poland. International Contributing Expert in the programs of assistance in regulation alignment projects and in the reform of new liberalized public services and reform of IP rights infringement and protection in Bulgaria. Excellent experience assisting national authorities and Governmental institutions in the development of EU compliant regulatory framework and in drafting and reviewing of EU-approximated competition-oriented sector-specific primary and secondary legislations, including Telecommunication component. Team expert in communications regulatory review projects in Azerbaijan (2005-2010) including projects on adoption of EC and International regulations in the markets for electronic communications services and networks. Experienced Team Leader and in several EU and non-EU sector-specific projects as Telecommunications regulatory expert with missions in Central Asian Countries, including Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan as well as EU-PHARE (Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, Albania) and EU-EAR (Kosovo) programs. In-depth knowledge of EU policies, expert in multimedia, IP and communications law. Regulatory and legal counsel of national and multinational communications operators on offering of telecommunications and information technology services in Italy and abroad, with particular emphasis on competition issues, introduction of services, numbering allocation, carrier selection, number portability, personal communication (DECT, UMTS, WiFi, GSM standards as well as upcoming 4G standards, LTE, etc.), authorization and licensing, roaming, antitrust, regulation, outsourcing, interconnection, radio and satellite frequency allocation, housing, code hosting and project financing.  Expert in placement transactions, advisor in the privatization procedures of Mediocredito Centrale and Telecom Italia for the Italian Treasury Ministry. Has supervised the homologation procedure of the FLAG apparatus and equipment in the Palermo international connection cable station (1996). Assists service providers on regulatory and corporate compliance in the offering and introduction of new services. Legal advisor on bidding procedures related to GSM, WLL and UMTS licenses, has assisted in the relevant interconnection, roaming and data processing agreements. Legislative assistant, Italian House of Parliament, IXth Legislation (1988-1991). Has assisted in the elaboration and drafting of primary and secondary legislation (Maccanico Law on broadcasting and telecommunications, administrative reform, energy legislation). Admitted to Italian High Courts, Fabrizio has been Legal Assistant to the Italian House of Parliament (1988 – 1991) and Contract Lecturer in Telecommunications Law (2000-2002) at La Sapienza University, Rome. He is member of the Italian Bar Association; International Bar Association (Chair, Communications Committee 2010-2013); International Institute of Communications; American Bar Association, Centre for the Study of Democracy (“Contributing Expert” in Communications Law and Regulation); North Texas Global Telecommunications Society. He has been the author of several publications in the TLC sector since 1993 and, since 2010, he is a Lecturer of European Law at the SSPLE at the University of Perugia. Winner of  Top Legal Industry Awards Lawyer of Year 2017 in TMT- Technology. Languages Italian English French

Maurizio Lupoi graduated from Rome University School of Law magna cum laude and went on to further studies at Oxford, Cornell and Paris. He then joined the firm his father had founded in the Thirties, of which he is now the Senior Partner: Studio legale Lupoi. In the Eighties the firm opened a branch in New York and Maurizio was admitted to the Bar there as a Foreign Legal Consultant. In the meantime Maurizio pursued an academic career and was appointed Full Professor at Perugia University. He later moved to Genoa University and taught Comparative Law and Trust Law there until his retirement in 2012. His textbook on trusts was translated and published in English by Cambridge University Press (2000).