Investors from North America have recently begun looking at Italian soccer as a land of opportunity. Seven Serie A clubs—AC Milan, AS Roma, Bologna, Fiorentina, Genoa, Spezia and Venezia—currently have American or Canadian ownership, with the count being up to 12 across Italy's three professional men’s soccer leagues.  Among the pioneers of this wa...

After months of waiting, the closing has finally arrived. Today begins the Joe Tacopina era in Ferrara. After 8 years and a centered promotion in the top flight, the Colombarini family has defined the sale of the company to the Italian-American lawyer. In the morning the legal process was completed in Ferrara at the Leoni notary office in via Pales...

Joe Tacopina-Catania, ci siamo. Il noto imprenditore italo-americano ed ex presidente del Venezia e SIGI hanno raggiunto l’accordo definitivo per la cessione del club etneo: a darne certezza è stato l’avvocato Giovanni Ferraù – fra i principali esponenti fra i soci di SIGI – che tramite i propri canali social ha indicato il 9 gennaio come la data d...

Joe Tacopina has been considerably busy these days, and understandably so. The renowned lawyer has represented celeb clients that range from A-Rod to Jay-Z throughout his career. As one of Meek Mill’s attorneys in his most recent incarceration, they lost many battles along the way but won the war in April, a big W for hip-hop and prison reform than...

A successful Italian American lawyer with a great passion for soccer. Joe Tacopina opened the doors of his office in Manhattan (New York) to Calcio e Finanza to talk about his goals with Venezia and his commercial and sport strategies. Joe is a goal oriented professional, someone who understands where he needs to be because, “this is something real...

In terms of this week’s soccer friendlies, Tuesday’s Detroit City FC-Venezia FC encounter might be dismissed as an undercard to the following day’s AS Roma-Paris Saint Germain clash at Comerica Park. That would be shortsighted. Perhaps no soccer team has compiled a more compelling story than the Winged Lions of Venice. In two short years, the club...

Foreign ownership has been a trend for many of Europe’s top leagues over the last two decades. Most clubs purchased from foreign owners have been in the Premier League. Over the last few seasons Serie A has seen an influx of new owners from various clubs all over the football pyramid. In particular there has been a notable trend of American ownersh...

by Gioacchino Moncado   Tacopina, atto secondo. Dopo l'esperienza a Bologna l'avvocato italo – americano Joe Tacopina torna a far parlare di se per un'altra acquisizione di una società di calcio italiana. Si tratta del Venezia, attualmente impegnata nel campionato di Serie D, club del quale ricoprirà l'incarico di presidente. Ed il progetto...

«Abbiamo l'accordo». Sono le nove di sera quando Joe Tacopina, in immancabile camincia bianca, esce dall'hotel di via Indipendenza. E colpisce subito nel segno. «Sono molto contento», dice come seconda cosa l'avvocato newyorkese. E, notare bene, lo dice in italiano. Una frase che sa molto di sciarpa rossoblù intorno al collo.   Poi ritorna n...

According to reports, Los Angeles Lakers star shooting guard Kobe Bryant is ready to invest 350,000 euros in order to be part of the group that is attempting to purchase FC Bologna. Bologna, which competes in Serie B in Italy, is up for sale and Bryant is part of a group of investors, led by American lawyer Joe Tacopina, that are in advanced t...