Paralegal -Attorney

NATALIA E. CURTO

*** *. ********* ******, *******. IL 60622

Phone 312-***-****

Email: ********@*****.***

SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVE: Attorney, licensed to practice law in Argentina and Italy. Sat for the Illinois bar exam July 2019, presently awating exam results. Experience in practicing law in the area of international business transactions supporting clients drafting, reviewing, and negotiating international and domestic business contracts for foreign companies and as well as the formation of corporate entities, intellectual property matters. Seeking role as law clerk or paralegal in Chicago during the fall of 2019, before being sworn in to practice law in Illinois. Certified Mediator.

BAR ADMISSIONS:

Sat for the Illinois Bar Exam in July 2019; awaiting the results – October.

Buenos Aires Bar Association, November 2000

Milan Bar Association, June 2010

EDUCATION:

Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago (IL). LL.M., International Intellectual Property, May 2019. Graduated with Honors. GPA 3.924.

Chicago-Kent College of Law School of American Law, Athens, Greece. Completion of two semesters in American Law (in preparation for the LL.M. on International Intellectual Property). Law School, National University of Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina. Juris Doctor, Degree in Juridical and Social Sciences, October 1999.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

Center for Conflict Resolution (CCRC), Chicago (IL). Volunteer mediator, September 2018 to present.

Manzato and Associates Law Office, Milan, Italy. Attorney, May 2010- June 2011 and January 2016 to present

Provided legal assistance to Italian companies investing in South America (team leader)

Acted as President of the Arbitration Tribunal appointed by the Milan Chamber of Arbitration in a domestic arbitration case (2010)

Drafted and reviewed international and domestic contracts for Italian and foreign companies

Provided legal assistance for the formation of entities in Italy and abroad

Drafted pleadings, briefs, motions and correspondence in civil and commercial proceedings

Attended hearings in lower Courts and Courts of Appeals in civil and commercial proceedings

Provided consultancy services on Immigration Law and Italian Citizenship

Scotti Camuzzi Law Office, Milan, Italy. Attorney, July 2011 – December 2015

Provided continuous out-of-court legal assistance to an Italian multinational company in the industrial sector (Law firm's main client)

Provided legal assistance to a UK company in healthcare sector in a judicial proceeding of unfair competition and breach of distribution agreement

Acted as Sole Arbitrator appointed by the Milan Chamber of Arbitration in three international arbitration cases

Drafted and reviewed international and domestic contracts for Italian and foreign companies

Provided legal assistance for the formation of entities in Italy and abroad

Drafted pleadings, briefs, motions and correspondence in civil and commercial proceedings

Attended hearings in lower Courts and Courts of Appeals in civil and commercial proceedings

Izzi Toniatti Pini Perron-Cabus Matalon Law Office, Milan, Italy. Attorney, May 2007 – April 2010.

Provided continuous legal out-of-court assistance to an American company doing business in Italy in the tourism sector

Drafted and reviewed international and domestic contracts for Italian and foreign companies

(mainly American and French)

Provided assistance for the formation of entities in Italy for foreign companies

Drafted notices, minutes of the Board of Directors and shareholder’s meetings, proxies, etc. (in Italian, English and French)

Drafted employment agreements for managers and middle-ranking managers and legal opinions about Italian employment law for foreign clients (in English and French)

Provided consultancy services on Immigration Law for foreign corporate clients

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Lecturer at the Master “Business Focus NIBI dedicated to Latin America” (at NIBI New Institute of International Business, Milan 201*-****-****)

Lecturer on the topic “Business Operations with Brazil” (at AICE- Italian Association of Foreign Trade, Milan 2012) and on “How to Invest in Brazil” (at Unindustria Varese, Varese 2012)

Lecturer on the topic “UN Convention on contracts for the International Sale of Goods

(1980)” at the Post-grade course “Taxation and International Finance” (Unindustria, Treviso 2005)

Auxiliary Professor of "International Public Law" at the National University of Buenos Aires

(Buenos Aires 2000 -2002)

Participation in the National Round of the Philip Jessup Law Moot Competition (Buenos Aires 1999)

LANGUAGES: Fluent in reading, writing and speaking in Italian, Spanish (mother tongue), English, French and Portuguese

AWARDS:

Awarded CALI Award for being the best LL.M student in International Intellectual Property class Fall 2018 (Chicago January 2019)

Awarded a scholarship by ADR Center (Member of JAMS International) to participate to the International Training Course “Making and Saving Deals in the Global Business Environment”

(Milan 2011).

Awarded a scholarship granted by the Italian Institute of Culture of Buenos Aires to attend a course of Italian at the “Bertrand Russell Institute” in Padua, Italy (Buenos Aires 2002).

Awarded a scholarship by the Association of English Culture to attend a course of English at

“Saffron Walden Bell College” in England for the highest mark obtained during a five-year course duration (Parana Argentina, 1992).

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