Withers Studio Legale

Corporate / commercial

Luca is a partner in our Italian corporate team and heads the sports practice globally.

As the firm's global head of sport, Luca leads a team of lawyers based in Withers' main offices in Europe, the USA and Asia, advising on sports-related regulatory, commercial, corporate and tax matters.
His work includes high-profile sports transactions such as sponsorship agreements, international football player transfers and football player contracts, management contracts, direct sports investment into sports organisations and the licensing of audio-visual rights.

In addition to assisting corporate clients such as sponsors, manufacturers of sports apparel and equipment, sports marketing agencies and media companies, Luca also advises football clubs, sports leagues,  governing bodies, athletes, coaches,  sports managers and  sports agents.

As a business lawyer with an international education and background, Luca has been dedicated to sports law and the sports industry since the beginning of his professional career.

Over the years, his practice has spanned several sectors of the Italian economy, including fashion, design, hospitality and food and beverage, with a particular focus on the wine industry. In this area he has advised a number of well-known Italian brands on international expansion and cross-border business matters.

Luca was included in Sport Business International's World's 20 most influential lawyers feature and ranked in the top three of the directory's Top 20 listing.He has been recognised by the Italian legal directory TopLegal as Lawyer of the Year – Sports Practice at the TopLegal Industry Awards. He has also received the Lawyer of the Year – Sports Law award at the Legal Community Labour Awards on multiple occasions.

Admitted in 1997 and joined Withers in 2014 as a partner

Italian and English

Milan Bar Listed in the Qatar Sports Arbitration Foundation list of arbitrators as a lawyer specialised in sport law

University of Padua, Degree in Law, LLB equivalent University of Padua, post-graduate program in international trade law University of California, full scholarship EAP

Luca is a keen football player, 5 on 5 slowly gaining ground, but not quite fully replacing 11 on 11. Off the pitch, he spends a lot of time reading, mostly classic literature, with a penchant for the great Russians.