Avv. Melchiorre Scalia – Course of studies – Online law firm – International Private Law

Course of studies

Avv. Melchiorre Scalia has born in Bologna on July 21, 1975 and lives in Turin. After secondary school examination (1994) he attends the Faculty of Law in Turin and graduates in 2000. Three years later he is admitted to practice as Avvocato in Italy.

When he is still a student, Avv. Scalia moves to Germany (Göttingen), where he remains for two semesters in order to study German and do researches for his degree dissertation (1999). The rapid acquisition of the language and of the fundamentals of the German law permits him to work in the following years for renowned law firms in Frankfurt and Hanover and to gain experience in the sectors of the international private law with special regard to the commercial and juridical relations between Italy and Germany.

In 2003 Avv. Scalia begins a PhD program in German language at the Georg August University Göttingen under the supervision of Prof. Okko Behrends, famous civil and Roman law scientist of international reputation. One year later, Avv. Scalia passes three trimesters in United Kingdom as visitor student of the Oxford University in order to nearer examine how the British Common Law works and do researches for his doctoral dissertation.

Avv. Scalia is since 2003 registered at the Turin Bar Council and has practiced the legal profession at first in collaboration with other law offices in Italy (Palermo, Milan) and Germany (Frankfurt, Hanover) and from next year definitely as self employed.