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Adriano Villa

Partner Adriano Villa is country partner for Japan and heads the firm’s Japan Desk in Milan and the firm’s office in Tokyo, which he frequently visits during the year. He regularly represents large and medium-sized Japanese enterprises with operations in Italy or doing business with Italian companies as well as large Italian companies and SMEs with operations in Japan or doing business with Japanese companies. He has extensive experience of acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures and start-ups, as well as commercial negotiations and drafting of a broad range of contract types (licence, agency, distribution, etc), arbitration and general legal and business consultancy. · Pavia e Ansaldo

ItalyCorporate / M&A, Private EquityItalian, Japanese, English

About

Partner at Pavia e Ansaldo who heads the firm’s Japan Desk in Milan and the firm’s office in Tokyo. Regularly represents Japanese enterprises and Italian companies on Japan-Italy cross-border matters including acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, start-ups, commercial contracts, arbitration and general legal and business consultancy.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&APrivate EquityCross-Border TransactionsCommercial ContractsDispute ResolutionInternational Arbitration

Office

Expertise

Japan-Italy Cross-Border TransactionsJapanese Market Entry & OperationsCross-Border M&A and Joint VenturesCommercial Contract Drafting & NegotiationStart-ups and Corporate Transactions

Education

  • Graduation in Law, University of Milan, 1982
  • Researcher, Sophia University of Tokyo (grant from Japanese Ministry of Culture), 1989–1991
  • EU Commission Executive Training Program in Japan, 1986–1987

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Bar, Milan (Italy), 1988
  • Admitted in Japan as a foreign lawyer (Gaikokuho-jimubengoshi), 1998

Languages

ItalianJapaneseEnglish