Avv.

Alberto

Pasino

Senior Partner

Practice areas

Languages

Italian, English

Linkedin

VCF

Contacts

Trieste office
Via Genova n. 14
34121 Trieste (TS)
Phone: 040 7600281

alberto.pasino@studiozunarelli.com

Alberto Pasino has been a Partner of the Firm since its foundation.

In 1995 he opened the Firm’s Trieste office, which he has managed ever since, while in 2006 he oversaw the start-up of its Shanghai office, where he long resided and with which he still collaborates.

His main areas of practice are maritime and transport law, commercial law, and litigation.

He has vast experience in Court disputes with regard to terminal operator liability, multimodal, sea and land transport, international freight forwarding, recreational boating and procurements.

He obtained his law degree from the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna in 1992. He has been a member of the Trieste Bar Association since 1995, and qualified to represent Clients before the Italian Supreme Court since 2008.

In 2005, he was a member of the committee appointed by the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transportation for the drafting of the Italian Recreational Boating Code.

He holds seminars at university and master degree courses on transport law, maritime law and international commercial law, and has published several articles on those subjects.

He is a member of the Register of Arbitrators of the Venice Chamber of Arbitration and actively participates in several associations. He sits on the Board of Directors of AIDIM (the Italian Maritime Law Association); he is a member of the International Working Group of the Comité Maritime International on the wrongful arrest of ships and is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Il Diritto Marittimo. He holds the position of President of the Italian National Committee of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), of whose Transport Law Commission he was president until 2023. He is the Friuli-Venezia Giulia territorial representative of Associazione Studi Legali Associati (ASLA) and is the coordinator of its Transport Group.

He is Vice-President of the International Propeller Club – Port of Trieste, which he chaired for nine years, and sits on the Italian National Board of the International Propeller Clubs.

He was the President of the Chamber Music Association (Società dei Concerti) of Trieste from 2017 to 2021. He has been a municipal councillor of the Municipality of Trieste since 2021.

 

MENTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Legal 500 EMEA 2026: Recommended Lawyer
  • Legal 500 EMEA 2025: Recommended Lawyer
  • Chambers Europe 2020: Notable Practitioner in Italy – Dispute Resolution
  • Chambers Global 2019 and Chambers Europe 2019: Recognised Practioner in Italy – Dispute Resolution
  • Chambers Global 2018 and Chambers Europe 2018: Recognized Practitioner in Italy – Dispute Resolution
  • Legal 500 EMEA 2018: Recommended Lawyer
  • Chambers Europe 2015: Recognized Practitioner in Italy – Shipping
  • Chambers Europe 2014: Recognized Practitioner in Italy – Shipping
  • TopLegalTriveneto Report 2014: tier 2 maritime lawyer and tier 3 litigation lawyer.

 

PRO BONO

  • Calicanto ONLUS – Member of the Board of Directors (2019 – to date)
  • Guardian of minors (2008 – 2023)

Notable Cases

  1. Civil Law – Strategic advice to an industrial consortium on social security contribution liabilities and contracting arrangements
    Assistance to an industrial consortium in connection with a member company’s failure to comply with its social security contribution obligations and the resulting suspension of payments by the consortium’s principal client. The engagement included an analysis of the joint and several liability of the consortium and the client, the limits of the client’s right to withhold amounts due under the relevant contracts, the effects of an instalment plan for outstanding social security contributions on the company’s social security compliance certificate (DURC), and the measures available to protect the consortium and its other member companies. These measures included the assumption of the outstanding debt, the withdrawal of work orders, the exclusion of the defaulting member company, and potential recovery and indemnity claims.
    Status: Ongoing
  2. Maritime Law – Legal assistance in obtaining authorisation for the controlled scuttling of a vessel to create an artificial reef
    Legal assistance in connection with obtaining the administrative authorisations required for the controlled scuttling, in Italian territorial waters, of a fully remediated vessel intended to create an artificial reef combining sustainable diving tourism with scientific research.
    The matter is particularly significant as it represents the first controlled scuttling project of this kind in Italy.
    Status: Ongoing
  3. Maritime Law – Legal assistance and strategic advice on the regularisation and future commercial operation of a vessel
    Assistance to an EU-based shipping company concerning the verification of the continued existence and full operational capacity of the owning company, the assessment of the legal status of a vessel temporarily without registration or flag, and the identification of the steps required to restore its seaworthiness and lawful operation.
    The engagement included a comparative assessment of registration under the Italian flag and registration with another EU registry, with particular regard to maritime law, shipowner liability, cabotage, use of the vessel for tourism and training purposes, access to local public services, economic viability, and the vessel’s future commercial development.
    Status: Assistance provided during 2025
  4. International commercial law – Litigation and arbitration in transport matters
    Opposition to an injunction and international litigation concerning multimodal transport contracts. Assistance to a Dutch company operating in the multimodal freight transport sector in the opposition to an injunction filed with an Italian court, with coordinated management of the related parallel litigation already pending in the Netherlands.
    Status: Dispute settled in 2025

