Antonio de Capoa

Training

Law Degree, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna-Universitat de Barcelona, 1980.

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Professional registers

Admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) and the Higher Courts; Admitted to the Bologna Bar Association.

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Professional experience

Antonio de Capoa, Founding Partner of Studio Legale De Capoa, is admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) and the Higher Courts. He specializes in Commercial Law, Corporate Law, International Trade Law, Export Control and Dual-Use Regulations, European Union Law, Customs Law, Intellectual Property Law, Industrial Law and Antitrust, Islamic Law, and Islamic Finance.

He is and has been a legal adviser to several Italian and foreign industrial associations and chambers of commerce. He served as President of the Italian-Libyan Chamber of Commerce and as Lecturer in International Organizations at the Carlo Bo University of Bologna.

Lecturer in "International Organizations", Università Carlo Bo of Bologna, already; Lecturer in the following University Masters organized by the University of Bologna: "Management Processes of Public Works" "Trade Exchanges, Banking Activities and Investments with Arab Countries" "Master for International Jurists" and "Master in System Policies and Institutional Relations"; Lecturer at NIBI (PROMOS of MILAN) and at ALTALEX; Visiting Professor at several foreign Universities; Author of 70 publications including 6 monographs; Speaker at more than 300 seminars and conferences; Coordinator of the Master of Agribusiness Law organized by the Forensic Foundation of Bologna; President of Promeuropa; Member of the Board of Directors of "Forensic Foundation of Bologna" Member of the Advisory Board of the Arkios Business Bank of London; Founder and Partner of Farest spa, a company; consulting and assistance company participated by Simest (Institute controlled by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti); Accredited Consultant at the African Development Bank; since 1995 Senior Expert for the TACIS and PHARE/TACIS programs of the European Union and has worked as a legislative jurist to proceed with the revision or drafting of texts of laws for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the'formerformer USSR, also winning international tenders called by the'European Agency for Reconstruction; Member of numerous international professional associations and International Chambers of Commerce; former President of the Italian-Libyan Chamber of Commerce; President of the "Friends of the Waterways and Underground of Bologna" and among the founders of "Italia Sotterranea".

He is President of Promeuropa; accredited consultant to the African Development Bank; member of the Advisory Board of Arkios Investment Bank in London; founder and partner of Farest S.p.A., a consulting and assistance company owned by Simest (an institute controlled by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti); and member of the Board of Directors of the Fondazione Forense Bolognese. He is the author of 100 publications – including 9 monographs and numerous essays – and has been a speaker at over 400 seminars and conferences. He is a regular contributor to the magazines Fiscalità e Commercio Internazionale, Guida al Diritto and Guida Normativa, published by Ipsoa Wolters Kluwer and Il Sole24Ore respectively.

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Areas of expertise

- International Law
- International Trade Law
- International Arbitration
- Commercial Law
- Corporate Law
- Export Control
- Customs Law
- Antitrust and Competition Law
- Intellectual and Industrial Property Law
- Islamic Finance
- Islamic Law and Legal Systems of Muslim Countries
- Agrifood Law

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