Senior Legal Counsel

Giacomo joined Deminor in 2022.

Main tasks

• Assessment of litigation funding opportunities in international arbitration and commercial litigation.
• Promoting and managing Italian cases in the three core business areas of Deminor: Investment Recovery, Antitrust Damages and Commercial Litigation.

Previous work experience

• Lawyer, Gianni & Origoni, Litigation and Arbitration department, Milan (Italy), 2017 - 2021.

Education

• LL.M. (Master of Laws) - International Business Disputes, Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne (Switzerland), 2021 - 2022.
• Combined Bachelor and Master of Science in Law, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan (Italy), 2011 - 2017.

Additional information

• G. Lorenzo: The Third Party Litigation Funding Law Review: Italy, The Third Party Litigation Funding Law Review, Edition 6, December 2022
  (The Third Party Litigation Funding Law Review - The Law Reviews).
• G. Lorenzo: An Introduction to Third-Party Funding, Lagos Court of Arbitration newsletter, March 2022, p. 13 (LCA MARCH NEWSLETTER2).
• R. Zaccà – G. Lorenzo: La legittimazione passiva del socio illimitatamente responsabile e le sentenze ccd. della “terza via”, Il Foro Padano, 75/3, 2019, pp. 303-313 (LibraWeb - The Online Integrated Platform of Fabrizio Serra editore, Pisa-Roma).
• R. Zaccà – G. Lorenzo: La natura evolutivo-modificativa dell’operazione di fusione per incorporazione e i conseguenti effetti processuali, Il Foro Padano, 75/1, 2019, pp. 50-59 (La natura evolutivo-modificativa dell'operazione di fusione per incorporazione e i conseguenti effetti processuali - Giacomo, Lorenzo - Zaccà, Rosario - Fabrizio Serra - Torrossa).
• R. Zaccà – G. Lorenzo: La natura contrattuale del rapporto tra socio e società e l’onere della prova della regolare convocazione del socio in assemblea, Il Foro Padano, 74/4, 2018, pp. 607-614 (LibraWeb - The Online Integrated Platform of Fabrizio Serra editore, Pisa-Roma).
  
  

• External lecturer at the University of Lausanne, LL.M. International Business Law programme, International Arbitration Advanced course, Litigation Funding, May 2023.
• J. Klein, G. Lorenzo and F. Von Zwehl: Antitrust code Podcast - Funding Private Enforcement, February 2023 ((260) Antitrust code Podcast - Funding Private Enforcement - YouTube).
• Conference organized by Centre for International Law and Governance, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen – The Energy Charter Treaty between Modernization and Termination: Prospects for Danish Energy Investors, Copenhagen (Denmark), 2023 (The Energy Charter Treaty between Modernization and Termination: Prospects for Danish Energy Investors – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk)).
• Webinar organized by ENSafrica and ǼLEX – Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration, 2022 ((63) webinar | ENSafrica x ǼLEX | third-party funding in international arbitration - YouTube).
• Webinar organized by Centre for International Law and Governance, Hasselt University and Seven Summit Arbitration – The Energy Charter Treaty at a Crossroads, 2022 (Expert Roundtable: The Energy Charter Treaty at a Crossroads - Kluwer Arbitration Blog).
• Trainer at the Camera Arbitrale di Milano arbitration course – Arbitrato: Fondamenti e tecniche, Il Third Party Funding, Milan (Italy), 2022 (Programma corso arbitrato 2022 (camera-arbitrale.it)).
• International Conference “Construction and Hospitality Disputes Post-COVID” – Funding Construction and Hospitality disputes in the UAE, Lausanne (Switzerland), 2021 (INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF 15 OCTOBER 2021 - CEDIDAC UNIL).
• Trainer at Corso di formazione Giudiziale per Praticanti Avvocati, ASLA – Associazione Studi Legali Associati, Ordine degli avvocati di Milano, Milan (Italy), 2020 (Corso di Formazione Giudiziale per Praticanti Avvocati XIIV edizione – 2020 (aslaitalia.it)).
• Trainer at Corso di formazione Giudiziale per Praticanti Avvocati, ASLA – Associazione Studi Legali Associati, Ordine degli avvocati di Milano, Milan (Italy), 2019 (Corso di Formazione Giudiziale per Praticanti Avvocati XIII edizione – 2019 (aslaitalia.it)).
  
  

Professional Organization
Swiss section of the Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato (AIA).

Languages
• Italian (native).
• English (advanced).