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The Lawyers of Zuber & Taillieu LLP

Patrick Del Duca

Partner

Patrick Del Duca, selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA®, assists businesses and individuals with corporate, commercial and financial challenges.  He is experienced in the launch, maturation and exit of businesses, infrastructure development and financing, financial restructuring, and environmental matters.  Trained in common and civil law, he has worked domestically and widely across borders, especially in Europe and Latin America.

Mr. Del Duca is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and serves as Co-Chair of the Mexico Law Committee of the American Bar Association’s International Law Section.  He serves as an adjunct professor at UCLA, Loyola and UC Davis law schools, teaching International Finance, European Union Law, Joint Ventures, Latin American Infrastructure Development and International Arbitration. Mr. Del Duca recently authored the book Choosing the Language of Transnational Deals: Practicalities, Policy and Law Reform, published by the American Bar Association.

Before joining Zuber & Taillieu LLP, he was a Partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, and Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP.  He began his career clerking for Judge Alfred T. Goodwin of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonio La Pergola of Italy’s Corte Costituzionale.

Notable Representations:

  • Infrastructure Development and Finance: Development, financing, purchase and sale of energy (e.g. power plants, ethanol production), telecommunications, transportation (e.g. pipelines, ports, rail projects, toll roads) and other infrastructure projects;
  • Financial Restructuring: Representing bondholder and other financial creditors, with a particular emphasis on emerging markets, e.g., in the restructuring of two Latin American telecommunications companies, with NYSE-listed securities;
  • Launching Businesses: Launch of technology businesses such as internet music distribution, green energy technology, and biotechnology, often with international participation, plus exits, e.g. a successful major Italian biotechnology exit; and
  • Environmental Law: Environmental contracting, counseling, defense, permitting and rulemaking in various industries.

Professional Honors and Activities:

  • Selectee, 2010 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, in International Trade and Finance Law
  • Co-Chair, ABA Section of International Law, Mexico Committee.

Representative Publications:

Current Speaking:

  • Environmental Liabilities in Business Transactions, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INSTITUTE WESTERN BOOT CAMP ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, APRIL 29, 2010
  • A Map for the Navigation of Metropolitan Governance and Finance in the United States, REGIMI E FORME DI FINANZIAMENTO DELLE AREE METROPOLITANE NEL DIRITTO COMPARATO, Rome, February 5, 2010.
  • Moderator, U.S. - Mexico’s Introduction of Adversarial Criminal Procedure: A Judicial Earthquake Propelled by Constitutional Amendment, FALL MEETING ABA SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW,  Miami Beach, October 29, 2009
  • Moderator, U.S. – Mexico Commercial Arbitration and ADR, SPRING MEETING ABA SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, Washington, DC, April 16, 2009
  • National Reporter, National Unification in Federal States—Italy, INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF COMPARATIVE LAW’S CONGRESS ON THE UNIFICATION OF LAW (La incidencia del derecho uniforme en el derecho nacional: Limites y Posibilidades), Mexico City, November 13-15, 2008
  • Challenges in Implementing the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions—Importance of Secured Transactions Reform, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE INSTITUTE, April 18, 2008, Washington, DC
  • Aspectos Legales y Manejamiento del Riesgo, Curso de Primeros Empresarios, PACE Business Development Center, Boyle Heights, February 27, 2008

Education:

Università di Bologna
laurea di giurisprudenza, 1987

European University Institute (Florence)
Ph.D, 1985

Harvard Law School
J.D., 1983

Université de Lyon II, Faculté de Sciences Économiques
DEA, 1979

Harvard University
B.A., 1978, magna cum laude

Bar Admissions:

California
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania

Languages:

English, French, Italian, Spanish
Portuguese (Reading Knowledge)