Francesco Bortone
Legal
Francesco Bortone, Octo Group’s Chief Legal Officer, is a lawyer with broad experience both in private practice and as in-house counsel.
Francesco started his professional experience as attorney at Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria Law firm and then at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Milan. He held senior legal positions at General Electric (GE Energy-Oil & Gas / GE Aviation), he also served as Avio Aero’s Chief Compliance Officer, and as Chief Legal Officer of Comdata Group (now Konecta).
Graduated cum laude at the University of Sassari, he obtained a master in EU Law at the Université de Nancy and a LL.M. in corporate law at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He has more than 20-year experience in advising on corporate law issues, in structuring and implementing JV / M&A agreements, in drafting international contracts, in drafting and negotiating service agreements based on big data, in designing and implementing compliance and risk management policies and procedures.
Francesco started his professional experience as attorney at Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria Law firm and then at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Milan. He held senior legal positions at General Electric (GE Energy-Oil & Gas / GE Aviation), he also served as Avio Aero’s Chief Compliance Officer, and as Chief Legal Officer of Comdata Group (now Konecta).
Graduated cum laude at the University of Sassari, he obtained a master in EU Law at the Université de Nancy and a LL.M. in corporate law at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He has more than 20-year experience in advising on corporate law issues, in structuring and implementing JV / M&A agreements, in drafting international contracts, in drafting and negotiating service agreements based on big data, in designing and implementing compliance and risk management policies and procedures.
