Paolo Pototschnig

Litigation and ADR

Paolo Pototschnig graduated in law magna cum laude in 1985 from the University of Milan, and was subsequently a teaching assistant at the university in Civil Procedure Law for many years, under the guidance of Prof. Giuseppe Tarzia. Paolo was a partner of Negri Clementi e Soci and a co-founder, of NTCM in 2000. From 2011 to 2017 he was partner of Legance and, subsequently, a partner of Giovanardi, Pototschnig & Associati. In September 2020 he joined Orsingher Ortu Avvocati Associati, together with avv. Valeria Mazzoletti and a team of seven professionals.

He is the author of a number of publications on corporate law, civil procedure and bankruptcy law.

He has significant experience in managing disputes (also in the pre-contentious phases) in a wide variety of areas, including: corporate, banking, mass torts, class actions, follow-on proceedings, and in the fields of commercial agreements, distribution and advertising contracts, procurements, energy sources and telecommunications. He has assisted large and medium-sized companies, banking institutions, asset management companies, financial intermediaries, open-ended and closed-ended investment funds and prominent insurance companies, as well as managers and individuals involved in disputes concerning their corporate roles. He has considerable experience in arbitration proceedings, both as legal counsel and as a sole arbitrator or member of arbitration panels. In addition, he advises clients regularly on disputes and deals with insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, including the corporate restructuring.