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Provided by Francesca Gesualdi
Francesca Gesualdi is a Partner in our Litigation & Dispute resolution practice.
Her practice focuses on both domestic and international litigation and arbitration. She advises Italian and global corporations on a wide range of disputes, including class actions, involving corporate, commercial, banking, and financial matters, as well as bankruptcy and antitrust issues.
Francesca's international arbitration practice focuses especially on energy disputes, as ICC construction disputes, as well as M&A and Joint Venture disputes.
Università degli Studi di Milano (J.D.), 2002
Admitted as an Avvocato in Italy 2006
Harvard Law School (LL.M.), 2006
Admitted to the New York Bar in 2011
Joined Clifford Chance 2025
Partner since 2025
Member of the Executive Committee (2023-2027), and responsible for continuing legal education, of the Commission for International Relations (CRINT) of the Milan Bar Council
Member of the Committee for The Relations with BigLaw of the Milan Bar Council
Member of the Italian Society of International Law
Visiting student at U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, on a scholarship granted by the University of Milan
Fulbright Scholar
Italian, English and Spanish
Provided by Chambers
Francesca Gesualdi attains strong market recognition for her skills in litigation, including class actions. She represents clients in banking and energy cases which often relate to damage claims and tender offer matters. Francesca recently left Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and joined Clifford Chance Studio Legale Associato.
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Francesca Gesualdi is very capable in handling complex matters. She's very smart and acute.
Francesca Gesualdi is very capable in handling complex matters. She's very smart and acute.