Dario Gorji Varnosfaderani

Training

• Law School for International lawyers, UFTDU
• Master in Export Compliance, EIFEC
• Executive Course in Islamic Banking and Finance, International Chamber of Commerce
• Specialized Course in IP Management and Valuation, LUISS Guido Carli University
• Master Degree in Law, University of Padua

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Professional registers

Member of the Bologna Bar Association; Member of the Italian International Lawyers Association.

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Professional experience

Mr. Gorji is an international trade lawyer with particular expertise in export control, international economic sanctions, and commercial boycotts, with significant regional experience in Ukraine, Iran, and broader Middle Eastern jurisdictions.

Since 2023, he has coordinated the Trade Barriers and Intellectual Property Assistance Desk established by the Italian Trade Agency in Kyiv. He advises Italian and international companies on cross-border business operations, including offshoring, real estate transactions, foreign investments, and international public procurement, with a geographic focus on Ukraine, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Central Asia, the UAE, and Algeria.

He is an EIFEC-accredited Export Compliance Officer.

Mr. Gorji has worked in both Washington D.C. and Tehran, where he acquired extensive experience in handling disputes between Western and Iranian companies, both in litigation and international arbitration.
His longstanding presence in the Middle East has also led him to develop a specific focus on hereditary succession under Islamic law, with an emphasis on Shiite and Iranian legal frameworks.

He serves as a legal advisor to international chambers of commerce and various industrial associations, and is recognized as a trusted counsel by diplomatic missions in Italy and abroad.

Mr. Gorji has delivered over 80 presentations at national and international conferences, training courses, and seminars, covering topics such as foreign investment, export control compliance, international sanctions, Iranian law, and Islamic law.

He is the author of the first Italian legal guide on export control, titled “International Sanctions, Export Control and Compliance Programs” (Wolters Kluwer); in Iran, he published the Persian-language book “Doing Business in Italy”(Jangal Editions); and he contributed as a co-author to “World Encryption Controls”, published by WorldECR in the UK.

Other publications: "The Impact of Economic Sanctions on International Contracts: Primary and Secondary Sanctions. Focus: the Effects of Restrictive Measures Adopted Against the Russian Federation", London, International Business Law Journal, April 2025; "US Secondary Sanctions: Current Measures and Corporate Compliance", Milan, Fiscalità e Commercio Internazionale, April 2025; "Italian Export Control Update Introduces New Penalties and Hikes Up Others", London, World Export Control Review, July 2023; "The Hawala Payment System in Commercial Transactions with the Middle East and North Africa", Milan, Fiscalità e Commercio Internazionale, March 2023; "US Sanctions, Withdrawal from Contracts with Iran illegitimate”, Il Sole 24 Ore, February 2022; “The Eyes Have It: Spectacles Are Goods Not Economic Resources, Rules Court of Cassation”, London, World Export Control Review, December 2020; “Judgment awaited: How Will the ECJ Interpret the Limits of the Blocking Statute?”, London, World Export Control Review, July 2020; “Iran and sanctions: the point of the situation”, Mondo Macchina, June 2020; “Coronavirus: the contractual precautions to be adopted”, co-author, Commercio e Fiscalità Internazionale, March 2020; “The force majeure clause in contracts between Italy and Iran”, Tehran, publication of the Iranian-Italian Chamber of Commerce, March 2020; “Export Control in Italy: Limits and Prospects for 2020”, London, World Export Control Review, December 2019; “The EU Blocking Regulation: an Italian Perspective”, London, World Export Control Review, October 2019; “Export Control: A Focus on Corporate Obligations”, Mondo Macchina, July 2019; “Facilitated Procedures for Credits Abroad”, Il sole 24 ore, January 2016.

 

داریوش گرجی

وکیل دادگستری در کشور ایتالیا، متخصص در حقوق تحریم‌هایبین‌المللی و حقوق تجارت بین‌الملل در کلیه سطوح، با تمرکز بر عملیات حقوقی بین ایتالیا و ایران.
وی به شرکت‌های ایرانی و اروپایی در دعاوی قضایی و داوری، در تحقق سرمایه‌گذاری‌های بین‌المللی و ایجاد سرمایه‌گذاری مشترک کمک نموده و همپنین مشاور حقوقی اتاق‌های بازرگانی، انجمن‌های صنعتی و شرکت‌های دولتی و خصوصی فعال در ایران و ایتالیا می‌باشد.
برگزارکننده و سخنران جلسات متعدد درباره حقوق بازرگانی بین‌الملل، حقوق کشورهای اسلامی، حقوق تحریم‌هایبین‌المللی، سرمایه‌گذاری‌هایبین‌المللی.
او نویسنده کتاب “تجارت در ایتالیا” به زبان فارسی توسط انتشارات جنگل و کتاب “تحریم‌های بین‌المللی” به زبان ایتالیایی توسط انتشارات بین‌المللی والترز-کلوور است.

راه ارتباطي: dario.gorji@decapoa.com
 

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