Business lawyers involved in all aspects of the representation of mid-market companies, with a strong emphasis on representing foreign companies entering or strengthening their position in the US market.

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THE LAW FIRM
Valla and Associates is a business law firm, specializing in assisting international mid-market companies that wish to
enter, grow in, or leverage off of the United States market.
With offices in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, as well as a representative office in Milan, Italy, we assist our
clients in all phases of business and corporate growth, with particular focus on their commercial and contractual
relationships, and any litigation needs.
With a combination of sophisticated big firm and corporate in-house experiences, our lawyers offer a practical and
efficient approach to resolving legal matters. Many of our attorneys and paralegals have international backgrounds,
including fluency in Italian, Spanish, German and Cantonese.
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BUSINESS LAW
Business Law
We advise domestic and foreign clients regarding the structuring, negotiation, and documentation of international
business transactions. Critical to the success of our work is an understanding of cultural differences and a sensitivity to
diverse business styles.
International Business Transaction
We assist clients with all aspects of their legal business needs, including business policy and strategic advice, formation of
joint ventures, strategic alliances and corporate partnering, and advising and drafting joint development, technology
sharing, agency, distributorship and manufacturing and supply agreements.
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M&A and
CORPORATE FINANCE
We guide our clients through every step of the creation and development of their business ventures by providing them
with practical, cost-effective representation from corporate formation, through financing and growth, to mergers and
acquisitions. Our services include private placements, angel rounds of financing, venture capital financing on behalf of the
company or investors, debt financing and asset-based lending
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BUSINESS LITIGATION
As lawyers experienced in assisting clients with growing their businesses, we understand the need to resolve disputes in a
cost and time effective manner. We endeavor to avoid costly litigation and to provide alternatives through mediation and
arbitration. When doing so is in our client’s best interest, we aggressively litigate matters through trial. Our lawyers have
successfully litigated complex contract disputes, bankruptcy claims, corporate issues, partnership disputes, technology
and intellectual property conflicts, and employment matters. We regularly handle legal matters across the United States,
in both state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration.
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LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW
Labor and Employment Law
We provide experienced counseling to both employees and employers in employment disputes before the Labor
Commission, in state and federal courts, and in private arbitration and mediation. In our experience, the best way for
employers to avoid employment disputes is to take advanced preventative measures. Consequently, we provide tailored
advice in the following areas: effective documentation, education and training of managers, employment policies and
employee handbooks, preparing and negotiating employment contracts, consulting agreements and separation
agreements, discrimination and harassment compliance, stock option and employee stock purchase plans, reductions of
personnel, risk management, and supervising internal investigations.
Business Immigration
We assist employers and foreign investors in meeting their needs to obtain immigrant and non-immigrant visas for
themselves or their employees, while endeavoring to minimize the inconvenience, delay, expense and potential liability
related to immigration issues.
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TRADEMARKS
We assist our clients in the registration and prosecution of their trademarks, whether literal element or design, with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office. We also maintain the registered trademarks live (including complex,
multinational portfolios) by filing declarations of continued use between the fifth and the sixth year of the registration
and ten-year renewals.
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ANTONIO VALLA
Mr. Valla founded Valla & Associates, Inc., P.C., in 2009, and its predecessor, Gilliss Valla & Dalsin, LLP, in 1994. He
focuses on the transactional and business litigation aspects of the Firm's practice, with particular passion for its
international clientele. Over the last decade, he led many of the practice’s most complex and rewarding engagements in
the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Valla is active in local and international business affairs and serves in fiduciary capacities, as well
as a Director of many client companies, including VIDA (an international medical resource foundation), and The Star
Fund, LLC (a hedge fund). He is a Member and Treasurer of the San Francisco Chapter of the Accademia Italiana della
Cucina.
He has been a member of AIGLI (www.aigli.com), an International Association of Italian Speaking Lawyers, for nearly
two decades.
He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (Magna cum Laude), in Economics, from the University of San Francisco in 1986, and
a Juris Doctor (with Honors), also from the University of San Francisco in 1988.
Languages: Italian, English
Bar Admissions: California (1988) and District of Columbia (2017)
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DANIELA MORRISON
Ms. Morrison is a native of Palermo, Italy. After receiving her Juris Doctor Degree in Italy and completing her internship
at an Italian law firm for two years, Ms. Morrison moved to the United States in 2001. She joined the Firm's predecessor
in 2002, where Ms. Morrison worked as a Paralegal, first, and as a Law Clerk thereafter, and joined Valla & Associates,
Inc., P.C. in 2009 as an attorney, continuing to assist domestic and foreign clients in commercial business transactions and
trademarks applications. A particular focus of her practice is the assistance to Italian companies doing business in the
United States. In early 2017, she was elevated to Executive Vice-President and Principal-in-Charge of the Firm's New
York office.
She obtained a Master of Laws Degree (LL.M.) from the University Of San Francisco School Of Law in 2006, and has
been admitted to the New York Bar.
Languages: Italian, English
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OTHER PROFESSIONALS
ASSOCIATES
MAJDA BARAZZUTTI
STEFANO ABBASCIANO
MARCO GIOVINE
LISA M. PARRISH
LAURA SOPRANA
ALEXANDER R. ROSSI
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PARALEGALS
 ELIZABETH C. LEE
 LESLIE BEAUDIN
MANAGEMENT TEAM
 PATRICIA CASTRO - CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
 ANTOINETTE VALLA - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 ANDREA RAMIREZ - BUSINESS OPERATIONS &
MARKETING MANAGER

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OFFICES
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SAN FRANCISCO
Valla & Associates, Inc., P.C.
333 Bush Street, Suite 2020
San Francisco, CA 94104, USA
Tel: +1 (415) 856-9001
NEW YORK
Valla & Associates, Inc., P.C.
509 Madison Ave., Suite 1510
New York, NY 10022, USA
Tel: +1 (212) 913-9246
LOS ANGELES
Valla & Associates, Inc., P.C.
730 Arizona Ave., Suite 241
Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
Tel: +1 (925) 395-6077
MILANO (REP OFFICE)
Valla & Associates, Inc., P.C.
Via G. Leopardi 7
20123 Milano, ITALY
Tel: +39 (02) 46577920