About

Simona Musso has been at the forefront of legal work at a number of leading Italian companies during her in-house career. Over the course of the past 20 years, Musso has accumulated substantial experience of high quality legal support in English and Italian. She complements her vast knowledge of intellectual property, competition law, contract drafting and M&A transactions, with a solid understanding of commercial issues developed during her studies for the General Management Programme at the leading European business school, ESCP. Musso joined her current employer Lavazza, the well-known family-owned coffee producer, as a senior lawyer in 1996 after having worked in private practice for nearly five years. Her leadership potential and high levels of professionalism in providing legal advice quickly became apparent to senior management at Lavazza, which led to her promotion to general counsel in 2001. Since then, Musso has been integral in developing a strong legal function at the company, with her team becoming vital to the company in the past few years, especially as the brand and the company continue to grow at an impressive rate internationally.