Avv. Massimiliano De Benetti

Massimiliano, senior partner, is qualified as Italian lawyer (Avvocato). He graduated in Law at the University of Ferrara. He did part of his training with an important international Law Firm based in London. He consolidated his experience with a Law firm based in Padova focusing on the areas of Contract Law, Company Law and Probate Law. He achieved the Doctorate in Contract and Obligation Law in 2008 and is currently working as contract Researcher with the University of Padua. Massimiliano is qualified in Legal English language (Legal English courses at the University of Cambridge).

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Avv. Marta Larese De Santo

Marta is qualified as Italian lawyer (Avvocato) and is member of the Law Society of Padua and the Chamber of the Civil Forum. She graduated in Law at the University of Padova, discussing a dissertation in comparative criminal law. She consolidated her experience with a major law firm headquartered in Padua, specialising in Insurance and Tort Law. She also specialised in Family Law. marta has a good knowledge of English language.

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Avv. Paolo Meneghel

Paolo Meneghel, partner of the Law Practice Meneghel & De Marchi of Padua , one of its founders, is enrolled in the Law Society of Padua and in the Civil Chamber of the Court of Padua. He graduated in Law at the University of Padua in 1999, with a thesis in the field of Employment Law. He has a 15 year experience in litigation issues in the fields of Civil, Commercial, Administrative and Employment Law. He taught in courses organised for personnel in charge of risk protecion and prevention in business environment. He has also taught as consultant for the University of Padua, Department of City Architecture, about the issue of EEC trade mark. He is responsible for the litigation department at De Benetti & Co. He has a good knowledge of English and French languages.

Avv. Valentina Verduci

Valentina has been qualified as Italian lawyer since 2002 and is registered with the Law Society of Padua. She graduated in Law at the University of Padua in 1999 with a thesis in Tax Law. She consolidated her experience with a well-known Law firm in Padua, where she specialized in Company Law, Banking law, Law of the Financial markets and Bankruptcy law. Previously, she did part of their training with another important Law firm, gaining experience in matters of human rights, real interests, lettings contracts, Contract law and Family Law. She cooperated with the chair of Tax Law of the Faculty of Law of Padua. She wrote a number of essays, published in the Journal of Tax Law and carried out comparative research at the Bibliothèque Cujas of the Sorbonne University in Paris, focusing on banking investigations of the French tax Law. Valentina has a good working knowlegde of French and English.

Avv. Anna Lasalvia

Avv. Anna Maria Lasalvia is enrolled in the Law Society of Padova. She graduated in Law at the University of Padua. Further on she specialised in Human rights of Minors at the Centre of Human Rigths of the University of Padua - UNESCO Chair Jean Monnet. She was member of the Directive Board of Association of Lawyers dealing mostly in Criminal law of Padua from 1997 to 2002. She was member of the editorial staff of the Review published by the Italian Association of Criminal Law from 1997 al 2000. She has consolidated her 20 year experience mostly in Criminal Law. She has also acquired a deep knowledge in Family Law and Juvenile Law thanks to her 10 year experience as legal consultant of a major Family advisory bureau in the town of Padova.

Dott. Enrico Sinigaglia

Dr. Enrico Sinigaglia. Enrico is enrolled among the trainees of the Law Society of Padua. He gradueted at Law at the University of Padua with a thesis in Bankruptcy Law entitled "The determination of liability in bankruptcy from 1942 to date: doctrinal and legal aspects." In May 2010 he was admitted to the Ph.D. in European Civil, Commercial and Employment Contract Law at the University Ca 'Foscari of Venice. He has a good understanding of English and French.

Dott. Andrea Redivo Zaglia

Andrea is specialised in property transation, taxation and evaluation. He graduated in Political Economic Sciences at the University of Padua and obtained an international MBA degree at Clemson University, USA. After a 10 year career as Retail Manager working for a famous American multi-national, he decided to specialize in the Italian estate business, focusing in prestigious properties in the Veneto region. Andrea is a licensed estate agent (registered with the Chamber of Commerce of Padua) and member of F.I.M.A.A. (Italian Federation of Business Estate Agents). He is the manager of Properties in Italy, a company specialised in the sale of properties located in Venice and the Veneto. Andrea can speak English, French, Spanish, German, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian.

Dott. Alessandra Annoni

Alessandra graduated in Law at the University of Ferrara. In 2002 she was nominated expert of the field in International Law and European Union Law by the Faculty of Law of Ferrara. She is a member of the examining board of the Faculty of Law of Ferrara for International Public Law, EU Law, International Private Law and Civil Procedure and International Human Rights. In 2007 she was granted the PhD in International Law from the University of Padova and in 2008 she became research fellow in International law at the University of Ferrara. She spent several months working and studying in The Hague, in Geneva and in Ramallah. Two of her studies have been published in the 'Rivista di diritto internazionale'.

Dott. Alberto De Franceschi

Alberto is specialised in Private Law and Consumer Law. He graduated in Law at the University of Padua. He is currently Research fellow at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ferrara, specialising in Italian and European Contract and Obligation Law. He is also co-operating with the Max-Planck-Institut for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law of Munich (Germany). Alberto is qualified in Legal German language (Goethe Institute of Munich) and has a good working knowledge of the English language.

Dott. Paolo Favaro

Paolo, Tax Advisor, graduated in Economics and Commerce: Legal and Economic Consultancy at Cà Foscari, University of Venice. He has been member of the Association of Chartered Accountants in Padua, and of the Register of Auditors since 2005. He attended postgraduate courses in International Tax Laws at IPSOA, Milan; in Taxation and Accounting of Small and Medium-Sized Companies at the Euroconference; and numerous other specialised courses in Accountancy and Taxation. His professional activity began with an apprenticeship in 2001, and since then he has acquired a solid experience working in Accounting, Corporate Law, and in National and International Tax Law. His written and spoken English and German are excellent, as he studied both languages abroad, and obtained the University of Cambridge First Certificate from the Oxford House College, London, and the Zentrale Mittlestufenprüfung from the Goethe-Institut, Göttingen.