Withers Studio Legale

Corporate / Commercial / Real estate / Food and beverage

Roberta is managing partner of Withers in Italy and head of the 'Italian desks' worldwide.

Roberta 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 completed her legal training abroad, qualifying as a solicitor. She worked for many years in London and was the first Italian woman to become a partner in a City law firm.

Upon returning to Milan in the early 2000s, in 2010 she launched the Italian practice of Withers, immediately taking on the role of Managing Partner. For nine years, she also served as European Leader of Withers’ Business Division.

She remains today among the very few women managing partners of business law firms in Italy.

In 2026 and 2025 she was listed by Citywealth among the Top 50 advisors for Non-Doms and UHNW individuals in Italy.

In 2025, Forbes Italy included her among the 100 most successful women in Italy, highlighting her role in driving economic and other forms of progress in the country. In 2024, Forbes Italy mentioned her among the top 100 consulting professionals in Italy.

Since 2019, she has been a regular presence among the Best 50 Italian lawyers, a directory promoted by the publication LegalCommunity. In 2020, the same publication listed her among the few women managing partners of a law firm in Italy, recognizing her contribution to a historic transformation within the Italian legal market, historically led by men.

In 2025 she led the Italian offices of Withers to obtain the UNI/PdR 125:2022 certification for gender equality.

Since 2014, the international directory Legal 500 EMEA Italy has consistently listed her as a recommended lawyer in the areas of corporate and commercial, real estate, food and beverage, and fashion and luxury.

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.