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Barbara Grasselli
Work Department
Zambelli & Partners
Position
Barbara Grasselli is Founding Partner at Zambelli & Partners.
Career
Barbara Grasselli has a significant experience in employment law and industrial relations. She advises domestic and foreign clients in implementing and managing personnel restructuring plans, in dealing with business crisis situations as well as in procedures involving the relocation of business. She assists clients in labour-law issues over both the pre-litigation and the litigation stage. She has a wide experience in agency relationships, thus assisting clients in drafting agency contracts as well as in managing the relevant litigation.
Barbara is co-author of several books on employment law and trade union issues. The most recent of these are Crisi Aziendale e Rapporto di Lavoro (Company Crisis and the Employment Relationship) (collection of five books; Il Sole 24 Ore, 2018), which – on June 21, 2019 – has been awarded as the Best Book on Employment Law by the Labour Consultants Association of Milan; Diritto Sindacale – Le Relazioni Industriali dopo il Jobs Act (Trade Union Law – Industrial Relations after the Jobs Act) (Il Sole 24 Ore, 2015); and Diritto Sindacale (Trade Union Law and Industrial Relations) (Il Sole 24 Ore, fifth edition, 2012).
She cooperates with Il Sole 24 Ore, thus being the author of several legal writings on all the employment-related and agency issues, which are published on the main legal reviews of such editor, including the well-known Guida al Lavoro.
Barbara has been ranked in band 3 of the Chambers Europe – Employment ranking for 9 years.
She has been recognised as Best Lawyers in Italy (Labour and Employment) in the 2024 edition and as Recommended lawyer in WWL ranking – Labour, Employment & Benefits 2023.
She has also been awarded as Lawyer of the Year – Rising Star at the Legalcommunity Labour Awards in 2015.
Languages
Italian, English
Memberships
- Member of AGI, Italian Employment Lawyers Association (AGI – Avvocati Giuslavoristi Italiani – http://www.giuslavoristi.it/)
- Member of AIDP, Italian HR Managers Association (AIDP – Associazione Italiana per la Direzione del Personale – http://www.aidp.it/)
- Member of EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association – http://www.eela.org/)
Education
- Degree in Law, University of Milan, 1996
- Italy, 2001 (Milan Bar Association)
- Italian Supreme Court, 2015
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Employment
(Leading individuals)Zambelli & Partners assists domestic companies and subsidiaries of international groups in restructurings and downsizings. The firm is also well acquainted with trade union law matters, including relationship management with unions, and employment litigation involving senior management. The practice is led by founding and managing partner Angelo Zambelli
, reputed for his expertise in planning and implementing extraordinary finance operations and restructuring plans. Barbara Grasselli, within the practice, is known for her advice on personnel restructuring plans for Italian and foreign companies.
Comparative Guides
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