Valeria Insabella
Valeria Insabella was born in Turin on February 7, 1968. Graduated with full marks in Law from the University of Turin on April 29th, 1993. She passed the qualifying examination for the legal profession in 1997. She passed the notarial competition in 2009.
Appointed Notary in 2011 based in Condove (TO).
Today Notary in Turin with secondary office in Almese (TO).
Alberto Vadalà
Alberto Vadalà was born in Turin on January 5th, 1989. Graduated in Law at the Luiss Guido Carli University of Rome in 2013, one academic year ahead of schedule, full marks and honours, in the same year he settled in Naples for the notary training at the most prestigious and recognized schools in Italy. In 2014 he won the entrance competition to the PhD in Commercial Law at the Parthenope University of Naples, ranking first in the merit ranking. He conducts research and studies – and is the author of publications – on agreed solutions to the corporate crisis and on extraordinary transactions. Already at the age of 27, he participated in the notary competition organized with D.D. 21 April 2016, which wins among the youngest ever. He completed his practical training alongside Notary Andrea Ganelli. He is a Notary in Turin with a secondary office in Bra (CN).
Andrea Ganelli
Lombard from Codogno (LO), after graduating with full marks from the Catholic University of Milan with prof. Piero Schlesinger, trained as a notary at the historic Neapolitan school of President Guido Capozzi.
Notary in Turin since 2003 is the professional heir of Notary Antonio Maria Marocco and is the promoter of Leading Law.
Expert in real estate law, commercial law, trust law and succession planning.
In 2015 and 2016 he received the recognition of Notary of the Year from the specialized magazines Toplegal and Legalcommunity.
Currently Andrea Ganelli, among other positions, is:
Honorary Consul of Myanmar for North West Italy (Piedmont, Lombardy and Liguria);
President of the Italian -Myanmar Chamber of Commerce,
Member of the Board of Directors of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Contemporary Art Foundation
Member of the territorial committee of Banco BPM
Alberto Antonucci
Over the years he has gained significant experience in the various fields of civil law, developing a strong specialization in corporate, commercial and tax law, in the areas of obligations, family and succession law and civil liability. After the classical diploma, on October 21st1980 he graduated in law and in 1986 he became a lawyer and enrolled in the register of lawyers of Turin, the city where he began his legal career where he has been a lawyer at the Supreme Court since 1998. Founding partner of the Paolo Emilio Ferreri Law Firm with whom he cooperated from Graduation until August 2006 and still Founding Partner and co-owner of the Antonucci Caratozzolo e Associati Law Firm in Turin.
Stefano Balzola
Stefano gained a solid experience in corporate law and financial market law, also thanks to his academic activities. He regularly assists clients in private equity and venture capital transactions, extraordinary corporate transactions, company acquisitions, mergers and recapitalizations and provides assistance to the board of directors’ meetings and shareholders’ meetings.
He provides consultancy to listed companies, banks and insurance companies in the compliance with the relevant sectorial regulations as well as in relations with the independent Authorities.
Stefano has developed extensive experience in all aspects of managing the employment relationships of managers and executives, as well as issues related to individual and collective dismissals, due diligence activities, transfer of business and outsourcing in the context of reorganization or extraordinary operations.
He assists clients in civil actions, before the Italian Court of the Enterprises, involving the responsibility of the corporate bodies, shareholders’ resolutions invalidity, disputes between shareholders and the responsibility of financial intermediaries. He was arbitrator and secretary of arbitration.
He also developed skills in the navigation law assisting shipyards in relations with customers and suppliers as well as with port authorities.
Stefano assists also listed companies, banks and insurance companies in the compliance with the relevant sectorial regulations as well as in relations with the independent Authorities.
He graduated in law ‘with honours’ in 2004 with a thesis on “Stocks and hybrid securities in the reform of Italian Corporate Law”. He was admitted to the Turin Bar on 17 November 2007. Since 2011 he has been professor of corporate law at Carlo Cattaneo University – LIUC and since 2018 at University of Turin, from 2009 to 2013 he was a research fellow at the University of Turin, in 2008 he received a PhD in “Company Law and of financial markets” at the University of Bologna and in 2007 he was visiting researcher at Yale Law School.
Besides his native language Italian, Stefano is fluent in English.
Chiara Maria Colombo
Chiara Maria Colombo was born in Saronno on 12 September 1977. She graduated with full marks in Law from the University of Insubria in Como on 30 October 2002. She attended the Notary School of Lombardy and the Neapolitan school of Guido Capozzi.
She passed the notary competition in 2011.
Appointed Notary on June 26, 2012 based in Turin.
Today Notary in Milan.
