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Provided by Francesca Gesualdi
Francesca Gesualdi’s practice focuses on domestic and international litigation and arbitration. She regularly represents domestic and foreign clients in a wide range of disputes, including class actions, involving corporate, commercial, banking and financial ma ters, as wel as bankruptcy and competition issues across numerous industries, including energy and media.
Francesca joined the firm in 2002. From 2002 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2012, she was resident in the Rome o fice. From 2006 to 2007 she was resident in the New York office.
Member of the Milan and New York Bars and of the Italian Supreme Courts; 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 Spoken.
Italian; English
Harvard Law School
LLM
2006
Università degli Studi di Milano
J.D.
2002
Lawyer of the Year’ for Healthcare/Life Sciences Litigation
TopLegal
2024
Class Action Lawyer of the Year
Legalcommunity
2023
Inspiralaw - 50 best women lawyers in Italy
Legalcommunity
2024
Inspiralaw - 50 best women lawyers in Italy
Legalcommunity
2025
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.
Provided by Chambers
Francesca Gesualdi demonstrates strategic thinking and practical approach to solving very complex cases. She is also very active in inclusion initiatives.
She is very quick, extremely responsive and very good at coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
Francesca Gesualdi is very flexible, available to listen to clients' needs, pragmatic and very business-oriented. She has a problem-solving approach.
Francesca Gesualdi demonstrates strategic thinking and practical approach to solving very complex cases. She is also very active in inclusion initiatives.
She is very quick, extremely responsive and very good at coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
Francesca Gesualdi is very flexible, available to listen to clients' needs, pragmatic and very business-oriented. She has a problem-solving approach.
