Federica Silva focuses on civil, personal and contract law.

She assists individuals and companies both in the consulting phase and in litigation, out-of-court and in court.

With a solid experience in top Milanese law firms, she combines her skills as a litigator with an academic profile, having obtained a doctorate in Comparative Private Law and worked as a Cultrice della Materia and Research Fellow at the State University of Milan and the University of Milan Bicocca.

Year 2019 ─ Equity Partner Accolla and Associates

Year 2011 ─ Partner Law Firm Accolla-Agrati

Year 2008–2010 LIUC University, Castellanza (VA) ─ Adjunct lecturer of the English language course Introduction to Italian Law ─ Tort Law for Erasmus students

Year 2009 ─ Tutor of students of the Faculty of Law during the Summer School India, University of Milan Bicocca

Year 2009 ─ Collaboration with the Migliorisi De Benedetti Associati law firm ─ Milan

Year 2005 ─ Collaboration with the NCTM Associati law firm ─ Milan

Since 2022, Federica has been President of the ANITA ─ Italian National Association of Tutors and Administrators and Head of the Milan office of ANITA.

In February 2013, she joined the Scientific Committee of the project CONFINAD, sponsored by the European Commission and aimed at organising training courses for consumer association managers on consumer financial advice.

In 2011 and 2012, she was a member of the Scientific Committee of the Summer School ─ University of Milan Bicocca and speaker of the seminar Introduction to Italian Law, within the Winter School China, organised by the University of Milan Bicocca.

Since 2010, she has been a speaker at the seminar Introduction to Indian Law, as part of the preparation for the Indian Summer School.

Year 2011 ─ University of Milano-Bicocca ─ Research contract, chair of Comparative Law

Year 2010 ─ University of Milano-Bicocca ─ Lecturer in Comparative Private Law

Year 2006 ─ State University of Milan ─ PhD in Comparative Law, with a project on Real Estate Funds under American Law

Year 2005 ─ State University of Milan ─ Degree in Law with grade 110/110 cum laude

Year 2003 ─ University of California Berkeley ─ School of Law, scholarship for one semester

Italian, English and French

Valentina Beccaria mainly deals with personal and property protection on behalf of private individuals or by court order.

She assists individuals in family dispute resolution, asset protection and planning, estate planning and generational handover.

The specialisation in trust and estate planning, together with Amnesty International’s previous experience in human rights issues, extends the area of intervention to cross-border or international family situations.

 

Work experience

Year 2021 ─ Salary Partner of Accolla and Associates

Year 2019 ─ Associate Lawyer at Accolla and Associates

Year 2017 ─ Lawyer at the Accolla Law Firm

Year 2016 ─ Associate Lawyer at Studio Legale S.V.N.A.

Year 2012 ─ Publicist at Amnesty International in the field of human rights with a focus on international adoptions.

Year 2010 ─ Internship at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Milan, anti-mafia district directorate as a student of the Pavia-Bocconi Specialisation School for Legal Professions.

Year 2009 ─ trainee lawyer at Studio Legale Vaccaro ─ Estrangeros.

 

Membership

Head of the Special Interest Group “Mental Capacity” of the Italian branch of STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners).

Full Membership, TEP (trust and estate practitioner) of the Italian branch of STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners).

Active member of the Trust Association in Italy.

Associate of ANCP ─ National Association of Asset Consultants

Lions Officer for the district of Milan Ib4 on the subject of disability, Alzheimer’s and administration.

 

Lectures and publications

Year 2022 ─ ongoing ─ contributor for the “We Wealth” magazine.

From the year 2017 to the year 2020 ─ Italian National Association of Guardians and Administrators ─ lecturer for the “Theoretical and practical course for Administrators” in Milan, Pavia, Monza and Busto Arsizio. Course accredited by the Board of the Milan Bar Association.

Year 2016 ─ Lecturer in Constitutional Law for the Res Publica 33 project, Leonardo Educazione formazione lavoro s.r.l.

Year 2010 ─ Tutor of Criminal Procedure at the Department of Criminal Procedure Cesare Beccaria, University of Pavia.

 

Training

Year 2021 ─ Master “The law of Trusts in countries of origin and in Italy” XXI edition organised by the Uniforma Consortium.

Year 2019 ─ Master in “Protection, transmission and management of family assets” at Sole 24 ore Business School, Milan.

Year 2018 ─ Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan ─ “Payroll specialist” basic course on payroll and contributions.

Year 2016 ─ ANITA theoretical and practical course, aimed at training administrators.

Year 2015 ─ Two-year Master’s Degree in Family Mediation at CENAF Milan.

Year 2009 ─ Pavia Bocconi Specialisation School for Legal Professions.

Year 2009 ─ University of Pavia ─ Degree in Law.

Shuruq El Bayoumi deals with personal law with a focus on legal protection for vulnerable persons and contract law.

Year 2022 ─ Junior Associate at Accolla and Associates

Year 2022 ─ Enrolment in the Register of Lawyers at the Milan Bar Association

Year 2018 ─ Legal trainee at Accolla and Associates

Year 2018 ─ Enrolment in the Register of Trainee Lawyers at the Milan Bar Association

Year 2018 ─ Teacher of Arabic at CE.SVI.P.

Year 2015 ─ Responsible for relations with the countries that are part of the European project promoted by the Sicilian coastal action group “Towers and tuna nets of the Trapani coastline”, involving eight other GACs on the island, Albania, Serbia, the island of Malta, Lebanon and Egypt.

Year 2018 ─ University of Milan ─ Degree in Law with a thesis on “Filiation between Italian Law, Shari’a and Egyptian Law”, supervisor Prof.

Year 2017 Erasmus Programme in Innsbruck, Austria, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Innsbruck.

Italian, Arabic, English, French, German

Miriam Pastoressa has acquired specific expertise in matters related to criminal, juvenile and family law.

Year 2022 ─ Junior Associate at Accolla Law Firm and Associates

Year 2021─2022 ─ Legal consultant at Avvocato di Strada ODV, Foggia

Year 2019─2020 ─ Associate at the Filippi-Milan Law Firm, Trieste

Year 2018─2020 ─ Legal consultant at GOAP anti-violence centre, Trieste

Year 2017─2018 ─ Internship pursuant to art. 73 of Legislative Decree 69/2013 at the Criminal Court of Trieste

Year 2015 ─ Curricular internship in the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Foggia

Year 2022 ─ Theoretical and practical course for the training of ADS, ANITA Association, Milan

Year 2022 ─ Enrolment in the Milan Register of Lawyers

Year 2022 ─ Postgraduate course in “Expert in investigation techniques and intervention procedures in the case of gender violence” offered by Associazione Forum Lex, Foggia

Year 2021 ─ Qualification to practise the legal profession at the Trieste Bar Association

Year 2021 ─ Postgraduate course in criminal law offered by the “Domos” school, Rome

Year 2020- 2022 Academy of Law – Cons. Marco Fratini and State Attorney Lucrezia Fiandaca, Bari, Italy;

Year 2018─2019 ─ “Carnelutti” Law School, COA, Trieste

Year 2017 ─ Degree in Law from the University of Foggia

Year 2014─2015 ─ Erasmus Programme at “Cuza” University of Iasi (Romania)

Year 2014 ─ Institutional study project at the European Parliament, Brussels

Italian, English, French