Education
JD, Università degli Studi di Milano, 1986
LL.M., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, 2002
Areas of activity
Inheritance Law, Real Estate, Commercial Transaction, Litigation & Arbitration
Languages
Italian, German and English.
Paola is licensed as Avvocato in Italy and as Rechtsänwaltin in Germany. She joined the firm as of Counsel in 2020.
Paola mainly provides legal advice and assistance on issues related to intergenerational transfers in both national and international contexts; she also deals with personal and property aspects of family law and inheritance law with particular attention to cross-border relations between Italy and the German-speaking countries.
Paola has also gained significant experience in international private and commercial law, particularly in the management of disputes, both for Italian and for German clients, and also deals with issues of real estate law.
Over the years, Paola has worked both in Milan, also as partner in Italian-German firms, and in international firms in Munich, where for several years she provided advice and assistance, also on litigation matters, mainly to Italian and German clients in commercial law and in family and inheritance law.
Paola regularly participates as a speaker in conferences in Germany on aspects of Italian civil procedure, including the electronic process, and on Italian inheritance law. On behalf of the Association of German Lawyers, she has also been a speaker at conferences held on the occasion of the opening of the judicial year in Milan, and at conferences held by other associations of Italian lawyers.
She is a member of various international associations, including AIGLI (International Association of Italian Language Lawyers) and the Association of Italian-German Lawyers in Italy, the Italian section of the Association of German Lawyers (Deutscher AnwaltVerein) of Berlin, of which she was the founder and is currently in the board as the treasurer, as well as a member of associations specializing in inheritance matters.
In February 2020 Paola joined C.R.INT., the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Milan Bar Association, within which she takes care of the relations with the Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV), the German Bar Association based in Berlin.
Paola is a High Court Lawyer.