Roberto Gilardino

Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Cyprus, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore).

From the Horizons lead office in the heart of Shanghai, Roberto directs the team in serving both inbound and outbound investments in China. With over 40 years in international transactions, Roberto understands that misinterpreting cultural nuances can be significant dealbreakers in international transactions and equips the team with cross-cultural communication and understanding to bridge crucial gaps. In this manner, legal, accountancy and tax professionals can work closely with clients to nimbly identify and tackle their corporate challenges in an evolving legal landscape – without cultural obstacles.

Unlike the traditional legal practice, Roberto leads the team to understand real-world challenges with a down-to-earth approach. Through building long-term rapport and conveying legal doctrine with clarity and accessibility, the team comprehensively equip clients with legal and corporate tools to launch and govern investments abroad. As a result, information is clearly conveyed clients so they can fully evaluate their choices and decipher the next steps – all in compliance with the local, national, and international law.

Roberto’s current work include structuring global operations for multinational, leading an acquisition transaction in a blue ocean market and overseeing Sino European merger in automotives.

Additionally, at Horizons, a worldwide team in over 40 jurisdictions is leveraged to serve clients without language, geographical or cultural barriers. Namely, the client is designated a local team in their country or region to navigate them through unfamiliar jurisdictions. In the comfort of the client’s home country or region, the Horizons team can deliver global results through local gateway and erase cultural and geographical obstacles.

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

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