Withers LLP

Corporate / Commercial / Real estate / Food and beverage

Roberta is Managing Partner of Withers in Italy, European leader of the Business Division and head of our 'Italian Desks' worldwide.

She specializes in cross-border corporate, commercial and real estate transactions in many different business sectors, such as Food and Wine, Luxury, Fashion and Furniture. She is a point of reference in the Italian market for transactions involving family offices or family businesses with a particular focus on corporate reorganization issues and generational business transitions. She worked for many years in London, where she qualified as a solicitor, and became the first Italian woman to become a partner in a City Law Firm. She is now among the very few managing partners of a business law firm in Italy.

In 2024 Forbes Italy mentions her among the top 100 consulting professionals in Italy.

Since 2019, she has been listed among Italy's Best-50 lawyers in the Italian legal directory LegalCommunity and in 2020 was recognised for having contributed to the increase in the number of women managing partners, a momentous change in the Italian legal market, historically led by men.

Roberta is qualified in Italy (1994) and in England and Wales (2005). She joined Withers in 2005 and became a partner in 2008.

Italian and English

STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)

Roll of Solicitors for England and Wales

International Bar Association

British-Italian Law Association

Fondazione Bellisario

30% Club

University of Padua, Italy, LL.B equivalent

Roberta, a great cook, is a staunch supporter of healthier food and encourages everyone to eat the Mediterranean option.  She is also an active spokesperson for female empowerment.