About Me
Certified International Trade Specialist & LL.M.
Cross-border trade in goods and services, laws regulating it and all complex dynamics that follow are the basis of my daily tasks, the pillars of my know-how and the greatest passion I have. The more I learn, the better I work. The more I achieve, the higher I aim.
PERSONAL PROFILE
• Professional experience:
8 years in Export Sales and International Trade Compliance
(Commerce and Industry - Private sector; ongoing)
Level -> Manager
Activities:
- Key Account & Foreign Sales Management
- Business Expansion
- Trade Compliance (Export/Import)
- In-house Legal Advice
- Public Speaking
• Additional experience:
Short term in Legal and Internationalization consultancy
(Public sector; 2013-14)
Level -> Assistance / Internship
• Teaching:
-Teacher of International Sales, Channel Management and Retailing
(Fondazione JobsAcademy; Nov. 2023 - Ongoing)
-Associate Lecturer of International Economic Law and Comparative Law
(Université Catholique de Madagascar; early 2019)
-Keynote Speaker on International Trade topics*
(Université de Fianarantsoa; Oct. 2018 - Université d’Antananarivo; Feb. 2019 - Jeunes Emergence de Madagascar; Feb. 2019 - Université Catholique de Madagascar; Feb. 2019)
*Conference slides are available on the 'Blog' section.
• Education:
-Master’s degree (LL.M.) in International & European Law [Issued by University of Groningen; 2014]
-Bachelor’s Degree in International Business Law [Issued by University of Bergamo; 2013]
(1-year Erasmsus @ De Montfort University; 2013)
• Certificates:
-From Linkedin Learning: ’Ethics and Law in Data Analytics' [28/07/2024]; ’Artificial Intelligence & Business Strategy' [30/06/2024]; ’Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' [10/06/2024]
-'Expert Manager in Internationalization Processes' [Issued by: IMIT (Association of the Italian Managers for International Trade); 18/01/2024]
-'Export/Import Certificate (EIC)' [Issued by: International Chamber of Commerce and the ICC Academy, Certificate ID: DwQh5VwLhr; 16/09/2023]
-'Proofs of Preferential and Non-Preferential Origin in the Exchange of Goods' [Issued by: General Confederation of Italian Industry, Bergamo; 2020]
-'GO.IN': University advanced training course for managers on entrepreneurship and innovation for internationalization of SMEs [Issued by: CYFE - SdM - CCIAA Bg - Bergamo Sviluppo; 2017]
-English Law Programme, with Merit [Issued by: De Montfort University; 2013]
• Network:
Member of IMIT (Association of the Italian Managers for International Trade) since 01/01/2024
Jan. 2025
Mattia Longa, LL.M.