Cassation lawyer specializing in civil and commercial law, international law and internationalization.

Since the founding of Arché Studio Legale, he has been a founding partner and currently serves as a senior partner, responsible for the civil, commercial, and corporate law sector, as well as for port and maritime law, international law, European Union law and globalization, and sports law. His expertise has developed through various professional and institutional experiences in the following fields:

• Civil, corporate, and business law
• Insurance brokerage and insurance law
• Port and maritime law
• Defense law
• Sanctions law
• International trade
• Judicial system
• Constitutional law
• State accounting
• Disciplinary code for magistrates
• Prison system and execution of penalties
• EU and international law
• International relations, cooperation, and legal diplomacy
• Anti-corruption and anti-money laundering
• Organized crime prevention

Attorney Stefano Cavanna was a member of the High Council of the Judiciary (CSM) from 2018 to 2023, appointed by Parliament, gaining profound regulatory expertise. Among other roles, he served as President of the Eighth Commission (on honorary judiciary), Ninth Commission (national and international institutional relations, training, and penal execution), and Tenth Commission (budget and administrative/accounting regulations).

He is currently an expert for the Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA), responsible for the activity “Actualización del estado de actividades de los EMEs (Equipos Multidisciplinares Especializados) activados en la primera fase de EL PAcCTO en Paraguay y Ecuador,” focusing on combating corruption, money laundering, terrorism financing, and organized crime.

Attorney Cavanna participates as a legal expert in international technical assistance programs at the Inter-Institutional Anti-Corruption Coordination Table established by the Directorate General for Globalization and Global Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

He was also appointed by the IILA as the expert responsible for reviewing the Ecuadorian Integrated Penal Code (COIP) concerning crimes against public administration. He collaborates with the EU EURESP program supporting the Ecuadorian government’s prison reform, as well as with the Falcone Borsellino program.

He lectures on international anti-corruption enforcement, transnational economic crimes, and cybercrime at the National School of Administration (course “Tools and Strategies for Corruption Prevention”) and at the International School of Advanced Training for the Prevention and Fight Against Organized Crime in Caserta.

Attorney Cavanna is a member of the Permanent Anti-Corruption Committee of the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA), tasked with research and proposals related to combating corruption in sports.

He is also Head of the Scientific Group for the project “UN Resolution on Combating Economic Crime: Italy’s Contribution to Defining Industry Standards. Cooperation with Latin America,” under the Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI).

From January 2008 to 2013, he was a member of the Regional Communications Committee (CO.RE.COM) of Liguria, serving in internal legal advisory roles and on the national study commission for “quality in the telecommunications sector.”

Stefano Cavanna’s professional interests and expertise originally focused on the interactions between pure private law and commercial and corporate law (gained through both legal practice and academic work). Over time, his focus expanded to include fiduciary ownership and trusts, trademark and patent law, medical liability, insurance brokerage, communications law, defense, aviation, sports, issues related to yacht and megayacht design, construction and marketing, anti-money laundering and currency regulations, sanctions, and internationalization—especially in relation to South America.

He has acted in numerous legal disputes before all national courts, including supreme courts and the European Court of Justice, and before the ISVAP/IVASS disciplinary commission.

• He is a legal advisor and counsel to major brokerage firms in the insurance intermediation sector, both nationally and in networks with EU and non-EU brokers, to leading national and international shipowners, and to major foreign companies in the raw materials trade. For these clients, he provides both legal counsel and litigation services, often handling international issues (jurisdiction, immunity).
• He also advises a major company in aircraft production and maintenance, including civil and military sectors. For this company, he has handled foreign subsidiary restructuring, state aid consultancy, international contracting, and litigation before superior courts.
• He serves as general legal advisor to one of the world’s leading yacht and megayacht builders.
• He provides legal counsel to several Latin American consulates.
• He is general legal counsel and head of the legal department of a major foreign-based tech/industrial startup.
• He serves as an arbitrator appointed by the President of the Court of Genoa, as well as legal counsel in numerous arbitration cases.
• He manages major international legal matters, especially in South America (Peru), in collaboration with prominent professors and lawyers.
• He has always collaborated with the University of Genoa’s academic departments and participates in conferences in Italy and South America. He is the author of numerous publications in leading Italian and international legal journals.
• He has excellent spoken and written knowledge of both Spanish and English