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Pierfrancesco C. Fasano

Co-Founder and Naming Partner

Admitted as Avvocato (Advocate) to Milan Bar and to the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione). Registered as Legal Practitioner with right of audience before the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) Courts and as European Union Lawyer with The Law Society of Ireland (LSI) in Dublin.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Intellectual Property
• Cross-Border Investments
• Art
• Banking and Finance
• Labour
• Digital
• Data Protection
• European Union 
• Public Affairs
• Litigation and ADR

QUALIFICATIONS AND LISTS AS RECOMMENDED SERVICES

• Arbitrator, Court of Milan, Intellectual Property Special Section
• Expert before the Milan Court, special fields \’Trademarks, Advertising and Domains\’
• Mediator, ICOM-WIPO, Art and Cultural Heritage
• Arbitrator, Czech Arbitration Court, Top Level Domain Name ‘.eu’
• Arbitrator, Italian Registry, country code Top Level Domain Name ‘.it’
• Arbitrator, Chamber of Commerce of Bergamo, ‘Information Technology’ (2005-2013)
• Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) Arbitration Directory
• Business Network Partner, Invitalia – Italian Govt. Agency for Inward Investment
• Lawyers List, Indian General Consulate, Milan
• Guardians List, Court of Milan
• Litigation Lawyers List, Italian Social Security Agency for Entertainment and Professional Sport Workers (ENPALS)
• Arbitrator, Italian Stock Exchange Commission (CONSOB)’s Conciliation and Arbitration Chamber (2010-2017)
• Lecturer, University of Milan (Computer Forensic course – Prof. G. Ziccardi), scientific areas ‘IT and IP, IT and ADR’, academic fields ‘exams, European Observatory, teaching’
• Scientific Director accredited by Italian Ministry of Justice for Mediation Traning Centres
• Theoretical Trainer for Mediators accredited by Italian Ministry of Justice
• Mediation Case Manager for MFSD, IP Disputes Resolution Centre accredited by .it Registry and Italian Ministry of Justice
• Editor-in-Chief for Cooling Off, Intellectual Property Alternative Disputes Resolution Law & Practice Review (IP ADR LP R), international professional scientific quaterly journal edited by MFSD

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• International Investment Funds, The Law Society of Ireland, Dublin 
• Cultural Heritage Law, Training Course, Heuright, Santander Art and Culture Law Review, Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
• Intellectual Property Mediation Conference, OHIM, Alicante
• Workshop for Mediators on Intellectual Property disputes, WIPO, Geneva
• Workshops for Mediators on Art and Cultural Heritage, ICOM-WIPO, Paris
• Art Law Course, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London
• Training Course, Independent Director, Milan Bar
• Annual Workshop for Arbitrators, Czech Arbitration Court, Prague
• Workshop for Arbitrators, ‘Re-assignation procedure of domain names managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names’, World Intellectual Property Organization (OMPI/WIPO), Geneva
• Workshop for Arbitrators, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (OMPI/WIPO), Geneva
• LL M in EU Economic and Law, Federico II University of Naples
• Juris D in Law, Catholic University of Milan

TEACHING PANELIST AND PUBLICATIONS

Speaker, panelist, lecturer, chairman and expert in various seminars, workshops, conferences and traning courses for businessmen and professionals in Italy, European Union and overseas. Books and articles on domestic and International business and academic reviews.

LANGUAGES

Italian, English and French

MEMBERSHIPS

Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
The Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network (oriGIn)
Fondation pour le Droit de l’Art, Université de Genève
International Council of Musems (ICOM) – Italy Chapter

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

After counseling Italian client in an International arbitration (ICC) in Delhi, sucessfully obtained the dismiss of the case issued by Milan Court of Appeal upon Indian counterpart’s petition aiming to recognize the award.

After 3 years guardianship appointed by the Milan Court, dealing with employees, a re estate and archive protected by Italian Fine Arts Office, closed the procedure with the final and last report approved by Milan Court.