PARTNERS
PROF. FRANCESCO VASSALLI
born in Rome, March 3, 1943. Admitted, 1968, Italy.
Admitted before the Supreme Court.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1966).
Professor: Corporate Law, University of Perugia, 1971-1981; Bankruptcy Law, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 1982-present. Member of numerous parliamentary commissions on the reform of Italian corporate and bankruptcy law.
Member, Editorial Board, “Giurisprudenza commerciale” and “Rivista del diritto commerciale”; Associate Editor, “Rivista di legislazione economica”.
Author: “Responsabilità d’impresa e potere di amministrazione nelle società personali”, 1973; “La condotta del debitore nella conversione delle procedure concorsuali”, 1994; “Diritto fallimentare”, Volumes I, II and III, 1994-2002.
LANGUAGES: Italian, English and French.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, bankruptcy, banking and white collar crime.
E-mail: fv@studiovassalli.it
ALBERTO GOMMELLINI
born in Rome, January 30, 1958. Admitted, 1984, Italy.
Admitted before the Supreme Court.
Education: University of Perugia (Doctor of Jurisprudence, magna cum laude, 1981).
Associate Professor, Corporate Law, and Professor Financial Market Law and International Business Law, University of Rome “La Sapienza”; Professor in post-graduate International Business Law.
Consultant: Banca d’Italia.
Author: “Sulla sospensione dell’esecuzione delle delibere assembleari”, in “Giurisprudenza Commericale”;  “Prestiti dei soci, società sottocapitalizzata e causa del contratto di mutuo”; “Il pegno e le gestioni patrimoniali”; “Le operazioni di leveraged buy-out di fronte al diritto italiano delle società”, in “Rivista del diritto commerciale”; “Gli scandali dei mercati finanziari, l’attività di rating e i Modelli di prevenzione dei reati (a margine del recente intervento legislativo di “salvataggio” del rating dei titoli risultanti da operazioni di cartolarizzazione di canoni di leasing e della prossima attuazione del Nuovo Accordo di “Basilea 2”)”, in “Diritto della banca e del mercato finanziario”, 4, 2004.
Co-Author: “Buyouts in Europe”, edited by Clifford Chance, London, 1991.
Visiting lawyer, Clifford Chance (London, 1990-1991).
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, contracts, banking, bankruptcy law and litigation.

E-mail: ag@studiovassalli.it
FRANCESCO PAPPALARDO
born in Catania, November 23, 1961. Admitted, 1989, Italy.
Admitted before the Supreme Court.
Education: University of Catania (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1984).
Consultant: Minister of The Treasury and Banca d’Italia.
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, banking, bankruptcy law and litigation.
E-mail: fp@studiovassalli.it
ERNESTO GREGORIO VALENTI
born in New York, October 10, 1966. Admitted, 1993, New York and Pennsylvania; 1998, Italy.
Education: Trinity College, Hartford, CT (B.A., Political Science, 1988); American University, Washington College of Law and School of International Service, Washington, D.C. (J.D., magna cum laude and M.A., Law and International Affairs, 1993); University of Macerata (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1995). Also at Milan Office.
Professor, Law Faculty, L.U.I.S.S. University of Rome.
Member: New York, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.
Visiting Lawyer, White & Case, LLP, New York, 1998-1999.
Author: “Telecommunications Law in Italy”, in International Telecommunications Law, BNA International (1999); Co-Author: “Corporate Criminal Responsibility in Italy: An Inside Look at Legislative Decree 231/2001”, International Corporate Rescue - Volume 1, Issue 5, 2004; “The Italian Shipping Industry: The Future Ahead: From Bareboat Charter Registration to the Italian International Register”, Teseo Editore, (1999); “L’Internazionalizzazione della Flotta Mercantile Italiana: Bareboat Charter Registration” (1995); “Digital Audio Broadcasting: An International Perspective on Compact-Disc Quality Radio”, American University Journal of International Law and Policy (Winter, 1992).
LANGUAGES: English, Italian and German.
PRACTICE AREAS: White collar crime, Corporate, litigation, telecommunications and intellectual property.
E-mail: egv@studiovassalli.it
MARIO PACCOIA
born in Venice, December 2, 1965. Admitted 1994, Italy.
Admitted before the Supreme Court.

Education: University of Bologna (Doctor of Jurisprudence, magna cum laude, 1990). Milan office.
Author of various articles on intellectual property including: “Sul plagio di software”; “Il rischio di confusione comprende il rischio di associazione?”; “Richiami in materia di confondibilità tra marchi e sulla prova del preuso del marchio”; “Brevi note in tema di marchi di tour operator e di strutture alberghiere”, in “Rivista di Diritto Industriale”.

LANGUAGES: Italian and English.

PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, banking, contracts, intellectual property, bankruptcy law and litigation.

