Europe

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Emiliano Giovine

Chair, GAIL Europe

Senior Associate, RP Legal & Tax

Italy

Emiliano is the head of the Impact & Sustainability team at RP Legal & Tax.

He mainly deals with nonprofit entities, social enterprises, socially oriented corporate vehicles, NGOs and international organizations. He advises these entities in the phases of incorporation, reorganizations, extraordinary transactions and adjustments required by the Third Sector Code.

He also provides support on ESG matters to leading national and international companies. More specifically, he deals with the adoption and implementation of sustainability models, corporate policies and ethical codes, the acquisition of the Benefit Corporation status and the B Corp certification, as well as ESG/human rights due diligence, non-financial reporting and impact measurement.

Emiliano has ten years of experience in the impact economy sector. In particular, he has been involved for years in several international cooperation projects and policy-making activities, led by NGOs and by the United Nations, focused on the integration of migrants and refugees through entrepreneurial initiatives. He is also tutor of the “Human Rights and Migration Law Clinic” legal training program at the Faculty of Law of the University of Turin. He cooperates with Tiresia – Politecnico di Milano on legal issues related to social business and social innovation.

In the past years, Emiliano was a consultant of the United Nations at UNEP and a Legal Officer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. He holds a master’s degree in Environmental Law and management from Cà Foscari University of Venice and is currently a PhD candidate in Public International law at Utrecht University.

Since 2019 he has been board member and legal coordinator of the NGO “ResQ Onlus – People Saving People”.

Alberta Longanesi Cattani

Senior Associate, Ince

Alexander Vielwerth

Attorney at Law, Winheller

Germany

Alissa Pelatan

Founder & Partner, AMP Avocats

France

Anh-Thu Thai

Board Member, Europe

Counsel, id est avocats Sàrl

Switzerland

Benoit Spitaels

Founding Partner, Impact Advocaten

Belgium

Dan Fuochi

Partner, Impulsius

Switzerland

Dr. Alexandra von Westernhagen

Europe Board Member

Partner, EU Sustainability at LiberiusLegal

Belgium

Jens Magers

Lawyer (German Rechtsanwalt) and Chair Sustainability & Impact-Practice, Rittershaus Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater PartmbB

Germany

María Peña

Head of Legal, Risk & Compliance, Symbiotics SA

Switzerland

Raluca Radu

General Counsel, The Impact Facility and Co-founder and Board Member at The LISI Foundation

Netherlands

Roberto Randazzo

Head of ESG and Impact, Legance

Italy

Rutherford Hubbard

Board Member, Europe

Manager Legal (Private Equity and Structured Finance) at FMO , The Dutch Development Bank

The Netherlands