About

Currently general counsel for Fendi, part of the LVMH group, Sergio Marini has provided legal advice to the luxury goods company for the past one and a half years. An in-house lawyer with notable commercial focus, Marini has a good interaction with the senior management of the company and combines his current role with positions of president of the European Company Lawyers Association and board member of the Italian Association of Corporate Lawyers. Between 2000 and 2014, Marini served as legal affairs director at Shell Italy in Milan, with a four year gap (2006-2009) that saw him working as senior counsel at the Shell corporate headquarters in the Netherlands. During his time at Shell Italy, Marini and his team of seven came to be recognised both internally and externally for their high quality work on the provision of legal advice on contracting, M&A activities and Mediterranean gas storage activities. In addition, Marini is regarded highly for managing all Southern European litigation cases for Shell Group. Between 1998 and 2000, Sergio Marini provided legal assistance in developing new national and international markets as senior legal counsel at the first Italian private company specialising in gas and power activities, Edison. His first in-house role was with Saipem, the international turnkey contractor, between 1992 and 1998.