 

Publications

Co-editor, International Commercial Sales: Challenges in Delivery, Transport Risks And Documentary Fraud - LexisNexis Publications Collection | 2024

Editor, La crisi del Medio Oriente. Criticità e soluzioni per il settore dei trasporti e del turismo – ASLA Publications Collection | 2026

  • New rules in Italy on Multimodal Transport, Juriste | 2022-4
  • Modalità di determinazione del corrispettivo e assunzione della veste di spedizioniere-vettore; Il Diritto Marittimo | 2021
  • The Reform of the Italian Yachting Code, Poredbeno Pomorsko Pravo = Comparative Maritime Law | 2018
  • Definition of enforceable decision, in Recognition and Enforcement of Judgements and Arbitral Awards: Recent Trends and Developments; Lexis Nexis | 2018;
  • The Reform of the Italian Yachting Code; Poredbeno Pomorsko Pravo – Comparative Maritime Law | 2018;
  • La responsabilità del vettore nel trasporto marittimo di merci. Profili risarcitori. Competenza giurisdizionale e prescrizione, in Il regime normativo del trasporto marittimo e terrestre; Aracne Editrice |2017;
  • Spunti in tema di consenso dell’assicurato e azione del contraente nell’assicurazione per conto di chi spetta; Il Diritto Marittimo |2014;
  • Cyberspace and the Sea. The method of reunification of Maritime Law as inspiring model for Internet regulation; UIA Florence Congress | 2014;
  • General conditions applying to services by transport intermediaries; UIA Dresden Congress | 2012;
  • I contratti di utilizzazione dei containers (in “Atti del Convegno: Dai tipi legali ai modelli sociali nella contrattualistica della navigazione, dei trasporti e del turismo”); Giuffré | 1996;
  • Su un caso di trasporto a condizioni FCL/FCL in container | 1995;
  • Accesso alla professione di trasportatore di viaggiatori su strada e attribuzioni regionali; Diritto dei trasporti | 1994;
  • La responsabilità del vettore marittimo nel trasporto mediante containers; Trasporti | 1994.
  • The Effects of EU Sanctions against Russia over Ukraine on the Use of Recreational Vessels (7th International Congress On Maritime And   Admiralty Law,   Istanbul / Turkiye, Marmara Univeristy, 2024)
  • The Effects of EU Sanctions against Russia over Ukraine on the Use of Recreational Vessels (Maritime Law issues in Times of War, University of Split, 2023)
  • How to choose the right Incoterm (Drafting Effective International Contracts, UIA Seminar, 2020)
  • Effects of sanctions on use of recreational vessels (Sanctions on Russia: status, impact and effects, UIA Seminar, 2020)
  • Cancellation of Flights due to COVID-19: Substantive and private International Law Issues (UIA Seminar, 2020, Moderator)
  • Dallo scoping exercise dell’IMO alle iniziative del CMI. Spunti di riflessione e criticità (AEIT, ATENA and D-ETEF Conference “Guida Autonoma, Sistemi Manned-Unmanned”, 2020)
  • Navi autonome: le regole per evitare gli abbordi in mare e la responsabilità per urto (Navi autonome: una sfida per il diritto marittimo, AIDIM Congress, 2019)
  • I vantaggi economici dei porti franchi ieri oggi e domani (Trieste Città-Porto: 300 anni di Porto Franco, Chambers of Commerce of Trieste, 2019)
  • The applicable law in Multimodal Contracts of Carriage (Transport Law Commission of the UIA, Congress in Luxembourg, 2019)
  • Private International Law best practices in cross-border dispute resolution: issues affecting service (Private International Law Commission of the UIA, Congress in Porto, 2018)
  • Unmanned Vessels: Remarks on Liability (Transport law Commission of the UIA, Congress in Porto, 2018)
  • Unmanned vehicles: a practitioner’s view (International conference on “Modern challenges of marine navigation”, University of Split and the Adriatic Institute of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Split, 2018)
  • The New Italian Yachting Code: Some Preliminary Remarks (Adriatic Maritime Law Conference; Grado, 2018)
