education
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
LL.M. in International Legal Studies (with Distinction)
May 17, 2009
. Relevant Courses: Corporations, International Commercial Arbitration,
Constitutional Law, Litigation Practice in International Arbitration,
Investor State Dispute Settlement, International Trade, International
Project Financing.
. Activities: Member, Foreign Lawyers at Georgetown, International
Arbitration Society.
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TRE, Rome, Italy
Scuola di Specializzazione per le Professioni Legali
September2004 to June 2006
(Postgraduate Specialization School of Law equivalent)
. Thesis: Fraudulent Bankruptcy of Corporations according to new Art.
223 of the Italian Regulation on Bankruptcy (R.D.16 marzo 1942, n.
267).
Laurea in Giurisprudenza (J.D. equivalent)
October 2000 to July 2004
GPA 27.7/30 Final Grade 110/110
. Thesis: The Travel Contract and the possibility to recover damages for
emotional distress ("Danno da Vacanza Rovinata") in the Italian, EU
and US regulations and case law.
Work Experience
CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE, Milan, Italy September 2010
to Present
Associate, International Arbitration, Energy Division
. Participant in international arbitration proceedings representing
governments on oil and gas related disputes pertaining to contractual
and treaty claims pending at the International Center for Settlement
of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and International Court of Arbitration
(ICC) tribunals.
. Draft memoranda and research on OPEC related activities and recently
approved Long Term Strategy. Monitor International Energy Forum
activities. Advise governments on possible effect of the creation of a
new treaty, analysis and draft of international documents' provisions,
research on interpretation of treaties, reservations, legally binding
effects, registration under Article 102 of the United Nation Charter.
. Research principles of State Attribution under the ICSID Convention
and the Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally
Wrongful Acts (ILC) application.
. Resume tasks initiated in the New York Office on arbitration as part
of the international arbitration group.
. Advise a government on protection of investments and on Model BIT.
CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE, New York, US September 2009 to
August 2010 Associate, International Arbitration, Energy Division
. Involved in international arbitration proceedings on oil and gas
related disputes representing governments in relation to contractual
and treaty claims pending at the ICC and ICSID tribunals.
. Drafted memoranda on Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) provisions,
Fair and Equitable Treatment, Full Protection and Security,
Stabilization Clauses and their typologies and effects, Expropriation
(Direct, Indirect, Lawful and Unlawful), typologies of Production
Sharing Agreements contracts (PSAs) and various provisions included in
the contracts, Environmental and Human Rights protection and
development related issues, States sovereign rights' protection and
enhancement, protection of natural resources, INCOTERMS in Production
Sharing Agreements.
. Researched among the jurisprudence, publications and ICSID, ICC,
International Court of Justice (ICJ), Iran-US Claims, Ad-Hoc
tribunals' awards for topics related to States sovereign rights
protection, stabilization clauses and their possible effects,
calculation of damages in case of unlawful expropriation, INCOTERMS,
BITs provisions' interpretations, umbrella clauses, stabilization
clauses in BITs and in national petroleum laws, Vienna Convention on
the Law of Treaties, Charter of the United Nation, ECT (Energy Charter
Treaty) and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) provisions'
application and interpretation.
. Interfaced with clients in meetings, collaborated with subject matter
experts and actively participated in the preparation of documents
submitted for arbitration proceedings.
CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE, Milan, Italy November 2007 to
May 2008
Associate, International Arbitration, Energy Division
. Involved in international arbitration pre-negotiations representing a
government in the oil sector; researched legal issues related to
foreign direct investments (FDI), NAFTA and ECT analyzing several
decisions awarded by ICSID, ICC, London Court of International
Arbitration, Iran-US Tribunal and Ad-Hoc tribunals.
. Drafted memoranda pertaining to foreign investment protection, host
states sovereignty in relation to natural resources, interim measures,
calculation of damages, direct and indirect expropriation.
. Assisted lawyers in negotiating foreign investments in Italy in the
gas sector.
. Analyzed, studied and drafted memoranda on Italian Snam Rete Gas
regulations.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, Brussels, Belgium February 2007 to
July 2007
Intern, Office of the Italian Deputy; Vito Bonsignore
. Assisted Deputy on issues related to his work of Vice President of the
PPE DE Group;
. Involved in activities conducted by the Working Groups Neighborhood,
Enlargement and Euromed related to the enhancement of Immigration and
Free Trade policies in the Euro-Mediterranean Area and Islamic
Countries; researched and prepared presentations on the Lisbon Treaty
related issues connected with the development of the Euro-
Mediterranean area.
. Maintained public relations for the MEP inside the Parliament with
representatives of other Groups. Organized activities in relation to
the visit of Euro-Mediterranean countries' representatives as meetings
and conferences. Prepared documents to be used for those events.
. Participated in Foreign Affairs Commission's meetings drafting minutes
and memoranda of the meeting's core issues.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
. Other Experiences: Two years of law practice in civil law and
criminal law areas in order to qualify for the Italian BAR Exam,
2004/2006, Rome, Italy.
. Other Courses: Human Rights and Refugee Protection, held by UNHCR
and Red Cross representatives, Rome, Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre.
. Bar Admission: Italian BAR, Rome, Italy, September 2007. Sitting for
the NY BAR on February 2011.
. Languages: Italian (native speaker), English (fluent),
Spanish (fluent), French (intermediate).
. Membership: Arbitral Women, Arbit, Foreign Lawyers at Georgetown,
Italian BAR Association.
. Interests: History of Art, Ancient Roman and Greek
production, Asian Art, Impressionism and Renaissance European
movements, Pre-Raphaelites movements; Music, Opera productions;
Theater productions; Decoupage decoration activities; Cooking,
Shiatsu.