Roberto Gilardino

Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Cyprus, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore).

From the Horizons lead office in the heart of Shanghai, Roberto directs the team in serving both inbound and outbound investments in China. With a multidisciplinary team, Horizons tackle legal, accountancy, tax and finance challenges from a local, national, and international perspective. Through this approach, cross-border investments are comprehensively safeguarded in the present and future.

Roberto and his team understand that misinterpreting cultural nuances can be a significant deal breakers in international transactions. As a result, Horizons leverages a worldwide team in over 40 jurisdictions to serve clients without language, geographical or cultural barriers. Namely, the Horizons designates a local team in the country or region of the investor to navigate them through unfamiliar jurisdictions. Horizons delivers global results through a local gateway and erases cultural and geographical obstacles in the comfort of the client’s home country or region.

Serving as a versatile leader, Roberto is equally able to tend to highly positioned clients and liaise with government entities. Unlike the traditional legal practice, Roberto and his team has positioned themselves to not only simply practice law, rather professionals at Horizons understand real-world challenges and are committed to conveying legal doctrine with clarity and accessibility. In this manner, clients can fully understand their options, legal tools and subsequent outcomes.

Before joining Horizons, Roberto served professionally in ministries, governmental bodies, and the private sector primarily in Europe and China.

An Italian national, Roberto is fluent in Italian, English, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.