EWLA

ANTONIA VERNA

e-mail: averna@portolano.it

Ms Antonia Verna, Counsel
Portolano Colella Cavallo Studio Legale - Rome, Italy
averna@portolano.it
Antonia Verna is a counsel of the law firm Portolano Colella Cavallo, where she mainly focuses on M&A and international business transactions.
Antonia provides legal assistance to foreign and Italian clients in the context of complex cross-border and domestic joint ventures and M&A transactions, as well as with respect to commercial and corporate matters.
She also advises major investment funds and international groups on private equity, real estate and financing transactions and provides legal assistance to Asian companies with respect to business transactions in Europe, as well as to Italian companies in making investments in the Asian market.
Antonia is frequently speaking at conferences on corporate and contractual issues.
She is a member of EWLA (European Women Lawyers Association), PWA (Professional Women Association), International Bar Association (IBA) and Sviluppo Cina.
Antonia graduated in Law cum laude, from LUISS - Guido Carli School of Law in Rome, Italy in 1994 and obtained a Masters Degree from the Law School of Temple University in Philadelphia in 2000.
Antonia speaks fluent English and has a basic knowledge of Chinese.
She is enrolled with the Italian Bar Association since 1998.       
BAR ADMISSION Italian Bar, July 1998
   
EDUCATION  James E. Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA     LL.M (International Law), May 2000 

L.U.I.S.S. University, School of Management, Rome
Postgraduate Course in International Business Law
January 1996 - December 1996
Honors: scholarship

L.U.I.S.S. University, School of Law, Rome
J.D., 110/110 magna cum laude, December 1994 
Graduation thesis in Private Comparative Law. Professor: Mr. Diego Corapi

LEGAL
EXPERIENCE  Portolano, Colella, Cavallo, Milan
   Counsel, October 2008 – to date
Practice Areas: mergers and acquisitions, commercial and corporate law, real estate transactions, international commercial transactions.

Studio Legale Verna, Milan
   Partner, August 2005 – September 2008
Practice Areas: mergers and acquisitions, commercial and corporate law, real estate transactions, international commercial transactions (especially with the Asian market).

Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners, Milan
   Senior associate, October 2002 – July 2005
Practice Areas: mergers and acquisitions, commercial and corporate law, real estate transactions (including bidding procedures concerning the purchase of real estate properties, sale and lease back transactions, the contribution of real estate properties to real estate funds), contracts (including joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, lease agreements, development contracts, asset management, distribution and agency agreements, financing agreements).

   Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners in association with Linklaters, London
Associate, October 2000 - September 2002
Practice Areas: mergers and acquisitions, corporate matters, international contracts.

Pirola, Pennuto, Zei & Associati Law Firm, Rome
Member of PriceWaterhouseCoopers International Legal Practice
Associate, September 1997 - July 1999
Practice Areas: commercial and corporate law, contracts, environmental and energy law.

Emanuele Turco Law Firm, Rome
Lawyer-in-Training, January 1996 - August 1997
 Practice Areas: commercial and contract law, environmental and energy law.

Roscioni Law Firm, Rome
Lawyer-in-Training, September 1995 – December 1995
Practice Area: Litigation in the field of civil law.

Michael A. Cervini Law Offices, New York
Lawyer-in-Training, February 1995 - May 1995

   Italian Trade Commission, New York
Internship, May 1995 - August 1995

LANGUAGES  Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent), Chinese (basic knowledge)

Chinese private classes, Milan
January 2007 – to date

British Institute of Rome, Rome
Advanced Course of English, September 1995 - December 1995

Fordham University
English as Second Language Institute, New York
Advanced Course of English, January 1995 - June 1995

SKILLS   Good knowledge of Windows operating systems and Office applications (WinWord, PowerPoint)

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