Dario Scatena

Avv. Stab. Dario Scatena is a cross-border lawyer between Italy, Spain and the United States, specializing in international corporate structuring, global mobility, Italian Citizenship by Descent (Iure Sanguinis under the post-Tajani Decree 2025), and cross-border real estate in Tuscany.

Bar admissions: Italian Bar (Foro di Massa, Sezione Speciale Avvocati Stabiliti, n. 2025000015) and Spanish Bar (Iltre Colegio de Abogados de Murcia, Abogado, Colegiado n. 6.469).

Education: Italian law degree (Magistrale Giurisprudenza) at the University of Pisa; LL.M. at Loyola Law School Los Angeles; ABA-approved supplementary U.S. legal training at St. Mary's University School of Law (San Antonio, Texas) and at UDC David A. Clarke School of Law (Washington D.C.); MPRE certified in August 2022.

Practice highlights: former Staff of Attorney at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin (2018), among the first foreign-trained LL.M. graduates accepted to that position. Three years of U.S. immigration practice in the Washington D.C., Virginia and Maryland corridor (2020 to 2023). Of-counsel partnership in Washington D.C. Member of AILA, NIABA, IALA and IACCW.

His academic thesis on the legal immunity of diplomatic premises in the Iran-USA context was developed in collaboration with the Crisis Unit of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Studio Legale Scatena focuses on: international corporate structuring (Italy, U.S., Spain); cross-border real estate acquisitions in Tuscany and Val d'Aosta; Italian Citizenship by Descent (Iure Sanguinis) under the post-Tajani Decree 2025 framework; Elective Residence Visa and global mobility for HNW US and UK families; Italian SME export contracts, distribution and agency agreements, joint ventures; cross-border litigation strategy.

Author of the Esportare Senza Rischi / Export Without Risks series, practitioner manuals on Italian cross-border commercial law: 42 ready-to-deploy export contract templates, CISG and Incoterms 2020 annotated, Italian Supreme Court (Cassazione) case law updated through 2026, and three proprietary analytical frameworks: Three Lenses Analysis, Three Regimes of Force Majeure (NY UCC section 2-615 vs CISG article 79 vs Italian Civil Code article 1467), and the 5 Drafting Traps.

Five volumes live on Kindle and paperback: Vol. A 'Italian Cross-Border Contracts Compendium' (EN), Vol. B '42 Contratti Export Pronti' (IT), Vol. C 'Italy-USA Export Guide' (EN), Vol. F 'Italian Export Templates Library' (EN). Volumes D, E and G launching in 2026.