  • Unmanned vessels: remarks on liability (Speech, International conference on “Current Problems in International Maritime and Admiralty Law”, Marmara University, Istanbul, 2018)
  • Private International Law best practices in cross-border dispute resolution: issues affecting service (Speech, Private International Law Commission of the UIA, Congress in Porto, 2018);
  • Unmanned Vessels: Remarks on Liability (Speech, Transport law Commission of the UIA, Congress in Porto, 2018);
  • Unmanned vehicles: a practitioner’s view (Speech, International conference on “Modern challenges of marine navigation”, University of Split and Adriatic Institute of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Splito, 2018);
  • The New Italian Yachting Code: Some Preliminary Remarks (Speech, Adriatic Maritime Law Conference; Grado, 2018);
  • Unmanned vessels: remarks on liability (Speech, International conference on “Current Problems in International Maritime and Admiralty Law”, Marmara University, Istanbul, 2018);
  • The problem of qualification: introductory remarks (Speech, Private International Law Commission of the UIA, Congress in Toronto, 2017);
  • The Ustica case: the Supreme Court sentencing the State to compensate victims (Speech, Transport law Commission of the UIA, Congress in Toronto, 2017);
  • The reform of the Italian yachting code (Speech, Adriatic Maritime Law Conference, Opatija, 2017);
  • The definition of enforceable decision (Speech, Private International Law Commission of the UIA, Congress in Budapest, 2016);
  • Direct action against the insurer in third party liability insurance contracts: a comparative overview (Speech, Transport law Commission of the UIA, Congress in Budapest, 2016)
  • Possible consequences of Brexit on marine cargo claims (Speech, The European Freight and Logistics Leaders’ Forum, Baveno, 2016);
  • La responsabilità del vettore nel trasporto marittimo di merci. Profili risarcitori. Competenza giurisdizionale e prescrizione (Speech, Il regime normativo del trasporto marittimo e terrestre. Profili sostanziali e processuali, Macerata, 2016);
  • Jurisdiction clauses in Bills of Lading (UIA Private International Law Commission, Congress in Valencia, 2015);
  • The justification of global limitation of liability (UIA Transport Law Commission, Congress in Valencia, 2015);
  • Il diritto marittimo a Trieste dal secondo dopoguerra ai giorni nostri (ASLA Conference, Trieste Bar Association, 2015);
  • La professione legale e lo Studio associato (ASLA Conference, Trieste Bar Association, 2014)
  • Cyberspace and the Sea (UIA Private International Law Commission, Congress in Florence, 2014);
  • Questioni aperte in tema di contratto di spedizione (ASLA Conference, Milan Bar Association, 2014);
  • Acquisitions by Chinese Companies and Individuals (UIA Mergers and Acquisitions Commission, Winter Seminar in Brunico, 2014);
  • Transport clauses in commercial contracts: issues of applicable law and jurisdiction (UIA Transport Law Commission, Congress in Macao, 2013);
  • Modulo Diritto dei trasporti (“Master Diritto e Impresa” de Il Sole 24ore Milan Business School, 2013);
  • General conditions applying to services by transport intermediaries (UIA Transport Law Commission, Congress in Dresden, 2012);
  • Il Diritto dei trasporti cinese (Genova Bar Association, 2011);
  • Il Multimodal Transport Operator (Master in Diritto ed Economia del Mare, Pescara Chamber of Commerce, from 2005 to 2011);
  • Il Terminal Operator (Master “Logistics Promoter”, University of Trieste, 2008);
  • Il Codice Marittimo cinese (Master in Chinese Civil and Commercial Law, University of Genova, 2007)
  • Il raccomandatario marittimo (Taranto Bar Association, 2006);
  • Il Multimodal Transport Operator (Master di Diritto dei Trasporti e della Logistica, University of Bologna, from 1999 to 2006)

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