Avv. Raffaele Arena, born on 10.08.1963 in Messina, attended his law studies in Messina and Heidelberg. In the following period of his legal training, he collaborated with renowned international law offices in Germany and Italy. During his legal education, he joined a specialisation course at the Faculty of Law of the University in Ferrara regarding the German law and the field of trade and international private law relations between Germany and Italy, by particularly deepening of the contract of sale. He also took part in the 'International Trade Law Post-Graduate Course' at the Institute of European Studies of Turin University. In the year 1992 he obtained the admission requirement for the District Appeal Court of Messina as Lawyer. In the year 1994 he got with marks 'Prädikatexamen' (marks of particular honour) the Academic Graduation of LL.M. (Master of Laws) at the University of Heidelberg, under Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Mult. Erik Jayme's patronage, with a thesis on a subject of the international private law: 'Formwirksamkeit von Verträgen im deutsch-italienischen Rechtsverkehr' (The form effectiveness of contracts in law relations between Germany and Italy).

In the year 1999 he obtained the admission in 'Oberlandesgerichtsbezirk München' (District Appeal Court of Munich) as Lawyer in Germany as well; in the year 2001 he got the access as 'European Lawyer' in accordance with the German legislation EuRAG (the Bar Act of the European Lawyers in Germany) in the same district appeal court of Munich.
He is now professionally qualified for the District Court and the Law Court of Augsburg as well as admitted to the Bar before all District Courts and Law Courts in Germany (§ 78 ZPO) Here Avv. Arena has also constituted an International Law Firm placed in Königsbrunn (Augsburg) - Bavaria, address: Avv. Raffaele Arena, Haunstetterstraße 62/II 86343 Königsbrunn, tel. 0049.8231.60580-0, fax: 0049.8231.60580-99.
The Law Firm carries on a professional activity with the strict co-operation of the Practitioners of the 'Rechtsanwaltskanzlei' (Law Office) 'Fischer-Karl-Strampp' in Königsbrunn.

Avv. Raffaele Arena is also registered in the roll of the German-speaking Lawyers held by the General German Consulate of Naples and the Honorary German Consulate of Messina. He is also registered in the roll of the German-speaking Lawyers held by the Italo-German Chamber of Commerce of Milan. Avv. Raffaele Arena is also enrolled in the lists of the Federal Agency for Foreign Trade, Service Centre of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour as a German-speaking lawyer as well as a representative of the German enterprises in Italy.
Additionally the Law Firm, as being active in the area of the Italo-German juridical relations, is suggested as an Italian Training Centre for German jurists, trainees and referendars in the register of the Association of Cultural Exchanges between Italian and German Jurists, whose General Secretary’s Office is at the Bochum University.

The Law Firm's activity is mainly referred to both judicial and extrajudicial advice and assistance for national and foreign clients, individual people or companies, having legal interests to be defended in Italy or abroad, in the sphere of civil and commercial law, Italian and international private law. As for this latter field, especially, it is mainly concerned the international family law and the international inheritance law; besides, the aspects of the international trade with a particular concern to the contracts of international sale are as well treated. Other subjects deal with issues relating to transport law (by way of example, accidents abroad and the relevant matters referred to compensations for damages and insurance issues). Furthermore, the activity concerning the acknowledgement and enforceability of foreign judgements in Italy is of great importance.
Through a wide range of correspondences extended to both the Community and extra-Community countries the Law Firm is capable of giving its advisory services largely working in an international climate.