GianClaudio Finizio
Associate
Direct Phone: (302) 429-4240
Direct Fax: (302) 658-6395
Email:gfinizio@bayardlaw.com

GianClaudio returned to Bayard as an associate in 2008. He concentrates his practice counseling companies on mergers and acquisitions including assisting in structuring, negotiating and documenting transactions; general corporate and business law matters; corporate governance issues; and providing legal opinions on provisions of Delaware law relating to corporate transactions. In addition, GianClaudio also focuses on insurance matters including advising insurance companies regarding their regulation by the Insurance Commissioner of Delaware and changes in their ownership or control.

In 2002, GianClaudio joined Bayard as an associate where he gained significant experience in the areas of corporate bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Prior to practicing law, he gained extensive experience in the corporate sector where he served for six years as a business analyst in the Health, Safety and Environment Department of Basell USA Inc., supporting North American manufacturing and research and development facilities. In this role, he assisted in the management of product regulatory activities, and environmental, toxicological, health and safety, and industrial hygiene matters. While attending law school, he was a member of Basell’s law department assisting with litigation and corporate governance matters.

GianClaudio also served as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Jane R. Roth in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit while in law school. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Widener University School of Law in 2002 and graduated from the University of Delaware with a B.A. in Biology and Italian in 1994. He is fluent in Italian.

Outside of Bayard, GianClaudio is a member of the Board of Directors of Variety – The Children’s Charity (Delaware Division), a member of ALMA – Associazione Italiana LL.M., and a member of the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia, and ALMA - Associazione Italiana LL.M. He also is Guardian ad litem for the Office of the Child Advocate of Delaware.