PARTNERS
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
RICCARDO OLIVO
born in Rome, October 10, 1951. Admitted, 1982, Italy.
Admitted before the Supreme Court.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1976).
LANGUAGES: Italian, English and Portuguese.
PRACTICE AREAS: White collar crime and corporate.
E-mail: ro@studiovassalli.it
GIORGIO PERRONI
born in Rome, January 13, 1962. Admitted 1989, Italy.
Admitted before the Supreme Court.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1985). Also at Milan office.
LANGUAGES: Italian.
PRACTICE AREAS: White collar crime and criminal.
E-mail: gp@studiovassalli.it
FRANCO PASQUALE D’URBANO
born in Bomba, February 24, 1944. Admitted, 1972, Italy.
Admitted before the Supreme Court.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1968).
Associate Professor, Criminal Law, University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
LANGUAGES: Italian and French.
PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal.
E-mail: fpdu@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); Co-Author: “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
ELISABETTA BUSUITO
born in Rome, April 1, 1966. Admitted, 1997 Italy.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Economics, 1990); University of Rome “L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1993); Master for Corporate Lawyers, L.U.I.S.S. Management, 1994.
Research assistant, Criminal Law, University of Rome “L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli”.
Member of the editor’s committee of “Andaf Magazine”, a magazine for administration and finance executives.
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: White collar crime and criminal.
E-mail: eb@studiovassalli.it
ANNA D’ALESSANDRO
born in Cosenza, September 30, 1967. Admitted, 1995, Italy.
Education: University of Perugia (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1991).
From 1993 to 1995, research assistant, Criminal Law and International Criminal Law, University of Perugia.
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: White collar crime and criminal.
E-mail: ada@studiovassalli.it
MARIA CARLA PAGNOTTA
born in Cosenza, February 22, 1968. Admitted, 1996, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1992).
LANGUAGES: Italian.
PRACTICE AREAS: White collar crime and criminal.
E-mail: mcp@studiovassalli.it

NICOLA APA
 born in Catanzaro, June 25, 1972. Admitted, 1999, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 1995.
Author: “La custodia cautelare in tema di reato continuato”; “Note in tema di testimonianza dell’agente provocatore”, in “Giurisprudenza Italiana”; “Ambiguità giurisprudenziali sull’acquisizione dei tabulati del traffico telefonico”; “Questioni aperte nel nuovo giudizio abbreviato e profili di costituzionalità connessi”, in “Rivista Italiana di Diritto e Procedura Penale”.
LANGUAGES: Italian.
PRACTICE AREAS: White collar crime.
E-mail: na@studiovassalli.it

FRANCESCO GIOVANNINI
born in Rome, May 2, 1967. Admitted, 1996, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1992). Milan office.
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: White collar crime.
E-mail: fg@studiovassalli.it
ASSOCIATES
MAURIZIO BAZZOLI
born in Pavia, July 22, 1974. Admitted 2001, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1998).
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: White collar crime and criminal.
E-mail: mb@studiovassalli.it
MASSIMILIANO LECCE
 born in Rome, September 18, 1974. Admitted, 2002, Italy.
Education: University of Rome “L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1999).
Research assistant, Criminal Law, University of Rome “L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli”.
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: White collar crime and criminal.
E-mail: ml@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
ALESSIA COZZI
 born in Verona, July 31, 1975. Admitted to practice before Lower Courts.
Education: University of Siena (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2000). Milan office.
LANGUAGES: Italian and French.
PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal.
E-mail: ac@studiovassalli.it
ANTONIO BRUNETTI
born in Rome, February 29, 1972. Admitted to practice before Lower Courts.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2000).
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal.
E-mail: ab@studiovassalli.it
BRUNO ANDO’
born in Messina, March 9, 1980. Admitted to practice before Lower Courts.
Education: University of Messina (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2003).
M. Phil. white collar crime (2005).
Author: “Nota a Ufficio del Giudice per le Indagini Preliminari del Tribunale di Milano - Ordinanza 25 gennaio 2005, Baracchini ed altri”, in “Giustizia Penale”, 2005; 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 and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal.
E-mail: ba@studiovassalli.it
FILIPPO SARCI’
born in Palermo, February 22, 1976.
Education: University of Palermo (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2003).
LANGUAGES: Italian and French.
PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal.
E-mail: fs@studiovassalli.it
MICHELA ROJA
born in Udine, July 18, 1978.
Education: University of Verona (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2003).
LANGUAGES: Italian, English and French.
PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal.
E-mail: mr@studiovassalli.it
MARIA ANTONIETTA LUCE
born in Naples, December 7, 1979.
Education: University of Milano - Bicocca (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2004).
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal.
E-mail: mal@studiovassalli.it

OF COUNSEL

ROSARIO SALONIA
born in Siracusa, May 20, 1952. Admitted, 1984, Italy.
Admitted before the Supreme Court.
Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1976). Also at Milan office.
From 1976 to 1983, he was head of Legal Affairs and Human Resources as well as General Manager of a leading Italian industrial company.
Since 1984 he began his professional legal activity and management consulting activity.
During the same time period and until 1998, he was Secretary General of “A.S.E.S.” (Association for Social and Economic Development), Secretary General of “CO.PAR” (Parliamentary Cooperative) and Secretary General of “Friends of Aspen Institute Italy”.
From 1996 to 2001, he was the Coordinator of Labour activities for A.G.I. (Association of General Companies).
Since 2001 he has been a member of the Secretary and the Commission for Industrial Relations and Social Affairs of A.N.C.E. (National Association of Building Constructors).
LANGUAGES: Italian and English.
PRACTICE AREAS: Labour law and civil litigation.
E-mail: r.salonia@salonia-associati.it