Roberto Gilardino

Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in APAC and CIS regions.

Roberto leads and supervises the teams based in the bustling hubs of Shanghai and Moscow, focusing on serving investments in the APAC and CIS regions. With a multidisciplinary team, Horizons’ professionals tackle legal, accountancy and tax challenges from a local, national, and international perspective. Through this approach, cross-border investments are comprehensively safeguarded for the present and future.

Roberto and his team understands that misinterpreting cultural nuances can be significant dealbreakers in international transactions. As a result, Horizons leverages a worldwide team in over 40 jurisdictions to serve clients without language, geographical or cultural barriers. Namely, the Horizons’ team designate a local team in the country or region of the investor to navigate them through unfamiliar jurisdictions. In the comfort of the client’s home country or region, Horizons deliver global results through a local gateway and erase cultural and geographical obstacles.

Serving as a versatile leader, Roberto is equally able to tend to highly positioned clients and liaise with governmental entities. Unlike the traditional legal practice, Roberto and his team have positioned themselves to not just simply practice law. The Horizons’ team understand real-world challenges and committed to conveying legal doctrine with clarity and accessibility. In this approach, clients fully understand their options and legal tools, as well as their subsequent outcomes.

Prior to joining Horizons, Roberto served professionally in ministries, governmental bodies, and the private sector, primarily in China and Russia.

An Italian national, Roberto is fluent in Italian, English, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese