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He maintains 300+ active court files across Italian tribunals, courts of appeal and the Supreme Court of Cassation, and manages approximately 500 hearings per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His profile combines deep legal expertise with an atypical financial skill set: an Executive Master in Administration, Finance &amp; Control (AFC) from SDA Bocconi, with hands-on IFRS financial analysis capability. 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Details available upon request in the context of a specific engagement.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cross-border acquisition in the spirits sector involving brand transfer, Antitrust advisory, regulatory approvals and post-acquisition commercial restructuring across multiple European jurisdictions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International distribution agreement structuring for a major spirits brand across South America, Asia and Eastern Europe, including sanction-sensitive territories\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JV structuring in the energy sector between European and Asian partners, involving multi-layer holding architecture and government concession frameworks\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corporate restructuring and merger of industrial entities in the F&amp;B sector, including bank waiver negotiations under Italian extraordinary corporate transaction law\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ongoing general counsel to one of Italy\u2019s largest vehicle rental companies: M&amp;A advisory, regulatory compliance, cross-border litigation, real estate and commercial contracts\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cross-border investigative mandate involving corporate patrimony analysis across multiple jurisdictions, with coordination of local counsel and forensic accountants\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trademark coexistence negotiation and IP strategy for a premium Italian wine and spirits group, involving parallel proceedings in multiple EU trademark offices\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share acquisition structuring for an international power generation company across Southeast Asian and European jurisdictions\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Languages<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Italian, English, Russian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registered Foreign Lawyer (Italy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30337,"menu_order":16,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[35],"people_category":[24],"class_list":{"0":"post-29606","1":"our_people","2":"type-our_people","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-corporate-and-commercial-law","7":"people_category-registered-foreign-lawyers","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Valerio C. 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