The U.S. desk was established in 1961 with the setting up of Pavia e Ansaldo.
It has therefore built up more than 50 years’ experience in advising American and other Common Law-country clients as well as Italian clients operating in those countries.
The lawyers on the team are qualified to practice in the U.S.A. and are also experts in the Italian legal system.
Co-heads of the desk are Bruno Pavia and Mario Abate.
The team mainly advises on commercial and corporate law (particularly M&A transactions, joint ventures, incorporation of companies and assistance in related ordinary and extraordinary corporate transactions, the creation of distribution and franchise networks, commercial contracts) and on asset protection law (asset funds, trusts, trust companies and fiduciary mandates).
The U.S. desk was established in 1961 with the setting up of Pavia e Ansaldo.
It has therefore built up more than 50 years’ experience in advising American and other Common Law-country clients as well as Italian clients operating in those countries.
The lawyers on the team are qualified to practice in the U.S.A. and are also experts in the Italian legal system.
Co-heads of the desk are Bruno Pavia and Mario Abate.
The team mainly advises on commercial and corporate law (particularly M&A transactions, joint ventures, incorporation of companies and assistance in related ordinary and extraordinary corporate transactions, the creation of distribution and franchise networks, commercial contracts) and on asset protection law (asset funds, trusts, trust companies and fiduciary mandates).
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Mario J. Abate appointed new Board Member of Amcham Italy Milan, February 26, 2025 – Last Friday, February 14, the meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy was held in Naples to appoint new Board members. Among the newly elected members is Mario J. Abate, a Partner at Pavia e Ansaldo and head of the firm’s US Desk. “It is a great honor to join the AmCham Italy Board. This role represents an important opportunity to actively contribute to strengthening relations between Italy and the United States, two countries with long-standing economic…
