Member Profiles

Marc Zell, founder of the firm, regularly assists clients in cross border mergers and acquisitions, asset protection and corporate finance, commercial transactions, technology transfer, project finance and investment and technology development enterprises. He is also an experienced trans-national litigator, successfully representing business clients in complex litigations and arbitrations around the globe. Marc is a graduate of Princeton University and University of Maryland School of Law and is a member of bars of the State of Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, United States Supreme Court, Israel as well as various United States appellate, district and bankruptcy courts. Marc has also been special admitted to both state and federal courts throughout the United States and other English speaking countries. Marc is also Vice President of Republicans Overseas, Inc. and Co-Chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel. Marc also serves a senior member of the executive committee of Ariel University. Marc is a regular commentator in Israeli media on Israeli and U.S. law.

Born in Bologna in June 1960, she graduated in Law magna cum laude from the University of Bologna in February 1984. She also studied at the University of Münster and Hannover, and was admitted to the bar in 1986. She has been involved in research and lecturing in the department of Constitutional Law at the University of Bologna and at the departments of Administrative Law of the Universities of Milan and Pavia, publishing various essays and contributing entries to legal encyclopedias. Throughout the course of her practice - both judicial (mainly before the Regional Administrative Tribunals and the Council of State) and extrajudicial (stipulating agreements with Public Administrations and providing counsel in the administrative areas of M&A and joint ventures) - she gained expertise in the sectors of public procurement (also concerning the German legal system), environment, telecommunications, healthcare compliance and regulatory, and town-planning. She also has extensive experience as a member of Arbitration Panels. Since 2017, she has published “The Energy Regulation and Markets Review” and “The Environment and Climate Change Law Review” for the Italy-related section of “TheLawReviews.co.uk”. She is involved in the professional network of the online Administrative Law review “GiustAmm.it” and of the group “GiustiziaCivile”. Chambers Europe and Legal 500 place her among the most prominent Italian lawyers in the field of public law. Foreign languages: German, English.

Marcello Gioscia, senior partner of the Firm Ughi e Nunziante, works at the Rome office. He is in charge of the banking and finance sector as well as an expert in M&A and privatizations. Marcello Gioscia obtained his diploma in Literature and Philosophy at the University of Grenoble and graduated in Law at the University of Genova. After attending a course in American Law at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Marcello Gioscia attended a Master of Laws at Columbia University School of Law, New York where he obtained his LLM. Marcello Gioscia has gained considerable experience in this sector, having dealt with a number of significant transactions: he represented Hermes Asset Management Europe in an action filed by Parmalat worth 5 billion Euro and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya as leader of the group within the framework of the privatization of BNL; he assisted Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria in relation to the public takeover bid of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL); he represented JP Morgan in an equity derivatives transaction aimed at facilitating the public offering of Telegate AG (listed on the German stock exchange); he assisted Banca Commerciale Italiana (BCI) and Warburg Dillon Read in the privatisation of BCI; he acted as co-ordinator in the IPO for Autostrade-. He is regularly asked to act as speaker at conferences and seminars on Banking and Finance Law matters. He was co-chairman of the International Bar Association Banking Committee, member of the Association Européenne de Droit Bancaire et Financier as well as of the Board of the Unidroit Foundation. He is fluent in Italian, English, French and Spanish.

Aprigliano is an innovative Law boutique focusing on technological development, key element to increase workplace efficiency and meet the requests of international and increasingly demanding Clients. We focus on understanding and solving our Clients’ problems under parameters such as monitoring, forecasting and planning, which are connected to the need to increase advantages and control costs. Therefore, our idea of problem-solving cannot depart from the great attention we pay to the value and needs of each person. That is why our organizational model revolves around our Clients and why it is designed to adapt the services we offer to each Client’s needs, in order to create the perfect conditions for a long-term mutual trust relationship. Aprigliano is a leading law firm specializing in Immigration Law and in the corporate internationalization process, providing exclusive and customized assistance to businesspeople and foreign companies planning on entering and operating in the Italian market. All services offered are carefully designed and tailored for the purpose of meeting our Clients’ requests. We take every single detail into account – our priority is to offer effective, precise and speedy solutions, as we are aware that time is a key factor for our Clients’ success. Aprigliano Law Firm is made up of a team of skilled professionals with proven multidisciplinary expertise in order to provide integrated and versatile solutions. We are also a multilingual Law Firm. Our team speaks fluent English, and is knowledgeable in several languages, including French, German, Spanish and Italian. In addition, we can rely on experienced third-party professionals, such as consultants, accountants and experts in international affairs and transactions. In accordance with the code of ethics and with the law, Aprigliano ensures complete confidentiality of all information provided by Clients, and complies with all laws and regulations relating to legal services and transparency. Aprigliano holds professional indemnity insurance with Unipol S.p.A., with insurance cover up to €1.000.000,00 (euro 1 million) for any possible damage caused to Clients. The Firm was founded in 2002 by Salvatore Aprigliano, business attorney from Milan, and expert in business negotiation, International and Immigration Law. Education Law Degree – Università degli Studi di Milano (1999) Short post-diploma course in Business Law – ELS Fairleigh Dickinson University – NJ/USA (2000) Higher Training Course in Immigration Law - Università Cattolica di Milano (2006) Higher Training Course in Immigration Law (Milan - 2008) Higher Training Course in Administrative law – Società Italiana Avvocati Amministrativisti (2010) Higher Training Course in business negotiation – ISDACI Università di Parma (2010) Higher Training Course in Immigration Law – CSM (2011) Higher Training Course in “English for Law & International Transaction” – Eflit Università di Parma (2012) Higher Training Course in International agreements – Altalex (2015) Higher Training Course in “English for Law & International Transaction II” – Eflit Università di Parma (2018) Professional qualifications Enrolment on the register of Milan trainee lawyers (2000) Enrolment in the Milan Bar Association (2006) Enrolment in the Court of Cassation Bar Association (2018) Professional activity Professor of general accounting – Fondazione En.A.I.P. Lombardia (1998-2000) Collaboration with International Law Firm in Milan (1999-2002) Member of the Town Planning Committee – Municipality of Cassina de’ Pecchi (MI) (1999-2004) Member of the Budget Committee – Municipality of Cassina de’ Pecchi (MI) (1999-2004) Manager of Aprigliano Law Firm (2002 - present) Language skills Foreign languages: English (fluent)

Gianfranco is a founding partner of PG Legal. He assists companies in complex transactions where he represents institutional investors, sellers or buyers. Gianfranco represents Italian and foreign listed companies in acquisitions or reorganization of businesses. Highlights of his work include representing the leading Ukrainian conglomerate in the acquisition of steel mills in Italy and in other EU countries. Gianfranco assists insurance companies and financial institutions on corporate transactions and on the establishment of subsidiaries in Italy. He sits on board of directors and advisory boards of companies investing in Italy and appears as an expert in his field in major legal directories such as Chambers and The Legal 500.