Practice Areas:
Corporate and M&A; International Law; Conflict of Laws; European Community Law; International Trade Law; Competition and Antitrust Law; Litigation and Arbitration; Telecommunications
Education:
J.D., University of Milan, 1963; admitted to the Bar, Italy, 1966. Full Professor of International Law, EC Law and Conflict of Laws at the School of Law of the University of Milan, 1984-present; previously Professor at the School of Business and Administration of Bocconi University, Milan, 1971-1994; School of Law of the Universities of Palermo, Trieste and Genoa, 1971-1984
Experience:
Professor Santa Maria is the founder of Studio Santa Maria.
He regularly advises the Italian Government in connection with privatizations, restructurings and several aspects of European Law as well as of International Trade Law. He has been involved in a significant number of major M&A deals, mainly in the banking, healthcare, chemical and industrial business and he represents major clients and institutions before the European Commission, European Court of First Instance and European Court of Justice in proceedings related to Competition, Antitrust, State Aid, International Trade Law. Professor Santa Maria sits on the board of several primary companies such as Bracco S.p.A., Bracco USA, Cornér Banca, Villa d'Este S.p.A.. He is the Chairman of Commissione di 2° Grado per Licenze UEFA and Immobiliare San Carlo Trieste. He has been member of the board of Banca Popolare di Milano, Campari S.p.A., Esaote S.p.A., Ferrovie dello Stato S.p.A., Riunione Adriaca di Sicurtà (RAS) S.p.A.
Publications:
Co-founder and co-editor of Diritto del commercio internazionale, Prof. Santa Maria is the author of many books and publications, including: Le Societá nel diritto internazionale privato (Corporations under Conflict of Laws), Milan, 1970 and 1973; Le dumping et les subventions dans le cadre du droit international et du droit des subventions dans le cadre du droit international et du droit des Communautés européennes, in Raccolta di studi in onore di Roberto Ago, Milan, 1987, pp. 295-337; Diritto commerciale comunitario, Milan, 1990 and 1995; EC Commercial Law, London, 1996; Sulla legittimità della struttura di un progetto di alleanza internazionale con assunzione di partecipazioni reciproche (pro veritate legal opinion on the possible merger between two major European banks), in Giur. comm., 2000; Prime considerazioni in merito alla nuova disciplina legislativa sul rientro di capitali e sull'emersione delle attività detenute all'estero, in Dir. prat. trib., 2001; Istituzioni di diritto internazionale, edited by Sergio M. Carbone, Riccardo Luzzatto, Alberto Santa Maria, Giappichelli, 2002, author of the chapter Diritto internazionale dell'economia; Consolidated supervision of a banking group in the relations between Italy and Poland (pro veritate legal opinion issued on behalf of a major Italian bank), in Comunicazioni e studi, vol. XXII, Milano, 2002; Cina: regole internazionali e dumping sociale e monetario, in Dir. comm. int., 2003; Il rinvio pregiudiziale nella nuova disciplina a seguito del Trattato di Nizza, in Dir. comm. int., 2003; Lo sport professionistico e la concorrenza, in Giur. comm, 2004; EC Commercial Law, Chinese edition, Peking University Press 2004; Limiti alle importazioni dalla Cina fra clausole di salvaguardia ed interventi a tutela della concorrenza, in Diritto dell'Unione europea, 2005; Concorrenza e aiuti di Stato, Torino, 2006; Competition and State Aid, The Hague, 2007; Diritto Commerciale Europeo; Milano, 2008; European Commercial Law, the Hague, 2009
Professional Affiliations, Membership and Arbitrations:
Aspen Association; Member of Panels of Arbitrators of: American Arbitration Association; National and International Arbitration Chamber of Milan; Korean Commercial Arbitration Board; Permanent Arbitration Court of Mauritius.
He has been and is appointed as arbitrator as well as chairman of panels of arbitrators in cases administrated by ICC, Italian Chamber of Milan and in no administrated proceedings.
Languages:
Italian, English and French.
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