E-mail: mp@studiovassalli.it
STEFANO PANTALANI
born in Rome, May 18, 1964; Admitted, 1991, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1988).
LANGUAGES: Italian, English and Spanish.
PRACTICE AREAS: Banking, contracts, bankruptcy law and litigation.
E-mail: sp@studiovassalli.it
FABIO ROSCIOLI
born in Rome, March 16, 1966. Admitted, 1999, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1993). Also at Milan office.
Author: “La nuova legislazione commerciale. Il testo unico delle leggi in materia bancaria e creditizia (D.Lgs. 1 settembre 1993, n. 385)”; “L’obbligo di vigilanza dei sindaci nell’interpretazione della Corte di Cassazione”; “Sulle possibilità di adottare delibere alternative ex. art. 2447 c.c.”; “Il mutuo di scopo legale e la posizione della banca nell’ipotesi di inadempimento dello Stato”; “Le attività connesse o strumentali nel sistema dell’art. 10 TULB”, in “Impresa”; “Commento sub art. 139” in “Commentario al Testo Unico delle leggi in materia bancaria e creditizia”.
Research assistant, Banking Law, University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, banking, contracts and litigation.
E-mail: fr@studiovassalli.it
GIUSEPPE SANNA
born in Cesena, April 6, 1967. Admitted, 1993, Italy.
Education: University of Bologna (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1990).
Master ISTUD in “Corporate Economic Control and Financial Management”, Stresa, 1993.
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, banking, contracts, bankruptcy law and litigation.
E-mail: gs@studiovassalli.it
ASSOCIATES
PIERFRANCESCO POMILIO
born in Rome, November 8, 1967. Admitted 1999, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1996).
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, contracts and litigation.
E-mail: pp@studiovassalli.it
ELEONORA D'AVACK
born in Rome, October 23, 1973. Admitted 2003, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1998).
Member of the Roman Young Bar Association, cooperates with the Bar Review “Foro Romano”.
Visiting lawyer, Piergrossi-Villa-Manca-Graziadei (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1998).
Co-Author: “Corporate Criminal Responsibility in Italy: An Inside Look at Legislative Decree 231/2001”, International Corporate Rescue - Volume 1, Issue 5, 2004.
LANGUAGES: Italian, English and French.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, contracts and white collar crime.
E-mail: eda@studiovassalli.it
BRUNO MATARAZZO
born in Rome, January 22, 1976. Admitted 2004, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2001).
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Llitigation and banking.
E-mail: bm@studiovassalli.it
CAROLINA CONFORTI
born Cosenza, September 7, 1974. Admitted 2002, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1999).
From January to November 1999, she attended the National and International Fiscal Planning Masters organized by the Ernst & Young Business School.
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, contracts and litigation.
E-mail: cc@studiovassalli.it
GERMANO CENTOLA
born in Milan, December 3, 1971. Admitted to practice before Lower Courts.
Education: University of Milan (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1999). Milan office.
LANGUAGES: Italian, English and French.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, contracts and litigation.
E-mail: gc@studiovassalli.it

LAURA CITRONI
born in Milan, February 13, 1976. Admitted 2004, Italy.

Education: University of Parma (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2001). Milan office.
Author: “La bancarotta semplice nel diritto italiano ed in quello spagnolo”, in Commercio Internazionale, Iposa, n. 21, November 2005; “Sûreté maritime. Bilan et perspectives du code ISPS”, in Marine, Revue d’Information Maritime et de Défense, n. 210, January 2006; “La bancarotta fraudolenta nel diritto italiano ed in quello spagnolo”, in Commercio Internazionale, Iposa, n. 11, June 2006.
LANGUAGES: Italian, English, Spanish, French and German.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, contracts and litigation.
E-mail: lc@studiovassalli.it

CARLOTTA NANNINI
born in Bologna, February 20, 1978. Admitted to practice before Lower Courts.
Education: University of Milano (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2004). Milan office.

LANGUAGES: Italian, English and German.

PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, contracts and litigation.

E-mail: cn@studiovassalli.it

DAPHNE LETIZIA
born in Salt Lake City, November 1, 1981. Admitted to practice before Lower Courts.
Education: University of Rome “Roma Tre” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2004).
LANGUAGES: Italian, English, Spanish, French and German.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate, contracts and litigation.
E-mail: dl@studiovassalli.it

OF COUNSEL

PROF. ALFONSO CASTIELLO D’ANTONIO
born Rome, February 26, 1948. Admitted, 1975, Italy.
Education: University of Rome (Doctor of Jurisprudence, magna cum laude, 1971).
Professor of Bankruptcy Law at the University of Rome (1982-1985, 1988-1990, 1993-2001);
Professor of Bankruptcy Law at the University of Salerno (1992-1993);
Professor of Economy Law at the University of Rome (since 2001).
Author: “Il risanamento finanziario e l’amministrazione straordinaria delle imprese in crisi”, Rome, 1981; “Scritti di diritto bancario e concorsuale”, Rome, 1984; “Contributo allo studio dell’amministrazione straordinaria delle società di persone”, Florence, 1985; “La disciplina concorsuale dell’attività fiduciaria”, Rome, 1988; “Procedimenti speciali per le grandi imprese in crisi”, Rome, 1990; “La composizione del dissesto del gruppo EFIM”, Padova, 1994; “Diritto concorsuale amministrativo”, Padova, 1997; “Introduzione allo studio dell’amministrazione straordinaria delle grandi imprese in stato di insolvenza”, Rome, 2000.
LANGUAGES: Italian and French.
PRACTICE AREAS: Banking, corporate and bankruptcy law.