Francesca Rolla > Hogan Lovells International LLP > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
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Francesca Rolla
Work Department
Litigation and Arbitration
Position
Partner
Career
With almost 30 years of experience, Francesca Rolla’s activity spans almost all areas of contentious work – from product liability litigation, mass torts, commercial and corporate disputes, and white collar crimes – across industry sectors as diverse as life sciences, automotive, insurance, and consumer goods. She is the head of the Hogan Lovells Italian Litigation practice and of the Investigations & White Collar Crimes group in Italy.
Be it a product liability dispute, a class action or a complex commercial litigation, domestic or cross border, Francesca is at the forefront of Italian litigators. In the Life Sciences sector, Francesca has represented and represents clients in key litigations over drugs, vaccines and medical devices, often in the context of multi-jurisdiction litigations, as well as in compliance and investigations matters.
Drawing on her extensive experience in product liability and mass tort litigation, Francesca assists clients in conducting internal investigations and provides coordinated defence strategies in the context of investigations by criminal or other public authorities, often with cross border relevance.
Languages
English, French, Italian
Memberships
Italian Bar; International Association of Defence Counsel (IADC); International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
Admitted to plead before the higher courts. Law Degree (magna cum laude), Università Statale di Milano, Milano, 1988; Visiting student, Department of Economics and Political Science University, College of London, 1985
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Compliance
(Leading individuals)Hogan Lovells International LLP‘s Italian practice covers the compliance aspects of antitrust, data privacy, investigations, corruption, white-collar crime, environmental law, tax and employment. Among the group’s several active advisers, Francesca Rolla is a specialist in product litigation and compliance, as well as investigations; Massimiliano Masnada advises on privacy and data protection; Sabrina Borocci focuses on compliance with European law; Jeffrey Greenbaum heads the Italy financial institutions practice; and Vittorio Moresco leads the employment law group in Italy. Other key figures are Serena Pietrosanti, Christian Di Mauro and Francesca Angeloni.
Italy > Dispute resolution
(Hall of Fame)–
Hogan Lovells International LLP acts for clients across a wide range of industries, including in the financial services, consumer, energy, and aerospace sectors. Christian Di Mauro, who has expertise in the life sciences space, heads the litigation and arbitration practice. Other notable names include Francesca Rolla, who leads the investigations and white-collar criminal law practice, and experienced arbitrator Andrea Atteritano.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Italy > Dispute resolution
- Leading individuals Italy > Compliance
- Compliance Italy
- Dispute resolution Italy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property
Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Capital markets: Debt
- Compliance
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Investment funds
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition law
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Private equity
- Tax
- Industry focus: Energy