Paola Manes
of counsel
CONTACTS
paola.manes@ordineavvocatibopec.it
LANGUAGES
Native Italian; Proficient English; Advanced French.
Sphere of activity
She works, within the Law Firm, in the field of corporate and private clients. She assisted leading Italian companies, including public companies, banks and financial institutions. She deals with commercial law and corporate law matters (S.p.A., S.r.l., company groups, corporate governance), associations and foundations, family law, inheritance law and, in particular, with the transfer of family businesses and trust law. She assists companies and private clients in litigation, arbitration proceedings also pending before international Chambers and drafting of legal opinions.
Professional experience and education
- Law degree, University of Bologna, 110/110 cum laude, 1994.
- Admitted to the Italian Bar Association since 1998 and authorized to practice before the Italian Supreme Court and higher Courts.
- Full Professor of Private Law at the University of Bologna.
- PhD in Civil Law.
- Master in Law (LLM), King’s College London in 1998. Teaching activities at the School of Law of the same University. Visiting Professor at the Brunel University London.
- She teaches Private Law, Insurance Financial Law and ESG at the University of Bologna. Core facultyBologna Business School where she teaches Law and Tech at the Master in Finance and Fintech
- She is the author of numerous articles and works on Civil law, comparative law, corporate law, insurance law, trusts and inheritance law.
- She collaborated with Wither’s LLp Law Firm in London. She worked with the Galgano Law Firm in Milan and Bologna. She worked of counsel for the Camozzi e Bonissoni Law Firm in Milan.
- Expert, arbitration proceedings at the ICC.
- Independent Director and Vice President at Arca Vita S.p.A..
- President of the Supervisory Committee at Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna and at IFAB Foundation
- Alternate Auditor at Unicredit S.p.A.,
- Independent Director and President of the Supervisory Committee at UnipolRec S.p.A.;
- She was a board member of the Bologna Business School and member of the Supervisory Committee at Philips Innovation S.p.A.
- She was Independent Director at Unipol Gruppo s.p.a., Unipolbanca s.p.a and Prontoassistence S.p.A.
- Editorial board of the journals “Contratto e impresa” and “Contratto e Impresa Europa”. She is deputy editor of the journal “Trusts e attività fiduciarie in rete”
- Nedcommunity Associate
- Member of the Committee for Direction of Bimbo Tu ETS Foundation