Avv Roberta Crivellaro > Withers Studio Legale > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
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Avv Roberta Crivellaro
Work Department
Corporate / Commercial / Real estate / Food and beverage
Position
Roberta is Managing Partner of Withers in Italy, European leader of the Business Division and head of our ‘Italian Desks’ worldwide.
She 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 worked for many years in London, where she qualified as a solicitor, and became the first Italian woman to become a partner in a City Law Firm.
She is now among the very few managing partners of a business law firm in Italy.
In 2024 Forbes Italy mentions her among the top 100 consulting professionals in Italy.
Since 2019, she has been listed among Italy’s Best-50 lawyers in the Italian legal directory LegalCommunity and in 2020 was recognised for having contributed to the increase in the number of women managing partners, a momentous change in the Italian legal market, historically led by men.
Career
Roberta is qualified in Italy (1994) and in England and Wales (2005).
She joined Withers in 2005 and became a partner in 2008.
Languages
Italian and English
Memberships
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
Education
University of Padua, Italy, LL.B equivalent
Leisure
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Industry focus: Food
Working with its global food and beverage team, the Italian team at Withers Studio Legale specialises in advising family businesses. The firm supports clients with reorganisations, distribution agreements, licensing, trademarks and labelling, particularly in the wine sector. Roberta Crivellaro is the head of the practice and specialises in corporate and commercial cross-border transactions.
Italy > Real estate and construction
Based in Milan and Padua, the team at Withers Studio Legale advises HNW individuals, entrepreneurs and family businesses on real estate acquisitions, financing and structuring. The team is led by Roberta Crivellaro, who regularly advises foreign investors on the purchase of large holiday homes, and Mattia Biasi, who is well-versed in commercial lease agreements in the wine industry.
Italy > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Withers Studio Legale‘s team assists industrial families with their investments, along with business and family holding restructurings. Roberta Crivellaro specialises in family businesses, as well as domestic and cross-border real estate transactions, and Sergio Anania focuses on the start-up and digital sectors, in addition to his general corporate practice.