Sara Catapano

 

Born in Milan on 29/07/1983, Italian citizenship

Professional Experience:

October 2006-January 2007: Internship at “De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani” in Brussels, Belgium.
Interest area: EU competition law, especially antitrust law.

August–December 2005: Internship at “Birindelli e Associati” in Beijing, China.
Interest area: corporate law, in particular foreign investments, and intellectual property.

April–June 2005: Internship at “De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani” in Milan, Italy.
Interest area: business and corporate law and labour law.

June-August 2001: Internship at “Altro GmbH”, company in Wien, Austria, textile industry,
import-export. Main activity: sales office.

May-July 2000: Internship at “Tessival SpA” in Bergamo, Italy, textile industry, import-export.

Main activity: trading office, foreign section dealing in particular with East Asian area.

Education and Studies:

September 2005: Currently attending the Master of Science in Law at Luigi Bocconi University
in Milan, Italy, major in Private Business and Law.

July 2005: Bachelor Degree, Faculty of Law, at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, graduation mark 100/110.

Graduation dissertation (in Italian) on:“The criminal liability of a collective subject: analysis of the Italian case law”.

July – August 2004: Program Campus Abroad at Fudan University in Shanghai, China.

Attended the International Relations course with final examination.

June 2002: European High School, major in legal–economic studies, S.B. Capitanio Institute
in Bergamo, Italy.

Personal Skills

Languages:

English: fluent. Cambridge Certificate Advanced achieved in June 2001.

Spanish: good knowledge. Diploma Basico de Espanol como Lengua Extranjera, Cervantes Institute in Milan, 2000, Italy.

German: intermediate knowledge. Studied for five years and improved during a stay in Wien in summer 2001, Austria.

Chinese: basic knowledge. Certification of first level by Language Centre at Bocconi University in Milan, 2004. Frequency of a semester at Chinese Language Centre in Beijing, 2005, China. Still studying.

Computer Sciences: good knowledge. Diploma ECDL (European Computer Driving License for use of Microsoft Office).