MR. FRANCESCO PIFFERI, LL.M.

Born on June 28, 1967 in Bologna; Italian citizen; qualified as a lawyer in the Republic of Italy; arbitrator; mediator in civil and business law matters ("Mediatore Professionista" as provided under Legislative Decree n.28/2010 - EU directive) listed at the Chamber of Commerce of Bologna, Forlì-Cesena and Ravenna. In 2008 he established JUSLAW.

Academic education both in Italy and abroad with a Master of Laws (LL.M. - U.S. and International Business Law - Thesis on Conflict of Laws), at University of Georgia, School of Law, Athens, Georgia, United States (1997/98) and a Master of Laws (LL.M. - European Business Law), organised by Pallas Consortium, Nijmegen - Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1996/97), and in Italy with a Graduate Course in European Community Law (1995/96) and Laurea in Giurisprudenza (J.D.) at University of Bologna, School of Law, Bologna, Italy (Thesis on Labor Law - 1993).

With regard to ADR he has attended several courses (continuing education) on human resources, mediation & negotiation skills (also trough non violent communication seminars – M. B. Rosenberg; "certification candidate" at www.cnvc.org), domestic & international arbitration. Co-author of: Ingredients for Collective Intelligence: How to run a living group that gets things done in flow (version US, version UK)

Areas of practice

Banking & Finance (Digital Transformation and Agile Legal); private equity fund structuring & deal making; Information Technology (Software – Multimedia, Data protection); Intellectual Property; Civil Law; Business Law and Company Law (Incorporation, Shareholder Agreements, Corporate Compliance, Data Protection Laws); Bankruptcy Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Partnerships; International Trade Law (Conflicts of Law); Competition and Trade (EU & Italian Antitrust Law); Intellectual Property; Conflict Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution (Negotiation & Mediation, Arbitration, Litigation).