Piero Bellante
Lawyer, admitted to practise before the italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) and other higher courts. He has been studying customs law since 1980 and has acquired considerable experience in conducting civil, administrative and criminal litigation in the areas of customs, export controls & sanctions and product compliance. He collaborates as a contract lecturer in customs law with the Departments of Legal Sciences and Business Economics of the University of Verona. He speaks at seminars and conferences on customs topics organized by professional and entrepreneurial associations; he collaborates with sector journals like Global Trade and Customs Journal (WKI) and others, and is the author of publications on this subject.
Partner and founder since 2000 of the Bellante & La Lumia law firm in Verona, partner of LegalAssociati network, he is President of the Disciplinary Board for the Veneto and the Trentino Alto Adige Regions at the Regional Council of Customs Brokers (Consiglio territoriale degli spedizionieri doganali) of the Veneto Region.
He is President of the Chamber of Tax Lawyers of Verona which is a member of the National Union of Tax Lawyers' Chambers (UNCAT - Unione nazionale delle camere avvocati tributaristi) and serves as coordinator of the Fiscal and Tax Commission of the Bar Association of Verona. He is a member of the Veneto Branch of ANTI, Associazione nazionale tributaristi italiani, of the UIA - Union internationale des avocats and of the Center for Criminal Tax Law based in Turin.
His most significant contributions to customs matters are listed at https://www.bellantelalumia.it/it/pubblicazioni.
For Giappichelli he has published in italian language (english version is coming): Il sistema doganale. Evoluzione, istituti, adempimenti, pp. XXX-1346, Turin, 2nd ed., 2023. An abstract and table of contents can be consulted here: https://www.giappichelli.it/il-sistema-doganale-9788875245658?srsltid=AfmBOoqMkLUtGUPM1br1q9eJEOmFYYHOX-xjNsT_-Cr3Jn2RWt6qRmz.