Luca Ferrari

Luca is a partner of the Withers' corporate team and heads the sports practice worldwide.

He established his professional practice as an advisor to private companies active in global markets, often acting as a trusted advisor in relation to strategies for structuring and growing an international business. Over the years, his practice has spanned the core sectors of the Italian economy, such as fashion, design, hospitality and food & beverage, with a focus on the wine industry, a field in which he has gained a reputation as one of the most experienced lawyers acting for Italian household names in foreign markets.

As a business lawyer with international education and background, Luca has been dedicated to sports law and the sports industry since the beginning of his professional career. In addition to assisting corporate clients such as sponsors, manufacturers of sports apparel and equipment, sports marketing agencies, and media companies, Luca has become a trusted advisor to sports clubs, leagues, governing bodies, athletes, coaches, managers, and agents.

As the firm's global head of sports, Luca leads a team of lawyers based in Withers' main offices in Europe, the USA and Asia, offering highly specialised sport-related regulatory, commercial, corporate and tax expertise in relation to high-profile transactions, including sponsorships, international transfers of players, playing contracts, management contracts, direct investments and licensing of audio-visual rights.

Milan Bar

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

President of the Supervisory Body of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team

Member of the Supervisory Body of Marchesi 1824

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 lawyer qualified to practice in Italy (Milan, 1997).

Luca speaks English, Italian and German