Studio Ubertazzi

Intellectual Property; Cultural Heritage and Art; International and European Union Law; Competition Law; Litigation and Arbitration; Cyber Protection and Privacy; Contract and Commercial Law.

Partner

Benedetta serves as a specialist in cross-border and international matters for the firm’s clients. She advises medium and large companies, including multinational corporate groups, on complex legal issues spanning multiple jurisdictions.

Benedetta’s role centres on coordinating international legal strategies, supervising networks of foreign counsel through her connections with Lexicom and the International Law Association. Her expertise in international and European Union law enables her to navigate complex cross-border transactions and disputes.

In the past year, she has assisted in significant, extraordinary operations and acquisitions. She currently leads three international arbitrations with a combined value of €2 billion and manages several court disputes in Milan.  Notably, she secured a €60 million award in ICC arbitration proceedings concerning a €1 billion share transaction in favour of our clients. She assisted and represented some of the biggest companies in their sectors in disputes with a total case value exceeding €1 billion.

Bendetta’s international experience spans jurisdictions across the US, EU, and Asian markets, including Germany, France, Spain, the UK, the USA, India, Japan, Russia, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Ethiopia, and Mozambique, often requiring personal travel to coordinate with clients and local counsel.

She also serves as a legal expert for international organisations, including UNESCO, WIPO, WHO, the World Bank, and the EU. In a major recent appointment, she has been engaged by UNESCO to lead the 2026-2027 periodic reporting exercise for all Italian communities on intangible cultural heritage.

She is also an associate professor of European Union law at the University of Milan-Bicocca and coordinates EU-funded Jean Monnet programs, including a Centre of Excellence awarded by the European Commission, and has authored several books on international law and intellectual property.

English; French; German; Italian; Russian; Spanish

Member of the Milan Bar (Italy) since 2006, and authorised to practice before the Court of Cassation since 2021.

Member of the Committees on Intellectual Property

and Private International Law and on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance (nominee of the Chair) of the International Law Association;

Member of the Committee on Safeguarding Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict of the International Law Association;

Member of ACHS-Association of Critical Heritage Studies sub-group, “Intangible Cultural Heritage Network;

Member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Italy;

Member of the Italian National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS);

Member of Società Italiana di Diritto Internazionale e di Diritto dell’Unione Europea (SIDI);

Member of AISDUE – Assoiciazione Italiana Studiosi di Diritto dell’Unione Europa;

Member of the steering Committee working towards the inscription in the UNESCO Lists of Tocatì, programme for the safeguarding of traditional games and sports (Register of Good Safeguarding Practices).

L.L.B (Hons), maxima cum laude, at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (Italy), 2000;

Master's Degree at University of Valladolid, Valladolid (Spain), 2005;

PhD, University of Padua, Padua (Italy), 2005.