Marco Gallusi
Born in Rome on February 4, 1964
Degree in Law from the University of Rome La Sapienza with a grade of 110/110 cum laude
Qualification for the legal profession obtained at the Court of Appeal of Rome in 1990
Competition for the appointment of 200 notary posts passed in 2000
Notary in Livorno from 2001 to 2007 – Notary in Rome from 2007 to today
Partner of the “Marco Gallusi Associated Notary Firm – Ginevra Gioffrè” based in Rome, Viale dei Parioli, 44
Massimo Brizzi
Avv. Massimo Brizzi was born in Florence in 1957 and graduated in 1982 with mention. He practiced at Olivetti Leasing S.p.a. as in-house legal consultant in charge of the development of the computerization of the legal services afterwards he gained experience at Watt, Tieder Killian & Hoffar’s Law Firm of Washington D.C., U.S.A and Cameron Markby’s Law Firm of London, United Kingdom. When back to Italy, he co-founded first Roberto Tassi & Associati Law Firm, then Brizzi Burgio Cuccurullo Sarti Law Firm. Later, he practiced as an independent and finally has joint Leading Law.
Massimo Brizzi has an extensive experience in domestic, international and cross border transactions. His areas of practice are business and contract law, corporate law with focus on insurance companies, asset planning with focus on asset protection, inheritance planning and generation shift, and finally tax law.
Knowledge of languages: fluent in English.
Practice areas
Business Law
– All and any business agreement, including but not being limited to, agency and distribution, franchising, leasing, sale of goods and services, trade-mark patent and know licensing and in general intellectual property, fine arts law, IT law (including internet frauds), commercial and residential property transactions focusing on tourist residential complex and hotel resorts, all and any corporate agreement (please see below).
Corporate Law
– Setting up of companies of any kind whatsoever, corporate and contractual joint-ventures, branches and subsidiaries, representative offices, group reorganizations, company repatriation and relocation, mergers & acquisitions, spin offs, share for share transactions, shareholders agreements, infra-group agreements. This area of practice includes the management of the authorization procedure for licensed businesses such as insurance, banking and financial businesses.
Estate Planning
– Estate planning for high net worth individuals involved in multiple legal jurisdictions aiming at: (i) the asset protection or part thereof; (ii) inheritance planning; (iii) generation shift of successful family businesses. All of the above making use, inter alia, of special purpose vehicles, hybrid companies, trusts and the like.
Taxation
– Tax relating to all the above referenced transactions as well advice and assistance relating to all and any tax issues, including, but not limited to, international treaties and double tax agreements, real property taxation, royalties, dividends and capital gains, interest and financial income, controlled foreign companies and transfer pricing, trusts, v.a.t. and sales tax, all of the above having regard to anti avoidance and anti-abuse rules.
Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci 8
50123 Florence – Italy
T + 39 055 292 345
M + 39 329 6160 820
E massimo.brizzi@leadinglaw.it
Ginevra Gioffrè
Ginevra Gioffrè
Born in Rome on September 3rd, 1972.
She graduated with honours in Law from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and was the winner of the 10,000,000 Lire scholarship awarded by the “A. Anselmi di Roma ”dedicated to the memory of Prof. Not. Mario D’Orazi Flavoni.
In 1999 she passed the exam for the qualification to practice as a lawyer.
In 2000 she passed the competition for the appointment of two hundred notary posts.
From 1996 to 2006 she was an expert in civil law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
From 2001 to 2006 she taught law subjects at the University of Cassino, pursuant to Law no. 197, art. 3, no. 6.
Author of publications on the “Rivista del Notariato”, on the “Italian Journal of civil law” and on the “Temi Romana” journal.
Notary operating since 2001, currently at the Notary District of Rome.
Fabrizia Bussolino
Born in 1984, she attended the Liceo Classico Massimo d’Azeglio in Turin and graduated in Law from the University of Turin with 110/110 points and honors, with a thesis in criminal law.
Since 2012 she has been enrolled in the Register of Lawyers of the Turin Bar and carries out her professional activity exclusively in the field of criminal law, at the Feno Law Firm since 2015, where she trained following the major processes that have affected professionals, entrepreneurs and businesses in our country in recent years.
Since 2018 she has been a partner of the Leading Law firm, criminal department, where she deals with the judicial defense of the top figures of Italian companies, CEOs, Directors, Directors, in criminal proceedings with regard to tax matters, workplace safety, environmental protection, crimes against property, food criminal law, with particular attention to the analysis of the organizational and governance structure of the Company or Entity also through the drafting or revision of delegated functions, Risk assessment document, Organization, Management and Control Model pursuant to d. lgs. 231/2001 in order to ensure the necessary updating of the structure to the new regulations, preventing the perpetration of any crimes. She can also declare a consolidated experience in healthcare and socio-healthcare processes.
Since 2016 President of the Supervisory Body of Farmauniti Cooperative Society.