Members of the firm

GIUSEPPE GUIDO ROCCA, ATTORNEY AT LAW

born Genoa, Italy, December 13, 1920. Admitted 1948, Genoa. Education: State University of Genoa, J.D. 1944, Languages: Italian, French. Member: Italian Bar Association. Practise Areas: Commercial law, Real estate, Labour Law, Company Law, Civil Law, Contract, Domestic Litigation. Of-counsel.

PAOLO CUGURRA, ATTORNEY AT LAW

BORN Genoa, Italy, January 9, 1928. Admitted 1954, Genoa. Education: State University of Genoa, J.D. 1950 Languages: Italian, French, English, Member: Italian Bar Association. Practise Areas: Shipping Law, Insurance law, Commercial law, Real estate, Company Law, Civil Law, Contract, Domestic Litigation, Arbitration.

RICCARDO FEDERICO ROCCA

, born Genoa, Italy, September 12, 1962. Education: State University of Genoa, Business Administration, Maxima cum laude, 1986. Visiting student LSE (London School of Economics) London. Course of specialisation in international tax in London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Rome. Member: Certified Public Auditors Association (CPA). Languages: Italian, English, Spanish. Contributor to the most important Italian financial tabloid: "Il Sole 24 ore", and to "IPSOA" publications. Guest speaker at meetings delivered for the following bodies: Il Sole 24ore, Milan, 2000, Il sole 24ore Florence 1999, Centro Estero Camere di Commercio del Veneto, Padova 1999, Banca Popolare di Milano, Milan 1998, Banca Popolare Novara, Pavia, 1997; CEGOS, Milan, 1997; WIT, Milan Fair, Milan, 1997; Assolombarda, 1996; CIS, 1996; CCIAA, Reggio Emilia, 1996; CCISEA- Bologna Fair, 1996; Banca Popolare Milano, 1996; Assoindustria Piacenza, 1996; Kuala-Lumpur, 1995; Manila, 1996; CCIAA Cremona, 1995. Member: International Fiscal Association (IFA), International Tax Planning Association (ITPA). Author: Thai company and tax law, IPSOA 1995; Doing business in south-east Asia, Il sole 24ore, 1997, Doing Business in Poland, Il Sole 24 ore 1999; Practise Areas: International Business Law, Company law, Taxation, International Merger & Acquisition.

CLAUDIO TORTORICI

, born Palermo, Italy, July 12, 1962. Education: State University of Genoa, Business Administration, 1986. Member: Certified Public Auditors Association (CPA), Board of Auditors, Italian Chamber of Commerce for Southeast Asia. Practise Areas: Management Consulting, Taxation, Company Law, Bankruptcy Law.

CARLO EDOARDO ROCCA, ATTORNEY AT LAW

, born Genoa, Italy, August 5, 1966. Admitted 1995. Education: State University of Genoa, J.D., 1991. Visiting student: University of Edinburgh, 1991; University of California S. Barbara, 1992. Languages: Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese. Member: Italian Bar Association; Board of Directors of Italian Chamber of Commerce for south-east Asia, Author: Thai company and tax law, IPSOA 1995; South-Korean Company and Tax law, IPSOA 1996; Doing Business in Poland, IL SOLE 24 ORE 1999. Practice Areas International Business Law, Company Law, Commercial Law, Civil law, Domestic Litigation.

FRANCESCO CUGURRA, ATTORNEY AT LAW

, born in Genoa, January 1967, Admitted 1995, Genoa. Education: State University of Genoa, J.D. 1991 Languages: Italian, French, English, Spanish, Member: Italian Bar Association, Italian Association of shipping law; Practise Areas: Shipping Law, Insurance law, Commercial law, Real estate, Company Law, Civil Law, Contract, Domestic Litigation, Arbitration.

MIHAELA GRAMA-POPOVICI, ATTORNEY AT LAW

, born Bucharest, August 11, 1963; admitted 1986, Education University of Bucharest, Law faculty, 1986 Article on Romanian taxation published in The Journal of International Taxation, Boston, June 1993, Article on Privatisation for Trans-national Publishers of New York 1999; Member: Romanian and International Bar Association. Languages Romanian, English and Italian. Practise areas: Commercial and Business law, Privatisation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investments, Lease and Leasing, Labour law, Banking and Finance, Real Estate and securities, Taxation.

ANNA MARIA PERSICO, ATTORNEY AT LAW

, born Genoa, Italy, 19 February 1967, Admitted 199. Education: State University of Genoa, J.D. maxima cum laude, 1990. Languages: Italian, French, English, Spanish, Member: Italian Bar Association; Practise Areas: Commercial law, Real estate, Company Law, Civil Law, Contract, Domestic Litigation.

SORIN GRAMA POPOVICI

, born Bucharest, March 10, 1957; Education Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Commerce, Bucharest, 1986, Swinburne University, Melbourne 1994, Languages: Romanian, English and Italian; Practise areas: Market research, Joint venture, Project finance, Foreign investment, Business administration.

ROBERTO ZOPPI

, born Castelnovo Monti (RE) Italy, July 30, 1967. Education: State University of Parma, Business Administration, 1992. Languages: Italian, English. Authors: Trading with Thailand, IPSOA 1996; Doing Business in south-east Asia, Il sole 24ore, 1997, Doing Business with Poland, Il sole 24ore 1999 - Guest speaker: The opportunities for Italian companies in the Republics of Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia, Milan, 1997, Investment opportunities in Poland, Pordenone 1999, Member: Board of Directors of Chamber of Commerce for Central Europe; Practice Areas: Market research, Joint venture, Project finance, Foreign investment.

EDMONDO MARIA GRANATA

, born Caltanissetta, Italy, August 16, 1970. Education: "Cattolica del Sacro Cuore" University, Milan, Business Administration, 1996, Member: Certified Public Auditors Association CPA - Languages: Italian, English. Practice Areas: Project finance, Joint Ventures, Company Law, Business planning.

GIOVANNI BATTISTA CUGURRA, ATTORNEY AT LAW

, born in Genoa, November 1973, Education: State University of Genoa, J.D. 1997. Languages: Italian, French, English, Member: Italian Bar Association, Practise Areas: Shipping Law, Insurance law, Commercial law, Real estate, Company Law, Civil Law;

DONATELLA MIHALICH

, born Trieste, Italy, November 5, 1968. Education: State University of Milan, Political Science, 1994. Visiting student: Universidad International Mendez Pelayo, Santander, Spain. Languages: Italian, Spanish, English. Author: Doing business in Southeast Asia" 1997. Practice Areas: Market Research, Management consulting.

CLAUDIA NICA

, born Buzau, Romania, December 18, 1974. Education: University Ecologica - Law Faculty. Member: Romanian Bar Association. Languages: Romanian, French and English. Practice areas: Commercial Law, Company Law.