Stefano Seccamani Mazzoli

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Gigola & Riccardi S.p.A. is founded in 1986, when the co-founder Antonio Gigola, former entrepreneur in the poultry breeding industry, decides to exploit his handcraft capability to start up a new business, together with his partner Giuseppe Riccardi. From 1986 till 1990 the focus of the company is the production and installation of agricultural machinery. In 1995 the company starts producing light traps for breedings and patented an innovative, efficient and easy-to-assemble plastic pad light trap system, which is patented in 1995 and is awarded as the “best invention of the year” from the Atlanta world famous poultry exhibition. In 1998 the company starts producing cooling pads as a necessary complement for the fans in the poultry segment (70/90 cooling pad) and later on starts producing 50/90 cooling pads which are mainly addressed for providing humidification in other industries, rather than poultry (e.g. industrial, and others). According to the philosophy of the company and its innovative spiri,t in 2004 a new Cooling & Darkening pad is patented. The success of the fans production is motivated by the quality of the products provided: robustness, durability, easy maintenance and performance (airflow and energy efficiency) have always been the key drivers on which the company has been building its reputation for more than 25 years.

Chiomenti is the foremost law firm in Italy with an international outlook. The Firm puts at its clients’ disposal the services and advice of more than 450 dedicated professionals, whose experience, nationalities and skills cover multiple economic sectors and geographical areas. Chiomenti has structured its services and assistance in a framework that unites the specialisations in the various Practice Areas with the specific competences in the industrial and financial sectors. Deep knowledge of the law and an international outlook have always been the Firm’s distinctive characteristics. From 1948, the year in which Pasquale Chiomenti founded the Firm, Chiomenti has always known how deploy its independence and legal expertise in the service of businesses and institutions. To be closer to its clients, Chiomenti has offices in Italy – in Rome and Milan – and abroad – in New York, London, Brussels, and Beijing - and a global network. Chiomenti is among the founders of the "European Network"​, together with independent market-leader law firms: Cuatrecasas in Spain and Portugal, Gide Loyrette Nouel in France and Gleiss Lutz in Germany. Furthermore, Chiomenti is the member firm in Italy for "Lex Mundi"​, the worlds leading network of independent law firms with representative firms in more than 100 countries.