Mario J. Abate is a partner of the Firm and heads the U. S. Desk, is located principally at the Milano Office, conducting his profession in cross border transactions.
Mario has gained extensive experience in M&A, start ups of businesses in Italy and abroad principally in the field of fashion and luxury, and other forms of business transactions, providing legal advice and assistance to Italian and foreign clients in out of court dispute settlements international joint ventures ,and other transactional matters, including labor, licensing, Italian and US corporate and commericial law and the establishment of foreing Trusts.
He is a member of the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, the Valentino Garavani and Giacncarlo Giametti Foundation, and a member of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA), Commettee on International M&A, and International P.E. and V.C. as well as the International Bar Association (IBA).
Practice Areas
- Corporate and Commercial
- Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity
Bar Admissions
- Bar of the State of New York and New Jersey
- Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Bar of the City of Naples (Italy) as practitioner attorney (Praticante Avvocato) and
- Notary Public for the State of New Jersey
Education
- Università Federico II di Napoli (Law Degree )
- Georgetown University Law Center (LL. M. in International and Comparative Law, and Third Year JD law student)
- Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Juris Doctor)
- Drew University, The College of Liberal Arts – Madison, New Jersey (B.A in Political Science and Spanish Literature)
Languages
- Italian (native speaker)
- English (native speaker)
- Spanish
- French
